Education as a supplier of human resources
Recommended reading
- Rationale for public investments in primary education in developing countries: background paper for the evaluation of the World Bank’s support to primary education
- ( M. Boissiere / Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank , 2004)
- This paper reviews the literature on the rationale for public investments in primary education, especially with respect to international initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and...
- The importance of secondary, vocational and higher education to development
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2006)
- This DFID practice paper gives a brief overview of the importance of investing in secondary, vocational and higher education in developing countries. The paper defines basic education as nine years o...
- Constructing knowledge societies: new challenges for tertiary education
- ( J. Salmi / Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank , 2002)
- This paper argues that in the context of the global knowledge economy, tertiary education is even more important to emerging economies than it ever was. The author states that knowledge accumulation a...
- Promoting skills development
- ( International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO , 2004)
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This paper presents the main findings of a four-country project aimed at reinforcing institutional capacities and supporting policy formation in the vocational education sector.
The project, underta...
- Searching for relevance: the development of work orientation in basic education
- ( W. Hoppers / International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO , 1996)
- Introducing work-orientation programmes at basic education level still remains a fairly controversial issue. Yet, such experiences are attracting the renewed attention of policy-makers. Since the Worl...
- Education and labour market outcomes in Sub-Saharan West Africa
- ( M. Kuepie; C.J. Nordman; F. Roubaud / Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme , 2006)
- Does primary education really help to guard against unemployment and poverty? Perhaps not, this paper argues. Using a statistical analysis, this study analyses the effects of education on urban labour...
