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024 8 _a10.1596/978-0-8213-8489-3
035 _a(The World Bank)bk18489
100 1 _aDi Gropello, Emanuela
245 1 0 _aSkills for the Labor Market in the Philippines
_h[electronic resource]
_cDi Gropello, Emanuela
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bThe World Bank,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource (246 p.)
490 1 _aDirections in Development
520 3 _aThe Philippines has experienced overall growth over these last twenty years, but the growth of the manufacturing sector has been sluggish and the country has lost innovation capacity. Re-gaining momentum will depend on many factors, but skills have a key role to play to support the growing service sector, help improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector, and, in general, enhance the long-term ability of the country to innovate and adapt and assimilate new technologies. This book analyzes the functional skills that workers need to be equipped with to be employable and support firms’ competitiveness and productivity and the role of the education and training system in providing them. It is the most comprehensive attempt so far to review the skills that matter to employers using an innovative employer skill survey. The book reveals that a dramatic increase in educational attainment occurred in just under two decades in the Philippines. However, in view of the growing demand for skills, the book also makes clear that there are initial indications of emerging skills gaps, suggesting that skills are becoming a constraining factor for the economy. Several policy implications are fleshed out for the supply of skills in the country, both overall and by education and training sub-sector, which we expect to be a valuable contribution to the improvement of the education and training system. This book is primarily intended to the policy makers which shape the delivery of education and training in the Philippines and other middle-income countries.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 4 _aAccess and Equity in Basic Education
650 4 _aAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
650 4 _aCurriculum and Instruction
650 4 _aEducation
650 4 _aEducation for All
650 4 _aEducational Sciences
650 4 _aEffective Schools and Teachers
650 4 _aICT Policy and Strategies
650 4 _aIndustry
650 4 _aLabor Markets
650 4 _aPrimary Education
650 4 _aSocial Protections and Labor
650 4 _aTertiary Education
700 1 _aDi Gropello, Emanuela
776 0 8 _aPrint Version:
_z9780821384893
830 0 _aDirections in Development
830 0 _aWorld Bank e-Library.
856 4 0 _uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8489-3
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