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Building a Responsive and Resilient Vocational Education and Training System in Benin

World Bank Group - 2022

Benin has embarked on an ambitious reform of rapid expansion of its technical and vocational education training (TVET …) sector with the goal, among others, to increase enrollment tenfold by 2030. Investments in the Benin's human development are … policy note is to inform the ongoing TVET reforms. The note assesses the effectiveness of the TVET system in Benin and …

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Bulgaria : Teaching Workforce Developments and Recommendations

World Bank Group - 2020

Like many European countries, Bulgaria's workforce is facing dynamic developments influenced by negative demographic trends, seasonal and long-term migration of the population both in the country and abroad, imbalanced economic development of the Bulgarian regions, learning opportunities in the...

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A Diagnostic and Policy Options for the Vocational Education and Training System in Belarus

World Bank Group - 2021

This report contributes to the scarce literature on labor market outcomes of different levels of education and returns to education in Belarus. Previous calculations of returns to education in Belarus were carried out for 1996-2001 (Pastore and Verashchagina 2006) and for 1995-2011 (Chubrik...

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Assessing Swaziland's Technical and Vocational Education and Training System to Improve Economic Growth

World Bank Group - 2014

Swaziland's economic growth has moderated over the last two decades and has been among the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The slow growth has exacerbated the serious challenges facing the country's development, for example, high unemployment, particularly among the youth. The demographic shift in...

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Demand for Skills in Albania : An Analysis of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity Survey

World Bank Group - 2018

This report aims to provide policy makers in Albania with new evidence to inform the design and implementation of public policies on post-secondary education, vocational education and training (VET) system labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies. The STEP Employer Survey...

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Training Assessment Project : Moldova

World Bank Group - 2018

Moldova, like many other countries in the region, is facing rapid economic and demographic transitions. Employers report that inadequate levels of workforce skills hamper their productivity. Recognizing the importance of workforce development to improve the country's socioeconomic prospects, the...

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Exploring the Diversity of Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training : The Gender Profile of NEETs in Georgia and Armenia

World Bank Group - 2019

The analysis presented in this study points to persistent and high numbers in Georgia and Armenia of youth who are jobless and/or economically inactive and with limited access to learning and/or training opportunities, and these figures are among the highest in the ECA region. As many as 31...

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Demand-Driven Skills Training and Results-Based Contracting : Lessons for Youth Employment Programs

World Bank Group - 2020

Demand-driven training (DDT) and results-based contracting (RBC) are two mechanisms used to enhance the effectiveness and impact of skill training programs. DDT links skills development explicitly with the job market, typically through employer engagement. Private sector employers define what...

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Tunisia - Skills Development for Employment : The Role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training

World Bank Group - 2020

Tunisia is expected to enter a recession in 2020 as a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slowdown in production due to no demand, and decline in tourism. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaged only 1.8 percent per year in 2011-2018 compared to 4 percent in 2001-2005 and...

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Liberia Tertiary Education : SABER Country Report 2017

World Bank Group - 2017

SABER-Tertiary Education is a diagnostic tool to assess how education systems perform and to identify priorities for reforms at the national level. It is part of the World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER), which aims to benchmark education systems at the country...

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