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The scope of this report is twofold. First, it documents skills gaps and mismatches and attempts to understand the reasons for them. Second, it provides a framework for thinking about skills development, drawing on international best practices, with the intent of stimulating further discussion....
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The shortage of skills sought by key export-oriented and import competing industries in Bosnia and Herzegovina (henceforth, 'BH') is substantial and if left unaddressed, threatens to constrain future economic growth of the country. Prior to the onset of the global economic crisis, BH enjoyed...
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This report examines the challenges in the labor market in Mongolia as the economy has undergone a transformation into a market economy. It identifies three major interrelated challenges-joblessness, informality and skills mismatch. The inability to find productive employment has important...
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Improved access to and quality of upper secondary schools, teacher training colleges, Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs), and demand-driven Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) courses to supply the demand for the higher-level skills and competencies relevant to labor market...
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development and employment growth, and analyses the challenges faced by the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship …
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"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...
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"Latvia has recorded sustained GDP and productivity growth since 1997. Yet unemployment rates, despite gradual decrease …, have remained high. Hazans explores the mysteries of unemployment in Latvia. He analyzes labor flows between employment …
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aftereffects of the 1998 Russian financial crisis. Nevertheless, Latvia faces serious challenges to its future growth and …, they indicate that Latvia is not well positioned to gain ground in the race for global competitiveness, prosperity, and … rising standards of living. Most of Latvia's growth to date has come from one-off gains generated by structural reforms …
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