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New and emerging technologies under Industry 4.0 are rapidly changing the nature of work and demand for skills around the world.…

The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting falls in demand due both to uncertainty and policy interventions are having a…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Morgan, Peter J.|Long, Trinh Q.

Cambodia

09 Mar 2021

In the highly competitive labour market of Bangladesh, workers are unable to find the right jobs and employers are also unable to find…

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Centre for Policy Dialogue

Khatun, Fahmida|Saadat, Syed Yusuf

In an ADB Brief produced in early 2020, we introduced compelling global evidence from an innovation in social protection: the graduation…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Schelzig, Karin|Jilani, Amir

This brief presents evidence on the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on technical and vocational education and training (TVET)…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Hayashi, Ryotaro|Garcia, Marito|Jayasundara, Halgamage Don Sudarshana Anojan|Balasuriya, Amila|Hirokawa, Tatsuya

Sri Lanka

08 Mar 2021

This brief presents evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on TVET in Sri Lanka using two primary datasets. First, this brief uses TVET…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Hayashi, Ryotaro|Jayasundara, Halgamage Don Sudarshana Anojan|Garcia, Marito|Balasuriya, Amila|Hirokawa, Tatsuya

We use two waves of data from the India Human Development Survey to investigate the effect of family size on (i) parental expenditures…

This paper examines the impact of Female Secondary School Stipend and Assistance Program (FSSAP) in Bangladesh along with its effects on…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Khandker, Shahidur Rahman|Samad, Hussain Akhterus|Fuwa, Nobuhiko|Hayashi, Ryotaro

Bangladesh

17 Feb 2021

Viet Nam has enjoyed more than a generation of rapid economic growth, led by labour-intensive exports. This form and pace of growth has…

ERIA

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Coxhead, Ian|Vuong, Nguyen|Nguyen, Phong

This publication presents case studies on the successful application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Tulivuori, Jukka