Knowledge and Skills for the New Economy

This three-year research, analysis and dissemination activity was intended to provide the tools and knowledge for policy makers in developing countries to make informed policy choices for reforming post basic education and training systems to meet the challenges of lifelong learning. To further this goal, DFID committed approximately $3.9 million to a trust fund (TF) that the WBG agreed to manage and implement. Over the past years, the TF has funded 17 studies tackling various issues. In this final stage of the project, the focus has now turned to dissemination and consultation on the overall messages and lessons that have emerged from the set of studies that were conducted.

• Dissemination Activities
   
• Background and Introduction to the Collaboration
   
• Translated Executive Summaries :  English,  Arabic,  Chinese,  French,  Russian,  Spanish
   
• Links to K&S Projects
  • Demand for Skills in the New Economy: Regional Evidence
  • Digital Divide
  • Education Reform
  • ICT and Education Readiness: Benchmarks and Datasets
  • Investment Climate for Workforce Skills Development in Developing Countries
  • Knowledge and Skills in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Learning to Teach in the Knowledge Society
  • Lifelong Learning in China
  • Lifelong Learning and Training Policies in Latin America
  • Mobilization of Diasporas for Knowledge Transfer
  • Multinational Enterprises and Training
  • Piloting Rural Women’s Knowledge and Skill Development Using ICT
  • Process for Planning Low-cost, Effective Distance Learning
  • Promoting Capacity in Monitoring Educational Quality
  • Public Policy for Career Development and Guidance
  • Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tertiary Education and Innovation Systems in Europe and Central Asia
     
• Africa Study financed by the DFID Trust Fund
  • Post-Primary Agricultural Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Adapting Supply to Changing Demand (, 967KB) 

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