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NN38, February 2007
Technical and Vocational Skills Development
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NN38 POLICY BRIEF - Technical and Vocational Skills DevelopmentBy NORRAGread article |
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EDITORIALBy Kenneth King, University of Hong Kongread article |
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TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: A BRIEFING NOTEBy Kenneth King, Hong Kong and Edinburgh, Robert Palmer, Amman and Edinburghread article |
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REVIEWING TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAININGBy David Atchoarena, IIEP, Parisread article |
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THE ROLE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE TRANSITION TO WORK: BACKGROUND PAPER FOR THE WORLD BANK?S WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT OF 2007By Arvil Van Adams, World Bankread article |
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A CRITICAL GLANCE AT THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT (WDR) 2007 ON YOUTH, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL SKILLSBy Kenneth King, CERC, University of Hong Kongread article |
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MIGRATION, LABOUR AND SKILLS TRAINING IN THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINABy Zhang Juwei, Institute of Population and Labour Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciencesread article |
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TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONGBy Mitzi Leung Mee Chee, Vocational Training Council, Hong Kongread article |
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INVESTING IN HIGH-LEVEL SKILLS TRAINING FOR DEVELOPMENTBy Wang Wenjin, Central Institute of Vocational and Technical Education, Beijingread article |
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NEW ILO INITIATIVES ON SKILLS AND EMPLOYABILITY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFICBy Trevor Riordan, Skills and Employability Programme, ILO, Bangkokread article |
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE?S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING DEVELOPMENTBy Chris Spohr, ADB Beijing and Lan Wu, ADB Headquartersread article |
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENTBy Kazuhiro Yoshida, Centre for the Study of International Cooperation in Education (CICE), University of Hiroshimaread article |
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND THE WTO IN VIETNAM: WHAT?S NEXT?By Alexandre Dormeier Freire, IUED, Geneva (currently in Vietnam)read article |
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PRIORITY SKILLS IN SOUTH AFRICA?By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham and Salim Akoojee, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoriaread article |
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INFORMAL SECTOR TECHNICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES IN THE MAINTENANCE OF MODERN AUTOMOBILES IN NIGERIABy Ben Ogwo, Department of Vocational Teacher Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukkaread article |
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CAN SKILLS TRAINING HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF DEPRIVATION FOR THE POOR? LESSONS FROM NORTHERN GHANABy David Korboe, Associates for Change, Accraread article |
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EXCITEMENT ABOUT GROWTH, DISAPPOINTMENT ABOUT SKILLS?By Robert Palmer, Edinburgh Universityread article |
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SKILLS AND THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ACROSS SOUTH ASIABy Hong Tan, World Bank, Washingtonread article |
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SKILLS AS SECURITY IN THE INFORMAL SECTORBy Jeemol Unni, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, New Delhiread article |
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TRAINING FOR INFORMAL ECONOMYBy Ashoka Chandra and M. K. Khanijo, New Delhiread article |
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN INDIABy Amit Dar, World Bank, Washingtonread article |
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TRADITIONS IN SKILL AND MICRO-ENTERPRISESBy Harmeet Sarin, ILO, New Delhiread article |
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THE PATTERNS OF VET REFORM IN KYRGYZSTANBy Anar Beishembaeva, Forum for Educational Initiatives, Kyrgyzstanread article |
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TOWARD COMPULSORY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN UZBEKISTAN: A DECADE ONBy Yakov Asminkin and Olga Nemirovskaya, ?TAHLIL? Centre for Social Research, Tashkentread article |
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ENGAGING WITH SKILLS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLDBy Michael Ward, DFID, New Delhiread article |
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESBy Josiane Capt, ILO, Genevaread article |
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POLICY LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE VET REFORMBy Peter Grootings, European Training Foundation, Turinread article |
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EXPANDING ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA)By David Levesque, DFID, Londonread article |
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WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THE WORLD BANK?S SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT?By Simon McGrath, University of Nottinghamread article |
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TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (TVSD) IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTBy Edda Grunwald, GTZ, Eschborn, Frankfurtread article |
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SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION, SDCNEW CHALLENGES IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENTBy Ruth Huber, Swiss Development Cooperation, Bernread article |
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JICA?S NEW EMPHASIS ON TVETBy Takao Maruyama, Human Development Department, JICA, Tokyoread article |
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SKILLS: A PRIORITY IN THE WORLD?S GLOBAL EFA AGENDA?By Kenneth King, CERC, The University of Hong Kong (and Edinburgh)read article |
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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO TVET IN RURAL MEXICOBy Christopher Martin, Ford Foundation, Mexico Cityread article |
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POLICIES? AND SOCIETY?S IMPACT ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: PATTERNS OF REFORM IN CHILE IN THE LAST QUARTER CENTURYBy Cristián Cox, Universidad Católica de Chileread article |
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TRAINING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN LATIN AMERICA: MANY PROGRAMMES, WEAK SYSTEMSBy Claudia Jacinto, IIEP (Unesco) Buenos Airesread article |
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THE IDEOLOGY OF GROWTHNORRAG AND CERC RUN SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM IN THE OXFORD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, SKILLS AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, 2007By Bjorn Harald Nordtveit, Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC), Hong Kongread article |
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The Education Policy and Data CentreBy NORRAGread article |