Workforce development in emerging economies: comparative perspectives on institutions, praxis, and policies

Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. Too often, however, the conversation and actions involved in workforce development (WfD) are fragmented by intellectual, administrative, and operational silos which undermine effective cooperation to solve the deep challenges of building job-relevant skills. [This book] examines WfD systems in emerging economies around the world and presents novel systems-level data generated by the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-WfD benchmarking tool, which was created to implement the ... Show more

Authors: Tan, Jee Peng; Lee, Kiong Hock; Flynn, Ryan; Roseth, Viviana V. ... [+] Show more

Published: Washington, District of Columbia, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2016

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: xviii, 96 p.

Access item: http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24541

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