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The youth comprise a major part of the world’s population today, with an approximate total of 1.2 billion. In Southeast Asia, the youth…

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Foreign Service Institute

Adducul, Lloyd Alexander M.

India has long been an education hub for students from its neighbourhood. Besides economic benefits, India’s capacity to attract…

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Brookings India

Xavier, Constantino|Chaba, Aakshi|Dang, Geetika

Drawing on a random-sampling of matched employer–employee data that was collected in 2016 by the People’s Republic of China Employer–…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Cheng, Hong|Li, Hongbin|Li, Tang|Wang, Zeyu

Low returns to high school and vocational college are important factors to explain the low returns to education for manufacturing…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Cheng, Hong|Li, Hongbin|Li, Tang|Wang, Zeyu

This paper provides new evidence on the types of inputs that matter to improving educational outcomes. Data from across 69 economies…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Chun, Natalie|Gentile, Elisabetta

Other

09 Mar 2020

The lack of employment opportunities remains one of the drivers of poverty in the Philippines. With the advent of the Fourth Industrial…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Quismorio, Brenda A.|Pasquin, Maria Antonette D.|Tayco, Claire S.

This report examines ADB’s Unlocking Innovation for Development technical assistance project and highlights lessons learned from…

Armenia

28 Feb 2020

This paper identifies the extent of how universities are attracted by firms in patents production. The findings are based on a large…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Rudkin, Simon|He, Ming|Chen, Yang

This brief highlights key challenges and opportunities for a more gender-inclusive skilled workforce in Viet Nam, in particular through…

Vietnam

31 Jan 2020

This study on Sri Lanka assesses the skills deficit in the food and beverages sector and the electronics and electricals sector.

Sri Lanka

31 Jan 2020