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Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Richard K. Johanson And Arvil V. Adams. English edition, published March 2004 French edition, forthcoming July 2004. Why Skills Development?. Increased productivity and output for the economy
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Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa By Richard K. Johanson And Arvil V. Adams
English edition, published March 2004French edition, forthcoming July 2004
Why Skills Development? • Increased productivity and output for the economy • Increased earnings for the individual and poverty reduction • Increased profits for the enterprise • Improvements in job mobility, use of technology, and growth
Five Key Messages • Raising productivity in the informal economy is important in Africa • TVET reforms of the 1990s show promise • Reforming public TVET remains a challenge • Non-government TVET is a significant source of skills supply • Management and financing are powerful reform instruments
Seven Actions for Reform • Defining government’s role • Legislation • Building market institutions • Financing • System management • Institution management • Promotion of Quality
Government’s Role • Get the policies right, promote competition • Regulate appropriately • Promote access and equity • Address market failures with financing and some provision • Build market institutions • Evaluate, research, dissemination
Private Sector’s Role • Providers of training • Financiers of training • Partners in the governance of training systems
Role of International Assistance • Piloting and innovation to reach the informal economy with skills • Develop market institutions • Support TVET reform agendas for management and finance • Support performance-based delivery • Selective support to building training capacity
What Should the Bank Do? • Improve economic analysis of context for skills development • Support more strategic role for governments in training • Help develop effective regulatory environment for non-government training • Scale up training for the informal sector • Support training funds as a reform instrument • Learn the lessons of implementation • Fill knowledge gaps on HIV/AIDS and training for agricultural productivity
Clients where the Skills Development Dialogue is Active • Ethiopia • Kenya • Lesotho • Mozambique • Namibia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia
Capacity Building for Skills Development • Training for AFR Bank Education Staff – Sussex (2) • WBI Labor Market Flagship Course for Clients • NETF Seminar - Norway • Working Group for International Cooperation in Skills Dev. for Donors (4) • Nairobi Client Workshop • Bank-wide Seminar for Staff (forthcoming) • Bamako Client Workshop (forthcoming)