Alternative Schemes of Financing Training
Alternative Schemes of Financing Training

Author: Vladimir Gasskov

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9789221091882

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There is growing interest worldwide in reforming national systems of financing technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Based on examples of countries and industries with innovative arrangements, this book covers many new practices, both successful and unsuccessful: public funding schemes, tax incentives and co-financing. It should be of particular interest to policy-makers wishing to make better decisions on funding TVET.

The Effect of Job Training on Peruvian Women's Employment and Wages
The Effect of Job Training on Peruvian Women's Employment and Wages

Author: Ana María Arriagada

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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Post -school training significantly improves the employment probabilities but not the wages for urban salaried and self -employed women in Peru, possibly because they train for low -paying jobs. Because their chances of receiving job training are largely determined by educational attainment, women with limited schooling also face training opportunities.

Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Richard K. Johanson

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780821356807

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This publication reviews recent developments within technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as future challenges in skills development in the region. Based upon 70 case studies covering 20 countries, it provides a good starting point for the development of country policies and programmes, of relevance to other African regions as well as countries in other regions facing similar challenges. Issues discussed include: the labour market context, reform of public training programmes, regulation of non-government training institutions, enterprise-based training, building skills for the informal economy, balancing cost-effectiveness with growth and equity, and financing.

World Bank Investment in Vocational Education and Training
World Bank Investment in Vocational Education and Training

Author: John Middleton

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13:

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The challenge facing future World Bank investment in vocational education and training is to bring past successes in middle-income countries to the lower income countries. Strategies naturally will have to vary greatly from country to country.

The Roles of Evaluation for Vocational Education and Training
The Roles of Evaluation for Vocational Education and Training

Author: W. Norton Grubb

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9789221108559

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Focuses on the "why" and "how" of evalution before presenting and assessing the value of a range of evaluation techniques. Discusses the use and abuse of evaluation results in policy-making, particularly in relation to recent trends and issues in vocational education and training such as decentralization a declining role for the State, a shift towards work-based learning and a concern for issues of equality.

Public Sector Decentralization
Public Sector Decentralization

Author: Jerry M. Silverman

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780821322796

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This paper is addressed to a broad audience of development professionals who are interested in both the substance of decentralisation issues and their impact on economic development. The paper summarises experience with alternative decentralisation arrangements and suggests a new analytical framework for assessing the impact of such arrangements on the performance of economic development programmes and projects. Consideration of alternative forms of decentralisation reveals the need to clarify and establish priorities among economic and political objectives. The potential for conflict among multiple objectives and the need to assess decentralisation policies in terms of acceptable trade-offs among those objectives summarises the importance of this paper.