Developing Skills for Sri Lanka's Labor Market

Asian Development Bank | October 2009
Abstract
This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Skills Development Project in Sri Lanka, which aimed at improving the quality and relevance of skills training programs to build a high quality workforce and help tackle the issue of skills mismatch and unemployment among rural and urban youth.
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Asian Development Bank. 2009. Developing Skills for Sri Lanka's Labor Market. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1484. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Keywords
Equity In Education
Alleviating Poverty
Educational Quality
Basic education
Education
Employment
Unemployment
Distributive education
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http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1484
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