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»Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh
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»Graduate Institute of Development Studies, University of Geneva
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»Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
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»Department for International Development, UK
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Pages of interest from our members:
»The UNESCO programme for technical and vocational education (TVE) promotes education to meet the demands of the world of work. Have a look on the selective bibliography on technical and vocational education. UNESCO's sub-pages on Technical and Vocational Education
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»International Institute for Education Planning, UNESCO
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»The Working Group for International Co-operation in Skills Development
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»German Agency for Cooperation (GTZ) education publications.
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»International Labour Office
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»UNESCO's Inter-national Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre).
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»RedEtis is a network based in Argentina which focus on education, employment and social insertion in Latin America.
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»German Agency for Cooperation (GTZ) vocational education publications.
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»The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing on sustainable development and poverty reduction.
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»DFID-funded Education Research Consortium on ACCESS, QUALITY and OUTCOMES.
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»eldis Education
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»id21 Education is the free development research reporting service, bringing you UK-resourced research on education in developing countries.
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» ILO's Skills Development Department (IFP/SKILLS) describes all the ILO's work on skills and includes information on major activities. It also includes the reports on the development of a new HRD Recommendation.
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»W. Gmelin, K. King, S. Mc Grath, Development Knowledge, National Research and International Cooperation, 2001.
»K. King & L. Buchert (Eds) Changing International Aid to Education: Gloibal patterns and national contexts, Paris: UNESCO Publishing (in co-operation with NORRAG), November 1998.
»KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT? Comparing British, Japanese, Swedish and World Bank Aid
Kenneth King, Simon McGrath, Zed Book, London, 2003.
»NORRAG & CESO
Learning from Experience: Policy and practice in aid to higher education CESO - NORRAG, 1995, CESO, The Hague.
»NORRAG & DSE & CAS
L. Buchert and K. King (Eds.) Consultancy and Research in International Education: The new dynamics DSE - NORRAG, 1996, DSE, Bonn.
»NORRAG & UNESCO
> M. Carton & S. Tawil (Eds.) Economic Globalization and Educational Policies Prospects (UNESCO:IBE), XXVII, March 1997.

Other publications of interest:
»K. King, Aid and Education in the Developing World: The role of the donor agencies in educational analysis Essex, Longman 1991.
»P.T.M. Marope & D. Chapman (Eds.), A Handbook of Research on Education Volume 1: Teachers and Teacher Education in Botswana, Publisher Lentswe la Lesedi Pty, Ltd.
»N. McGinn (Ed.), Crossing Lines: Research and policy networks for developing country education 1996, Praeger, Westport, Conn., USA.
»S. Tawil (Ed.), Educational Destruction and Reconstruction in Disrupted Societies Final report and case studies UNESCO: IBE & University of Geneva, Geneva 1997.

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NORRAG and The Working Group for International Co-operation in Skills Development:
(Below are the main reports of the WG. For further resources specifically related to skills development, please visit the WG web site)
PDFdownload: Paper 11 Skills Development Policies and International Cooperation in East and South East Asia (2007)
Report of the Hong Kong meeting (February 2007)
PDFdownload: Paper 10 Skills Development for Rural People: A Renewed Challenge (2005)
Report of the Rome meeting (November 2005)
PDFdownload: Paper 9 Reforming Training for Countries and Agencies (2004)
Report of the Turin meeting (July 2004).
PDFdownload: Paper 8 Skills for Life and Work (2004)
Report of the Bonn Meeting (April 2003)
PDFdownload: Paper 7 World Bank Study on : Vocational Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Working Group Review (2003)
Report of the Edinburgh Meeting (October 2002).
PDFdownload: Paper 6 Linking Work Skills and Knowledge (2002)
Report of the Interlaken Meeting (September 2001).
PDFdownload: Paper 5 Poverty, growth and skills development: a focus on Latin America (2000)
Report of the Washington Meeting (May 2000).
PDFdownload: Paper 4 Sector Programme Support and Human and Institutional Development in Skills Development (1999)
Report of the Copenhagen meeting (June 1999).
PDFdownload: Paper 3 Donor Policies in Skills Development: Reforming Education and Training Policies and systems (1998)
Report of the Geneva meeting (April 1998).
PDFdownload: Paper 2 Donor Policies in Skills Development (1997)
Report of the London meeting (May 1997).
PDFdownload: Paper 1 Donor Policies in Skills Development (1997)
Report of the Frankfurt meeting (Nov. 1996).
PDFdownload: WG Secretariat, Donor Policies in TVET and Skills Development (2001)
A review (1996-2000), compiled by A. Dormeier Freire.

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