International Journal of Manpower: Volume 18 Issue 1/2

Overview: World Bank policy research on vocational education and training

John Middleton, Adrian Ziderman

Reports that although the results of the World Bank’s programme of policy research on vocational and technical education and training are available in published form, the process…

Financing training: issues and options

Christopher Dougherty, Jee‐Peng Tan

Appraises the scope for cost‐effective government intervention into the mobilization of resources for training, examining measures catalytic in nature as well as direct…

The cost of vocational training

Mun C. Tsang

Discusses the methodological issues in costing two common types of vocational training programmes: institutional vocational training and enterprise‐based vocational training…

Improving training quality in developing countries: Towards greater instructional efficiency

Dennis R. Herschbach

Presents an overview of school and classroom policies and practices which contribute to the improvement of the quality and efficiency of vocational education and training (VET) in…

The new information technology ‐ international diffusion and its impact on employment and skills: A review of the literature

Martin Carnoy

The technological revolution is creating new goods and services and altering how and where they are produced. One of the principal issues for all countries is how these new…

New challenges to vocational training authorities: Lessons from the Latin American experience

María Angélica Ducci

Long‐standing vocational training institutions in Latin America countries are undergoing significant transformation to improve their relevance, efficiency and effectiveness in…

Enterprise training

Frederick W. Greig

Based on a background paper on the same subject, written on invitation by the World Bank, as a contribution to a general policy review on vocational and technical education and…

Planning for vocational education, training and employment: a minimalist approach

Martin Godfrey

This paper addresses the scope and content of planning for vocational education, training and employment in developing countries. Its premiss is that, since planning uses scarce…