Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability

This policy note is a diagnostic of the state of Nigerian skills and human capital. It seeks to understand the kinds and levels of human capital that Nigeria possesses to support its efforts toward economic competitiveness over the next two decades...

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Main Authors: Favara, Marta, Appasamy, Irajen, Garcia, Marito H.
Format: Report
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26255166/nigeria-skills-competitiveness-employability
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spelling okr-10986-244542021-04-23T14:04:21Z Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability Favara, Marta Appasamy, Irajen Garcia, Marito H. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT This policy note is a diagnostic of the state of Nigerian skills and human capital. It seeks to understand the kinds and levels of human capital that Nigeria possesses to support its efforts toward economic competitiveness over the next two decades. It also looks at inefficiencies of the Nigerian skills-building system, including the barriers to growth, barriers to sharing prosperity, and presents policy recommendations and actions to overcome these constraints. The policy note offers key insights into the drivers of the labor market, the underlying analysis of why Nigeria has been unable to reduce its poverty rate over time, the jobs landscape, and the drivers, dimensions, and directions for skills development to transform the Nigerian economy. The emphasis is on directions for public sector responsibility and public-private partnerships. The study reinforces the nexus between the jobs and the employability. Finally, it provides the analytical bases and policy and programmatic directions for the government of Nigeria in keeping with the World Bank country partnership strategy (FY2014-17). 2016-06-07T21:41:53Z 2016-06-07T21:41:53Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26255166/nigeria-skills-competitiveness-employability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24454 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Nigeria
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Favara, Marta
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Garcia, Marito H.
Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
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description This policy note is a diagnostic of the state of Nigerian skills and human capital. It seeks to understand the kinds and levels of human capital that Nigeria possesses to support its efforts toward economic competitiveness over the next two decades. It also looks at inefficiencies of the Nigerian skills-building system, including the barriers to growth, barriers to sharing prosperity, and presents policy recommendations and actions to overcome these constraints. The policy note offers key insights into the drivers of the labor market, the underlying analysis of why Nigeria has been unable to reduce its poverty rate over time, the jobs landscape, and the drivers, dimensions, and directions for skills development to transform the Nigerian economy. The emphasis is on directions for public sector responsibility and public-private partnerships. The study reinforces the nexus between the jobs and the employability. Finally, it provides the analytical bases and policy and programmatic directions for the government of Nigeria in keeping with the World Bank country partnership strategy (FY2014-17).
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author Favara, Marta
Appasamy, Irajen
Garcia, Marito H.
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Appasamy, Irajen
Garcia, Marito H.
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title Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
title_short Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
title_full Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
title_fullStr Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
title_full_unstemmed Nigeria : Skills for Competitiveness and Employability
title_sort nigeria : skills for competitiveness and employability
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
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