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Youth employment and skills development in The Gambia

Johanson, Richard, Lahire, Nathalie, Wilcox, Ryoko Tomita

2011

Overview

The report aims to gain a better understanding of youth employment outcomes in the hope of crafting more sound and responsive policies. The first part of this study provides an analysis of how youth spend their time and the determinants of this time use. The second part of the study provides an overview and analysis of the technical and vocational education and training sector. It also provides recommendations on how the sector can be made more responsive to the needs of youth in the light of the findings of the first part of the study.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: 1965 / ACCESS TO TRAINING / ACQUISITION OF SKILLS / ADOLESCENCE / ADULT EMPLOYMENT / ADULT WORKERS / ADULTHOOD / AGE GROUP / AGE GROUPS / AGRICULTURAL TRAINING / ANNUAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE / APPRENTICESHIP / AREA OF SKILLS / BASIC EDUCATION / Berufsbildung / BIRTH RATE / BIRTH RATES / BRAIN DRAIN / CHILD LABOR / CLASSROOM / COGNITIVE SKILLS / CONSUMER PRICE INDEX / CONTINUING EDUCATION / CRAFTSMEN / CREATIVE THINKING / CURRICULA / CURRICULUM / CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT / DOMESTIC MARKET / Economic conditions / EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION EXPENDITURE / EDUCATION FOR ALL / EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES / EDUCATION PROGRAMS / EDUCATION SECTOR / EDUCATION SYSTEM / EMPLOYABILITY / EMPLOYABLE SKILLS / EMPLOYEE / Employment / EMPLOYMENT GROWTH / EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE / EMPLOYMENT INCREASES / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES / EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES / EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITY / EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS / EMPLOYMENT STATUS / EMPLOYMENT TRAINING / ENROLLMENT / ENTERPRISE TRAINING / ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING / FAMILIES / FEMALE YOUTH / FORMAL EDUCATION / FORMAL LABOR MARKET / FORMAL SCHOOL SYSTEM / Gambia / Gambia -- Economic conditions -- 1965 / GENDER BIAS / GENDER GAP / HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION / HIGHER EDUCATION / HIGHER GRADES / HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION / HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / ILLITERATE ADULTS / IN-SERVICE TRAINING / INFORMAL SECTOR / INSTRUCTION / INTERNATIONAL MARKETS / INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION / JOB CREATION / JOB EXPERIENCE / JOB SEARCH / JOB SEEKERS / JOBS / Jugendliche / Junge Arbeitskräfte / LABOR DEMAND / LABOR FORCE / LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS / LABOR MARKET INFORMATION / LABOR MARKET OUTCOME / LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES / LABOR MARKETS / LABOR SUPPLY / LABOUR / Labour market / LEARNERS / LEVEL OF EDUCATION / LIFE-LONG LEARNING / LOCAL LABOR MARKET / LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS / LOW EMPLOYMENT / LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION / MALE COUNTERPARTS / MANPOWER / MARITAL STATUS / MERCHANTS / Microdata Set / MORAL IMPERATIVE / MORTALITY / NATIONAL EDUCATION / NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY / NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT / NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / NEEDS ASSESSMENT / NEEDS OF YOUTH / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / NUMBER OF SCHOOLS / OCCUPATION / OCCUPATIONS / PASS RATE / PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIME AGE / PRIVATE PROVIDERS / PRIVATE PROVISION / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE TRAINING / PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS / PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS / PRODUCTION WORKERS / PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT / PROVISION OF TECHNICAL / PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS / PUBLIC SCHOOL / PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM / Qualifikation / QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY EDUCATION / REGISTRATION FEES / REMEDIAL EDUCATION / RETAIL TRADE / RURAL AREAS / RURAL CHILDREN / RURAL LABOR / RURAL WORKERS / RURAL YOUTH / SCHOOL AGE / SCHOOL FACILITIES / SCHOOL FEES / SCHOOL SYSTEM / SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION / SCHOOLING / SCHOOLS / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL / Skills / SKILLS ACQUISITION / SKILLS DEVELOPMENT / SKILLS FOR EMPLOYMENT / SKILLS TRAINING / Social conditions / SUPPLIERS / TEACHING / TECHNICAL EDUCATION / Technical education -- Gambia / TEENAGERS / TRAINEES / TRAINING CENTER / TRAINING CENTERS / TRAINING DELIVERY / TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES / TRAINING PROGRAMS / TRAINING PROVIDERS / TUITION / UNEMPLOYED / UNEMPLOYED PERSON / UNEMPLOYMENT RATES / URBAN YOUTH / VOCATIONAL EDUCATION / Vocational education -- Gambia / VOCATIONAL SKILLS / VOCATIONAL TRAINING / WAGE PREMIUM / WAGES / WORKER / WORKING CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULTS / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUNG WOMEN / YOUNG WORKERS / YOUTH / Youth -- Employment -- Gambia / Youth -- Gambia -- Social conditions / YOUTH EMPLOYMENT / YOUTH INVOLVEMENT / YOUTH LABOR / YOUTH POPULATION / YOUTH TRAINING / YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT / YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / YOUTH WORK
• ISBN: 0821388118, 9780821388112