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Sri Lanka: progress and remaining challenges in online higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic
This brief explores new challenges and opportunities that are emerging amid the prolonged, partial, or full univers... Show more
Date: 2022
Geographic subjects: Sri Lanka; Asia
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: ADB briefs
Subjects: Higher education; Technology; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
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Understanding the drivers of rural vulnerability: towards building resilience, promoting socio-economic empowerment and enhancing the socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalized populations for an effective promotion of Decent Work in rural economies
This paper examines drivers of rural vulnerability and how the challenge of rural vulnerability can be addressed by... Show more
Date: 2017
Geographic subjects: Lebanon; Laos; Sri Lanka ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: Employment Policy Department employment working paper
Subjects: Disadvantaged; Equity; Employment
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Women's participation in Sri Lanka's labour force: trends, drivers and constraints
This study is motivated by the recognition that increasing women's access to employment is necessary to increase hu... Show more
Date: 2013
Geographic subjects: Sri Lanka; Asia
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Employment; Gender; Equity ... [+] Show more
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Returns to education in Sri Lanka: a pseudo-panel approach
This study employs a pseudo-panel approach to estimate the returns to education among income earners in Sri Lanka. ... Show more
Date: 2016
Geographic subjects: Sri Lanka; Asia
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Education economics
Subjects: Outcomes; Gender; Income ... [+] Show more
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Promising practices in TVET: green skills and youth employment
Youth employability and green skills are at the core of UNESCO-UNEVOC's activities. This is why UNESCO-UNEVOC has b... Show more
Date: 2014
Geographic subjects: Canada; Costa Rica; Germany ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Youth; Sustainability; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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Globalisation and the gender earnings gap: evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia 1992-2015
This paper focuses on how the forces of globalisation, specifically the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affecte... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Sri Lanka; Cambodia; Asia
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Gender; Globalisation; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Comparative analysis of policies for youth employment in Asia and the Pacific
The ILO project 'Analysis of youth employment policy and dissemination through global databases and publications (c... Show more
Date: 2015
Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania; Cambodia ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Policy; Youth; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Education and skills for inclusive growth, green jobs and the greening of economies in Asia: case study summaries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam
This book presents an overview of the main research findings and case studies concerning education and skills for i... Show more
Date: 2017
Geographic subjects: India; Indonesia; Sri Lanka ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: Technical and vocational education and training: issues, concerns and prospects
Subjects: Sustainability; Skills and knowledge; Equity ... [+] Show more
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Meaningfulness of work for a diverse group of women working in higher education institutions
The construction of meaningfulness at work impacts on individual, psychological and work-related outcomes. The mean... Show more
Date: 2015
Geographic subjects: Africa; Asia; North America ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: South African journal of higher education
Subjects: Providers of education and training; Higher education; Gender ... [+] Show more
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Skills development for youth living with disabilities in four developing countries
This paper outlines some of the key challenges and opportunities regarding skills development for youth with disabi... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Asia; China; Kenya ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: Background paper (Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2012)
Subjects: Disability; Skills and knowledge; Youth ... [+] Show more