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Author Lahire, Nathalie.

Title Youth employment and skills development in The Gambia [electronic resource] / Nathalie Lahire, Richard Johanson, Ryoko Tomita Wilcox.

Imprint Washington D.C. : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2011.

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Description xviii, 98 p. : ill.
Series World Bank working paper ; no. 217
Africa human development series
Africa Region human development series.
World Bank working paper ; no. 217.
Note "This report was prepared by Nathalie Lahire and included the following team members: Priscilla Elms, Ryoko Wilcox, and Richard Johanson."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98).
Contents Introduction: Macroeconomic trends. Poverty profile -- Overview of youth employment and training: Introduction. Youth involvement in the labor market. Youth unemployment and joblessness. Determinants of youth employment outcomes. Incidence of training. Human capital levels and youth labor market outcomes. Summary of recommendations -- Children's work and schooling: Introduction. Involvement in employment. Determinants of children's time use. Summary of recommendations -- Provision of technical and vocational education and training: Introduction. Provision of technical and vocational education and training. Financing of education. Recent TVET reforms. Analysis of the TVET sector. Summary of recommendations -- Recommendations: Introduction. Recommendations for policy makers. TVET level recommendations.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Vocational education -- Gambia.
Technical education -- Gambia.
Youth -- Employment -- Gambia.
Youth -- Gambia -- Social conditions.
Gambia -- Economic conditions -- 1965-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Johanson, Richard.
Wilcox, Ryoko Tomita.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780821388112
9780821388136 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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