Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies

Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was orig...

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Main Authors:	Tan, Jee-Peng, Lee, Kiong Hock, Flynn, Ryan, Roseth, Viviana V., Nam, Yoo-Jeung Joy
Format:	Book
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS FOR DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING JOB-RELEVANT SKILLS PROGRAM ACCREDITATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR SKILLS INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONTINUING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STIGMA OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24541

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spelling	okr-10986-245412021-04-23T14:04:22Z Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies Tan, Jee-Peng Lee, Kiong Hock Flynn, Ryan Roseth, Viviana V. Nam, Yoo-Jeung Joy SKILLS FOR DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING JOB-RELEVANT SKILLS PROGRAM ACCREDITATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR SKILLS INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONTINUING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STIGMA OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was originally conceived as a contribution to this catalog of the World Bank’s work, but its topic and findings are relevant to all policy makers and analysts interested in skills-building to drive economic growth and improve human well-being. The book examines workforce development (WfD) systems in emerging economies around the world and presents novel systems-level data generated by the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-WfD benchmarking tool, which was created to implement the World Bank’s 10-year Education Sector Strategy launched in 2012. A key theme in the book is that WfD entails a multi-layered engagement involving high-level policy makers, system-level managers, as well as leaders at individual institutions. Too often, the conversation and actions are fragmented by intellectual, administrative and operational silos which undermine effective cooperation to solve the deep challenges of building job-relevant skills. The book’s findings, based on cross-sectional data for nearly 30 countries and time-series data for five countries, identify successes and common issues across countries in the sample. In lagging countries, the biggest difficulties relate to: forming and sustaining strategic partnerships with employers; ensuring equitable and efficient funding for vocational education; and putting in place mechanisms to enhance training providers’ accountability for results defined by their trainees’ job market performance. By framing WfD in the broader skills-for-growth context and drawing on lessons from countries where well-designed WfD strategies have helped to drive sustained growth, this book offers clear guidance on how to enable a more effective approach to the inevitably complex challenges of workforce development in emerging economies. 2016-06-15T18:42:02Z 2016-06-15T18:42:02Z 2016-06-15 Book 978-1-4648-0850-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24541 English en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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topic	SKILLS FOR DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING JOB-RELEVANT SKILLS PROGRAM ACCREDITATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR SKILLS INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONTINUING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STIGMA OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING
spellingShingle	SKILLS FOR DEVELOPMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING JOB-RELEVANT SKILLS PROGRAM ACCREDITATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR SKILLS INITIAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONTINUING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STIGMA OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING PATHWAYS FOR LEARNING Tan, Jee-Peng Lee, Kiong Hock Flynn, Ryan Roseth, Viviana V. Nam, Yoo-Jeung Joy Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies
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description	Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was originally conceived as a contribution to this catalog of the World Bank’s work, but its topic and findings are relevant to all policy makers and analysts interested in skills-building to drive economic growth and improve human well-being. The book examines workforce development (WfD) systems in emerging economies around the world and presents novel systems-level data generated by the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-WfD benchmarking tool, which was created to implement the World Bank’s 10-year Education Sector Strategy launched in 2012. A key theme in the book is that WfD entails a multi-layered engagement involving high-level policy makers, system-level managers, as well as leaders at individual institutions. Too often, the conversation and actions are fragmented by intellectual, administrative and operational silos which undermine effective cooperation to solve the deep challenges of building job-relevant skills. The book’s findings, based on cross-sectional data for nearly 30 countries and time-series data for five countries, identify successes and common issues across countries in the sample. In lagging countries, the biggest difficulties relate to: forming and sustaining strategic partnerships with employers; ensuring equitable and efficient funding for vocational education; and putting in place mechanisms to enhance training providers’ accountability for results defined by their trainees’ job market performance. By framing WfD in the broader skills-for-growth context and drawing on lessons from countries where well-designed WfD strategies have helped to drive sustained growth, this book offers clear guidance on how to enable a more effective approach to the inevitably complex challenges of workforce development in emerging economies.
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title	Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies
title_short	Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies
title_full	Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies
title_fullStr	Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies
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Workforce Development in Emerging Economies : Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies

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