Inadequacies in Tanzania's education and training systems compromise the quality of workforce skills, giving rise to skill shortages, and constraining the operations and growth of formal sector firms in...
This report was co-funded by research grant from the World Bank's research committee for a regional study evaluating Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Support Programs in Latin America and support from...
This report is the product of a research project rigorously evaluating the net impacts of participation in small and medium enterprise (SME) programs in four Latin American countries, Chile, Mexico, Colombia...
This report is the product of a research project rigorously evaluating the net impacts of participation in small and medium enterprise (SME) programs in four Latin American countries, Chile, Mexico, Colombia...
Bangladesh has made considerable progress in its economic development. Among other fundamental factors, recent high average economic growth rate of over 5 percent has been accompanied by labor force and...
Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may...
The role of small scale industries in providing productive employment and earning opportunities has emerged as an important concern among policy makers, donor agencies and researchers. Such policy interest...
Unique firm-level data from five developing countries -- Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan and China -- were assembled to provide a first look at the incidence, determinants, and productivity...
This article analyzes the impact and effectiveness of the Mexican labor retraining program for unemployed and displaced workers - Programa de Becas de Capacitacion para Trabajadores (PROBECAT). The strategy...