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In an effort to improve employment outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process involving broad-based overhaul of labor laws and institutions, and expansion and reform of the Vocational and Technical Training (VTT) system. Labor...
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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 …. Nevertheless, many of the findings of this report extend to overall skills development in Cambodia. In particular, the report …
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Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how...
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market issues: (a) underutilization of labor resources, (b) earnings inequality, and (c) skills mismatch. All three have a … absorb the surplus labor and increase earnings. It also requires improving the quality of education to reduce the skills …
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industry sector (McKinsey and Company 2011). In this context, a policy note on the skills development is being prepared to … discuss the issues of the linkage between education and skills development and the labor market. The policy note, together … policy options for the way forward. The skills development policy note aims to assess the flow and stock of today's skills …
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untapped domestic labor reserves. Bulgarian pupils in school also do not acquire the necessary skills and competencies to … compete in a high innovation economy. Continued available vacancies suggest that skills shortages remain a barrier to … new jobs. The economic crisis is an opportune moment to address skills shortages both to tackle unemployment and to help …
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for low income workers. Expanding employment opportunities and addressing the deficits in skills of large segments of the … Peru. The study of the labor market and skills acquisition is not an empty field in Peru. Many local analysts have … limitations have precluded detailed analyses of the constraints of low-income workers, particularly youth, to map their skills …
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