02 Oct 2012
Jobs for Development? Reading the WDR 2013 from a Skills Perspective
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. The 2013 World Development Report from the World Bank makes a powerful argument that jobs need... Read More
26 Sep 2012
Educational Goals in Latin America: How do ‘Skills’ Enter into this Agenda?
By Claudia Jacinto, IIEP and Institute of Economic and Social Development, Argentina. After several years of discussion, a project entitled “Metas Educativas... Read More
21 Sep 2012
What Can We Learn From the Past 50 Years of Education-for-Development in Africa for the Beyond 2015 Debate?
By Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham. In all the talk about targets beyond 2015, I am particularly concerned about two things. First,... Read More
07 Sep 2012
Health Professional Education and Training Post-2015
By Erica Wheeler, World Health Organization. The World Health Report of 2006 pointed to the severe shortages of health professionals around the... Read More
20 Aug 2012
India's Approach to the Certification of Vocational Skills
By Rashmi Agrawal, Director,Institute of Applied Manpower Research, India. The skills development and certification system in India has been described as ‘fragmented’... Read More
15 Aug 2012
New Trends in International Cooperation in TVET
By Kenneth King and Robert Palmer. Despite the rise in interest in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) world-wide there has... Read More
23 Jul 2012
Beyond the Impoverishment of Vocational Education and Training for Development
By Simon McGrath. Given this year is seeing both a major rethink of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and of development, it... Read More
11 Jul 2012
Training the Poor in Times of Unemployment
By Claudio de Moura Castro. Amongst respected researchers, there is ample consensus that training does not create jobs. Therefore, if in a... Read More
05 Jul 2012
TVET for a Changing World: Global Developments, Local Resonance
By Qian Tang. After a period of neglect, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is now firmly on the agenda of... Read More
02 Jul 2012
Towards a New Global World of Skills Development? Or to Boldly Go Where TVET has Gone Before?
By Robert Palmer and Kenneth King. A few decades ago technical and vocational education and training (TVET) formed a central part in... Read More