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Development Policy Review

Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc • ISSN: 09506764

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Shaping skills: A qualitative dive into India's evolving skill development policies

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Motivation: In India's rapidly evolving economic landscape, skill development is essential for fostering socioeconomic progress. Despite the vast working-age population, significant gaps persist between the skills available and those demanded by industries, particularly within the informal sector. U…

Skills formation and (un)employment in Latin America: Evidence from Chile

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Motivation: Skills formation and training have been singled out as key policies to adapt to contemporary labour-market challenges such as automation and skill-biased technological change particularly in middle-income countries such as those in Latin America. However, limited knowledge about the effe…

Improving pathways for girls and disadvantaged youth through secondary education and into work: Evidence and reflections from practice

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Motivation: Given the changing nature of work and recent shocks to environmental, health, and economic systems, secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa must prepare youth to be adaptive and resilient as they transition into challenging labour markets. Access to opportunities to develop relevant sk…

Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis

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This article undertakes a diagnostic study of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sub-sector in Uganda, with a view to characterizing the sub-sector and identifying its potential strengths and weakness. We undertook a cross-sectional pre-survey of purposively selected key stak…