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Youth employment and skills development in The Gambia /

The report aims to gain a better understanding of youth employment outcomes in the hope of crafting more sound and responsive policies. The first part of this study provides an analysis of how youth spend their time and the determinants of this time use. The second part of the study provides an over...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lahire, Nathalie
Otros Autores: Johanson, Richard, Wilcox, Ryoko Tomita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington D.C. : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2011.
Colección:World Bank working paper ; no. 217.
Africa Region human development series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Macroeconomic trends. Poverty profile
  • Overview of youth employment and training: Introduction. Youth involvement in the labor market. Youth unemployment and joblessness. Determinants of youth employment outcomes. Incidence of training. Human capital levels and youth labor market outcomes. Summary of recommendations
  • Children's work and schooling: Introduction. Involvement in employment. Determinants of children's time use. Summary of recommendations
  • Provision of technical and vocational education and training: Introduction. Provision of technical and vocational education and training. Financing of education. Recent TVET reforms. Analysis of the TVET sector. Summary of recommendations
  • Recommendations: Introduction. Recommendations for policy makers. TVET level recommendations.