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The nuts and bolts of designing and implementing training programs in developing countries

Honorati, Maddalena; McArdle, Thomas P - World Bank Group - 2013

Training programs mainly address market failures related to lack of skills (technical, cognitive, non-cognitive). This paper conducts a comprehensive review of training programs effectiveness in developing countries. Based on relevant international experiences, the paper highlights key design...

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Advancing adult learning in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Bodewig, Christian; Hirshleifer, Sarojini - World Bank Group - 2011

This report presents available evidence on adult education and training in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), differentiating two separate types: continuing vocational education and training (CVET) for the employed, sought either by employers or individuals, and retraining and second chance...

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Pre-employment vocational education and training in Korea

Chae, ChangKyun; Chung, Jaeho - World Bank Group - 2009

The Korean vocational education and training (VET) system is heralded as one of the key factors contributing to the countries past economic growth. VET has played an important role in developing a skilled labor force during Korea's economic development. However, with the increasing importance of...

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Middle childhood : protecting and promoting human development in times of economic shocks

Hempel, Kevin; Wuermli, Alice; Lundberg, Mattias - World Bank Group - 2012

Middle childhood (approximately 6-12 years old) is a crucial time for developing cognitive and socio emotional competencies, and economic crises can affect children's development with long-lasting consequences for adolescence and adulthood. This note provides an overview of how economic shocks...

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Productivity increases in SMEs : with special emphasis on in-service training of workers in Korea

Woo, Kye Lee - World Bank Group - 2009

This paper is about the evolution of an innovative in-service training program and its effects in Korea. In many developing countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play important roles in outputs, exports, and employment. Therefore, governments have used various policy instruments to...

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Structural educational reform : evidence from a teacher's displacement program in Armenia

Kuddo, Arvo - World Bank Group - 2009

This paper reviews the experience of Armenia with the displacement of more than 7,000 teachers during 2003-07 as part of structural reforms in general education. In addition to supplementary severance payments, a variety of services were needed to address difficulties commonly experienced by...

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An alternative technical education system : a case study of Mexico

Lee, Kye Woo - World Bank Group - 1998

Many developing countries have relied on the varied forms of diversified secondary technical education as the main venue for training skilled workers and mid-level technicians. But there have been numerous and strong critics against this mode of technical education. As an alternative, the...

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Disability, poverty and schooling in developing countries : results from eleven household surveys

Filmer, Deon - World Bank Group - 2005

This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their … the population is identified as having a disability. Youth with disabilities sometimes live in poorer households, but the … schooling attainment. The order of magnitude of the school participation disability deficit is often larger than those …

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Non-public provision of active labor market programs in Arab- Mediterranean countries : an inventory of youth programs

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina; Brodmann, Stefanie - World Bank Group - 2010

This note presents and analyzes the main design features of an inventory of non-publicly provided Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) in Arab-Mediterranean Countries (AMCs), with a specific focus on programs targeted at youth. Despite considerable international evidence, there is little...

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The return to firm investments in human capital

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - World Bank Group - 2008

In this paper the authors estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. The authors use a panel of large firms with detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics. The authors...

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