The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic

This report is about education, skills, and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The report shows that skills are valued in the Kyrgyz Republic labor market, yet skills gaps persist. Three findings are particularly noteworthy. First, higher skilled youth have better employment outcomes, mea...

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Main Authors:	Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan, de Laat, Joost, Hut, Stefan, Larrison, Jennica, Abdulloev, Ilhom, Audy, Robin, Nikoloski, Zlatko, Torracchi, Federico
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT ADULT EDUCATION ADULT TRAINING ADULTS BUS SCHEDULE CHILD EDUCATION CLASSROOM COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TEST COMPLETION RATE COMPLETION RATES CRITICAL THINKING DECISION MAKING DIPLOMAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY EDUCATION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FIELDS OF STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMAL TRAINING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER DISPARITIES GENERAL EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS HEALTH CARE HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS JOB CREATION JOB INSECURITY JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKERS JOB TRAINING JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR SUPPLY LEARNING LEARNING SKILLS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE-LONG LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATH SKILLS MATHEMATICS MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILITY NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATES NUMERACY NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS ON-THEJOB TRAINING PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONALITY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTION FACILITIES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFICIENCY QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SALARIED WORKERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL TRAINING SKILL TYPE SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ASSESSMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING POLICIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITIES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH
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topic	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT ADULT EDUCATION ADULT TRAINING ADULTS BUS SCHEDULE CHILD EDUCATION CLASSROOM COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TEST COMPLETION RATE COMPLETION RATES CRITICAL THINKING DECISION MAKING DIPLOMAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY EDUCATION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FIELDS OF STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMAL TRAINING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER DISPARITIES GENERAL EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS HEALTH CARE HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS JOB CREATION JOB INSECURITY JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKERS JOB TRAINING JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR SUPPLY LEARNING LEARNING SKILLS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE-LONG LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATH SKILLS MATHEMATICS MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILITY NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATES NUMERACY NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS ON-THEJOB TRAINING PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONALITY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTION FACILITIES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFICIENCY QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SALARIED WORKERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL TRAINING SKILL TYPE SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ASSESSMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING POLICIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITIES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT ADULT EDUCATION ADULT TRAINING ADULTS BUS SCHEDULE CHILD EDUCATION CLASSROOM COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TEST COMPLETION RATE COMPLETION RATES CRITICAL THINKING DECISION MAKING DIPLOMAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY EDUCATION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FIELDS OF STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMAL TRAINING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER DISPARITIES GENERAL EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS HEALTH CARE HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS JOB CREATION JOB INSECURITY JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKERS JOB TRAINING JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR SUPPLY LEARNING LEARNING SKILLS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE-LONG LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATH SKILLS MATHEMATICS MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILITY NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATES NUMERACY NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS ON-THEJOB TRAINING PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONALITY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTION FACILITIES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFICIENCY QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SALARIED WORKERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL TRAINING SKILL TYPE SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ASSESSMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING POLICIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITIES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan de Laat, Joost Hut, Stefan Larrison, Jennica Abdulloev, Ilhom Audy, Robin Nikoloski, Zlatko Torracchi, Federico The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic
description	This report is about education, skills, and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The report shows that skills are valued in the Kyrgyz Republic labor market, yet skills gaps persist. Three findings are particularly noteworthy. First, higher skilled youth have better employment outcomes, meaning that youth with more cognitive and non-cognitive skills are more likely to be employed than inactive or discouraged youth. Second, workers with higher cognitive and non-cognitive skills are more likely to use those skills in their daily work. Third, workers with higher skills—cognitive skills especially—tend to have higher quality (formal sector, less repetitive tasks, less physical work) jobs. However, large variations in observed skills among those with the same level of educational attainment indicate that formal education is failing too many people, even though skill development occurs at different stages in the life cycle and a host of actors are involved—families, for example, play a central role. The report argues that the government could shift some of its focus from providing access to educational institutions and instead focus on providing the skills (cognitive, non-cognitive, and technical) students need to succeed as adults. The government can also do more to get children off to the right start by investing in early childhood development programs, where rates of return to investment are generally very high and important soft skills are learned. Finally, more can be done to match the supply of skills with employer demand by improving the use of information in matching skills to jobs in the labor market.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan de Laat, Joost Hut, Stefan Larrison, Jennica Abdulloev, Ilhom Audy, Robin Nikoloski, Zlatko Torracchi, Federico
author_facet	Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan de Laat, Joost Hut, Stefan Larrison, Jennica Abdulloev, Ilhom Audy, Robin Nikoloski, Zlatko Torracchi, Federico
author_sort	Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan
title	The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_short	The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_full	The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_fullStr	The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_full_unstemmed	The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic
title_sort	skills road : skills for employability in the kyrgyz republic
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20241314/kyrgyz-skills-road-skills-employability-kyrgyz-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20387
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spelling	okr-10986-203872021-04-23T14:03:55Z The Skills Road : Skills for Employability in the Kyrgyz Republic Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan de Laat, Joost Hut, Stefan Larrison, Jennica Abdulloev, Ilhom Audy, Robin Nikoloski, Zlatko Torracchi, Federico ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ACCESS TO PRESCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT ADULT EDUCATION ADULT TRAINING ADULTS BUS SCHEDULE CHILD EDUCATION CLASSROOM COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TEST COMPLETION RATE COMPLETION RATES CRITICAL THINKING DECISION MAKING DIPLOMAS EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY EDUCATION ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE PARTICIPATION FIELDS OF STUDY FORMAL EDUCATION FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS FORMAL TRAINING FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER DISPARITIES GENERAL EDUCATION GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS HEALTH CARE HIGH EMPLOYMENT HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS JOB CREATION JOB INSECURITY JOB SEARCH JOB SEEKERS JOB TRAINING JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PROGRAM LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR SUPPLY LEARNING LEARNING SKILLS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE-LONG LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MATH SKILLS MATHEMATICS MIGRANT WORKERS MOBILITY NET ENROLMENT NET ENROLMENT RATES NUMERACY NUTRITION OCCUPATIONS OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS ON-THEJOB TRAINING PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONALITY PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES PROBLEM SOLVING PRODUCTION FACILITIES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROFICIENCY QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING COMPREHENSION RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SALARIED WORKERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL DEVELOPMENT SKILL TRAINING SKILL TYPE SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS ASSESSMENT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES TRAINING IMPACTS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING POLICIES TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSITIES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE GROWTH WAGE PREMIUM WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WORKER YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH This report is about education, skills, and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The report shows that skills are valued in the Kyrgyz Republic labor market, yet skills gaps persist. Three findings are particularly noteworthy. First, higher skilled youth have better employment outcomes, meaning that youth with more cognitive and non-cognitive skills are more likely to be employed than inactive or discouraged youth. Second, workers with higher cognitive and non-cognitive skills are more likely to use those skills in their daily work. Third, workers with higher skills—cognitive skills especially—tend to have higher quality (formal sector, less repetitive tasks, less physical work) jobs. However, large variations in observed skills among those with the same level of educational attainment indicate that formal education is failing too many people, even though skill development occurs at different stages in the life cycle and a host of actors are involved—families, for example, play a central role. The report argues that the government could shift some of its focus from providing access to educational institutions and instead focus on providing the skills (cognitive, non-cognitive, and technical) students need to succeed as adults. The government can also do more to get children off to the right start by investing in early childhood development programs, where rates of return to investment are generally very high and important soft skills are learned. Finally, more can be done to match the supply of skills with employer demand by improving the use of information in matching skills to jobs in the labor market. 2014-10-08T13:24:08Z 2014-10-08T13:24:08Z 2014-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20241314/kyrgyz-skills-road-skills-employability-kyrgyz-republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20387 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Kyrgyz Republic

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