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Accounting for mismatch in low- and middle-income countries : measurement, magnitudes, and explanations / Michael J. Handel, Alexandria Valerio, and Maria Laura Sánchez Puerta.

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To stimulate economic advancement, low- and middle-income countries need well-educated and trained workforces to fill the types of skilled jobs that drive economic growth. Improving educational quality and attainment and providing better training are all rightly put forth as policy recommendations t...

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Main Authors: Handel, Michael J. (Michael Jeremy) (Author), Valerio, Alexandria, 1968- (Author), Sanchez-Puerta, María Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2016]
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Subjects:
Vocational qualifications > Developing countries.
Skilled labor > Developing countries.
Job analysis.
Skilled labor.
Vocational qualifications.
Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining and measuring skills and mismatch
  • Conceptual framework
  • About STEP
  • Findings: country context
  • Patterns of educational mismatch: findings
  • Explaining education mismatch
  • Conclusion.

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