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Jul 31, 2014 02:12 PM
Author: Yidan Wang
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
World Bank - 2012. This paper analyzes the changing demands of technology, the labor market, demography and migration affect education. It identifies challenges and weaknesses in education systems and makes sugestion on how to improve educational flexibility, skills, and employability.
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Feb 28, 2014 07:12 AM
Author: ADB
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
ADB - 2011 - 2012. This collection of study reports by the Asian Development Bank provides insights into different facets of higher education in Asia.
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Jul 31, 2014 08:14 AM
Author: IWG on Greening the TVET and Skills Development
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
Inter-Agency Working Group (IWG) on Greening Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Skills Development - 2013. This policy paper outlines policy recommendations on meeting skills needs for green jobs, building on challenges and lessons learned from the IWG members' initiatives for greening TVET and skills development. The recommendations were developed for the G20 governments on anticipating and matching labour market and skills needs towards sustainable development and green growth.
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Feb 15, 2013 09:47 AM
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
ADB - 2012. "As countries in Asia and the Pacific recalibrate their growth models to consolidate their positions in the global economy, availability of a highly skilled and technically qualified human resource base will be a crucial determinant of success. In their quest to gain market shares in higher-order manufacturing and services, governments and other stakeholders are paying close attention to developing the requisite technical and scientific capabilities."
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Jan 23, 2015 10:20 AM
Author: Federal Ministry of Education and Research – Germany
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Information Material
This brochure presents skills development success cases realised by German-Chinese Alliance for Vocational Education and Training (AG).
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Nov 28, 2014 04:04 AM
Author: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Research
Publications Office of the European Union - 2012. This research report discusses trends in employment, skill needs and training provision for the following occupations: a) nanotechnologist, engineering technologist and environmental engineer as examples of high-skilled occupations;
(b) energy auditor, transport vehicle emissions inspector, insulation worker, electrician, solar photovoltaic installer and sheet-metal worker as examples of medium-skilled occupations;
(c) refuse/recycling collector as an example of a low-skilled occupation. All these occupations are likely to be affected by the development of a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy.
Eight Member States were analysed, representing different stages of the development of a sustainable, resource-efficient economy: Germany, Greece, Italy, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Finland and the UK.
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Feb 15, 2013 09:44 AM
Author: McKinsey&Company, By James Manyika, Susan Lund, Byron Auguste, and Sreenivas Ramaswamy
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Policy
2012 - McKinsey & Company. "Some 40 million workers across advanced economies are unemployed. With many nations still facing weak demand—and the risk of renewed recession—hiring has been restrained. Yet there are also long-range forces at play that will make it more difficult for advanced economies to return to pre-recession levels of employment in the years to come. As a result, we see that the current disequilibrium in many national labor markets will not be solved solely with measures that worked well in decades past.
To help develop appropriate new responses, MGI examines five trends that are influencing employment levels and shaping how work is done and jobs are created."
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Feb 15, 2013 09:50 AM
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publishing Date:
2012
Category: Project and Programme
ADB - 2012. "The labor market of Papua New Guinea was characterized by a small formal sector comprising about 10%–18% of the employed labor force and a large informal sector. About 80%–85% of the total population fall under the informal sector and were engaged primarily in subsistence agriculture. Over 50,000 out-of-school youth with no employable skills join the labor force each year. Only a minority would find formal wage employment.
The expected impact of the project was improvement in income-earning and generating employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed population in the rural and urban areas, with a special emphasis on women and the youth.
This study validates the completion report’s assessment of the project, which aimed to increase the availability of short-term, quality, competency-based, relevant employment-oriented skills training, and greater possibilities for application of acquired skills in wage and self-employment. IED overall assessment: Less than successful."
The Fiji Times Online, 27 November 2012 - WORKSHOPS and seminars conducted in the province of Cakaudrove aimed at helping youths find work have been fruitful.
New Strait Times, 6 December 2012 - Muslim countries must provide youth with skills they need to realise potential. However, though the problem remains the most acute in the Arab world, globally, the number of youths out of work has risen as a result of the global financial crisis.
20 Dec 2012 - UN DESA, 14 December 2012 - Millions of green jobs have been created across a range of sectors and there are more work opportunities ahead, according to the report by the Green Jobs Initiative of ILO. The shift to a greener economy that could generate 15 to 60 million additional jobs globally over the next two decades and lift tens of millions of workers out of poverty, also offers opportunities for young people.
18 Dec 2012 - ILO. Wages in Asia have outperformed those in most other parts of the world, including the Western economies, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
UNSDN - December 13, 2012. "Asia and the Pacific must overcome skills gaps and scale up technical training to create innovative economies able to generate sustainable, inclusive growth, says a new book by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)."
11 December 2012 - ILO Collective international action is needed for economic recovery, says ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, at landmark ILO-Russia Decent Work conference.
11 Dec 2012 - ILO. Gender gaps in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.
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