Republic of Philippines : Mindanao Skills Development Strategy for Poverty Reduction
This report consolidates written outputs from the Technical Assistance to Support the Elaboration of Mindanao Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy, which was requested by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and undertaken by the World B...
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World Bank, Manila
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/100201577772531157/Philippines-Mindanao-Skills-Development-Strategy-for-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33182 |
| Summary: | This report consolidates written outputs
from the Technical Assistance to Support the Elaboration of
Mindanao Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy, which
was requested by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)
and undertaken by the World Bank under the auspices of the
Australia-World Bank Partnership Development Trust Fund. The
task was to provide technical assistance and advice to MinDA
and other government agencies with HRD related mandate, to
develop a medium to long-term skills development strategy
for Mindanao, as a critical imperative in securing jobs and
enhancing productivity that will redound to poverty
reduction in the island-region. Launched in 2017, the World
Bank’s Mindanao Jobs Report presented a comprehensive
strategy for regional development in Mindanao that will
support sustainable peace and development, including job
creation. Based on extensive consultations with stakeholders
in Mindanao, one of the core recommendations of the report
is to boost human development, specifically by addressing
the growing skills shortage and rising inequality. Building
on these efforts, the World Bank has been working closely
with MinDA to generate discussions and identify priority
actions on HRD, which were not highlighted in the Mindanao
2020 Peace and Development framework. This report enumerates
a set of priority actions to prepare the human resource
needed for the development of Mindanao, across its different
subregions' contexts and economic corridors. It can
serve as both a blue print and a springboard for subsequent
collaboration with various development partners to support
interventions and long-term programs in Mindanao. On 13 June
2019, MinDA Undersecretary Janet M. Lopoz apprised the
Department of Finance (DOF) about a potential partnership
with the World Bank to support a long-term program on skills
development and employment agenda in Mindanao. |
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