Skills, Jobs & Growth
Nations as different as India and Saudi Arabia have in common a large demographic dividend – their young and working-age populations are large relative to their population at retirement age. This can lead to growth and improved citizen wellbeing. How can public programs best support young people to acquire the education and skills the job market demands?
Nations as different as India and Saudi Arabia have in common a large demographic dividend – their young and working-age populations are large relative to their population at retirement age. This can lead to growth and improved citizen wellbeing. How can public programs best support young people to acquire the education and skills the job market demands?
Highlights
News, events, and insights from our policy-research engagements related to skills and the labor market.
Less than 25 per cent of women who went through the major skilling programme we studied held a job for three or more months after their programme
A key challenge in India is to recruit and train a large rural labour force for mostly urban jobs. Skill India promises to do just that.
Skills training programs are promising, but they fail to reach large numbers of women when the program design is inconsistent with ingrained social norms.
Projects
Job Placement Centers seem to be working. Why not use them to increase female employment?