The Nuts and Bolts of Designing and Implementing Training Programs in Developing Countries

Training programs mainly address market failures related to lack of skills (technical, cognitive, non-cognitive). This paper conducts a comprehensive review of training programs effectiveness in developing countries. Based on relevant international experiences, the paper highlights key design featur...

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Main Authors:	Honorati, Maddalena, McArdle, Thomas P.
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	accreditation achievement achievement level Adolescent Girls adult learners adult learning adults advanced training advertisements apprenticeship training aptitudes basic education Basic skills binding birth certificate business associations Business development business performance business plans business services career opportunities child care Class size class sizes classroom classroom instruction classroom teaching classroom time classrooms cognitive skills collaboration communication skills communication technology community development competitive bidding computer facilities computing skills continuing education counseling counselors curricula curriculum data entry decision-making diagnostic instrument diagnostic testing diplomas disadvantaged groups drug use educated workers education components education programs educational assistance educational levels educational requirements entrepreneurial skills exercise books formal education formal education system formal schooling formal schooling system formative assessment Girls high school higher education instruction Instructional delivery Instructors internships interventions job training leadership learners Learning learning materials learning outcomes learning process learning styles lesson plans level of skill libraries Life Skills life-skills lifelong learning literacy literacy training living conditions manuals media Migrant Workers mobility modular training new entrants numeracy occupational training occupations orphans pamphlets papers Partner organizations partnership agreements People with disabilities personality public institutions Quality Assurance radio reading remedial education retraining rural areas rural women school dropouts school graduates School Leavers school records schooling schools secondary education skill development skill training skilled workers skills development Skills Training social groups social work stipends street children Target Populations teachers teaching technical training technicians television tertiary education textbooks trainees training centers training institutes training interventions Training materials training modules Training Programs training providers training schools training services tutoring unemployed youth university students vocational education vocational skills vocational training vouchers Vulnerable groups word processing work experience working children young people youth youth populations labor market policy program evaluation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16101

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Summary:	Training programs mainly address market failures related to lack of skills (technical, cognitive, non-cognitive). This paper conducts a comprehensive review of training programs effectiveness in developing countries. Based on relevant international experiences, the paper highlights key design features associated with program success as well as implementation challenges and discusses their policy implication. Success of training programs is deeply related with the content of the skills provided and how well they serve the local labor demand (demand-driven design) and with the presence of a sound governance structure for training providers and beneficiaries. In particular, the effectiveness of training programs for youth tends to be higher when a 'comprehensive' approach is taken by combining different types of training with complementary support services. The ultimate goal is to inform new program design and improve the performance of current training programs.

The Nuts and Bolts of Designing and Implementing Training Programs in Developing Countries

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