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Published on: 2013-07-18
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The informal sector of Sub-Saharan Africa is comprised of small and household enterprises that operate in the non-farm sector outside the protected employment of the formal wage sector. The sector was identified 40 years ago by the ILO representing a pool of surplus labor that was expected to be absorbed by future industrialization, but rather than gradually disappearing, it has become a persistent feature of the regions economic landscape accounting for a majority of jobs created off the farm. Acknowledging its potential as a source of employment for the regions expanding workforce and improving its productivity and earnings is recognized as a priority for poverty reduction. This study examines the role played by education and skills development in achieving this objective.Until now, few studies have used household labor force surveys to capture the skills profile of the informal sector and study how different means of skills development formal education, technical and vocational education and training, apprenticeships, and learning on the job -- shape productivity and earnings in the informal sector as compared with the formal wage sector. This study uses household labor force surveys to look at the experience of skills development in five African countries Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania that together account for one-third of the nearly 900 million persons living in SSA. The study defines the non-farm informal sector as the self-employed (own account and with workers), contributing family members, and wage workers in small and household enterprises.Of the nearly 36 million working off the farm in the five countries, 7 out of 10 are working in the informal sector. The importance of this study is its quantitative assessment of how different sources of skills development are related to the sector in which one works and the earnings received in that sector. It further highlights a set of economic constraints to acquiring skills in the small and household enterprises of the informal sector that will have to be overcome if skills are to become a means for improving productivity and earnings in this sector. The study offers a comprehensive strategy for improving employment outcomes in the informal sector through skills development with examples of successful interventions taken from international experience and the five countries. Strategies for Improving Skills in the Informal Sector ... Suggests a strategy for improving productivity and incomes in the informal sector through skills development. Shortfalls in skills in the informal sector are largely ... Good Jobs Bad Jobs No Jobs: Labor Markets and Informal ... Conclusion Informal employment: rethinking workforce development. By Martha Chen and Joann Vanek 1. We know only too well that it is precisely the world of work that ... Read our featured insights McKinsey & Company Featured. McKinsey Global Institute Our mission is to help leaders in multiple sectors develop a deeper understanding ... St Clements University Group - Library - Doctorate Graduates Doctorate Graduates. Doctor of the University Doctor of Letters Doctor ... Information and communication technologies for development Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) refers to the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) toward social ... International Journal of Education and Development using ... International Journal of Education and Development using ICT Statistics: Top 500 Articles Since: March 1 2005 UNESCO IBE - World Data on Education 6th edition - Botswana World Data on Education 6th edition ... The Government of Botswana through the Ministry of Education has the portfolio responsibility for the achievement of goals ... Management Systems International (MSI) - MSI Worldwide Management Systems International (MSI) a Tetra Tech company is a US-based international development firm that specializes in designing implementing and evaluating ... Literacy - Wikipedia Prehistoric literacy Origins of literacy. Literacy is thought to have first emerged with the development of numeracy and computational devices as early as 8000 BCE. The role of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute ... The agricultural sector remains the mainstay of most developing country economies and provides the foundation for the development of the other sectors (Timmer 2002).
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