Skilling the Pacific Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Pacific
Asian Development Bank | June 2008
Abstract
A nation’s economy runs on the knowledge and skills of its people. Skills development is becoming a priority for countries in the Pacific, fueled in part by the surging numbers of youth who have completed formal schooling yet lack the practical skills that are useful in the labor market. Skills formation has also become a priority in countries of the Pacific where job growth and emigration have created skills shortages. In view of its growing importance, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) arranged for a comprehensive study of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the Pacific as part of the implementation of its policy on better learning, better future: education and training strategy for the Pacific.
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Asian Development Bank. 2008. Skilling the Pacific Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Pacific. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3155. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
978-971-561-710-9
Keywords
Global Development Learning Network
Globalization And Development
International Development Strategy
Policy Development
Human Capital Development
Human Development
Human Resources Development
Skills Development
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