Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth

This report reaches conclusions and offers policy recommendations to answer these questions: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon’s economic growth? Which sectors have contributed to growth? What jobs are being created? What types of skills are being used in the sectors where the highest percent...

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Main Authors: Sosale, Shobhana, Majgaard, Kirsten
Format: Book
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23736
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spelling okr-10986-237362021-04-23T14:04:17Z Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth Sosale, Shobhana Majgaard, Kirsten benchmarking workforce development competitiveness education growth innovation jobs private-public partnerships skills accumulation skills development social inclusion sustainable development goals value addition workforce development This report reaches conclusions and offers policy recommendations to answer these questions: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon’s economic growth? Which sectors have contributed to growth? What jobs are being created? What types of skills are being used in the sectors where the highest percentages of the population are employed? What are the demand and supply barriers to skills? Which policies and institutions are in play? Are they sufficient? What needs to or could be reformed? Cameroon has good prospects for moving to middle-income status. It can create a more dynamic, responsive workforce. But a new strategy is required. It can be done.This report proposes new directions and provides recommendations. 2016-02-04T22:26:41Z 2016-02-04T22:26:41Z 2016-05-03 Book 978-1-4648-0762-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23736 en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Africa Cameroon
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topic benchmarking workforce development
competitiveness
education
growth
innovation
jobs
private-public partnerships
skills accumulation
skills development
social inclusion
sustainable development goals
value addition
workforce development
spellingShingle benchmarking workforce development
competitiveness
education
growth
innovation
jobs
private-public partnerships
skills accumulation
skills development
social inclusion
sustainable development goals
value addition
workforce development
Sosale, Shobhana
Majgaard, Kirsten
Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
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description This report reaches conclusions and offers policy recommendations to answer these questions: What has been the trajectory of Cameroon’s economic growth? Which sectors have contributed to growth? What jobs are being created? What types of skills are being used in the sectors where the highest percentages of the population are employed? What are the demand and supply barriers to skills? Which policies and institutions are in play? Are they sufficient? What needs to or could be reformed? Cameroon has good prospects for moving to middle-income status. It can create a more dynamic, responsive workforce. But a new strategy is required. It can be done.This report proposes new directions and provides recommendations.
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author Sosale, Shobhana
Majgaard, Kirsten
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title Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
title_short Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
title_full Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
title_fullStr Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
title_full_unstemmed Fostering Skills in Cameroon : Inclusive Workforce Development, Competitiveness, and Growth
title_sort fostering skills in cameroon : inclusive workforce development, competitiveness, and growth
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2016
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