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The right skills for the job? : rethinking training policies for workers /

Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Almeida, Rita, Behrman, Jere Richard, 1940-, Robalino, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Colección:Human development perspectives.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs, but also they are more adaptable and mobile. Workers who acquire more skills also make other workers and capital more productive and, within the firm, they facilitate the adaptation, adoption, and ultimately invention of new technologies. This is crucial to enable economic diversification, productiv.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 169 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821387153
0821387146
9780821387146
0821387154
1282108867
9781282108868
9786613802217
6613802212