Skills for productivity : vocational education and training in developing countries /

This study discusses the need for developing countries to improve economic productivity. It draws on lessons from successful country experiences with skills training to develop an approach to the development of public training policies. The authors suggest that improving the job skills of the work f...

• Main Author: Middleton, John
• Other Authors: Ziderman, Adrian, Van Adams, Avril
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1993
• Subjects: CAPACITACION; FORMACION PROFESIONAL; PRODUCTIVIDAD DEL TRABAJO; POLITICA GUBERNAMENTAL; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; TERCER MUNDO; CAPACITACION PROFESIONAL

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Ann O. Hamilton
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Pt.1. The record of research and experience: 1. Skill markets and modes of training
• 2. The record
• 3. The economic environment of skills development
• Pt. 2. Options for public policy: 4. Designing responsive public training policies
• 5. Establishing market-oriented manpower planning
• 6. Mobilizing employer and private training
• 7. Improving responsiveness and efficiency in public training
• 8. The role of training inpoverty reduction
• Pt. 3. Strategies for policy reform: 9. Planning for policy reform
• 10. International assistance
• Appendix 1: Selected evaluation studies in developing countries
• Appendix 2: Statistical appendix
• References
• Subject index
• Citation index
• Tables
• Figures
• Boxes