Presents a comparative study of legislation on vocational training adopted in recent years.

Identifies challenges facing vocational education and training schemes and suggests criteria for setting up successful enterprise-based schemes. Investigates good practices in developed and developing countries and makes recommendations for the use of enterprise-based schemes in the promotion of...

Based on data collected during country visits in 2000. Examines recent developments in the supply of relevant training services for workers in micro and small enterprises in the informal sector. Reviews current policies, programmes and projects concerning skills for informal sector operators and...

Examines policies and programmes that can assist young people in generating self-employment opportunities. Reviews the purpose, design and implementation of enterprise-based youth employment policies and investigates programme support measures such as skills training, business counselling,...

Examines the importance of the film and television industry in the South African Development Community (SADC) and provides details of the sector in selected countries. Evaluates segments of the value chain in the region, investigates training opportunities and identifies coordinating bodies and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on activities and training programmes of the national youth organization in Malaysia - discusses youth unemployment, youth scheme objectives (partic. Integration of rural youth in economic development and community development), institutional framework, activities...

Describes innovative methods of financing training, based mainly on the Latin American experience.

This document brings together the findings of a number of studies on the informal sector, and provides an analysis of the issues and possible policy options for the informal sector in Guinea. The book starts with a synthesis of the informal sector issue and the links with the modern sector in...

This paper discusses the role skills development can play in avoiding the problems of globalization and structural adjustment and realizing their benefits and what can be done to position countries to capture the employment and wage benefits of globalization. The author argues that higher and...