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Independent Women

The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor

By: Irena Cristalis,Catherine Scott,Ximena Andrade

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Independent Women

The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor

By: Irena Cristalis,Catherine Scott,Ximena Andrade

Stories of women activists and social conditions of women in East Timor.

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CIIR

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1852873175

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9781852873172

Skills for a Modern Ukraine

By: Ximena Del Carpio,Olga Kupets,Noël Muller,Anna Olefir

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Skills for a Modern Ukraine

By: Ximena Del Carpio,Olga Kupets,Noël Muller,Anna Olefir

Ukraine’s economic progress since its independence in the early 1990s has been uneven, in part due to the slow pace of reforms, unfavorable demographic factors, and low productivity. One of the key factors limiting success is the inadequacy of the skills of Ukraine’s workforce with the needs of a modern economy. While the country demonstrates a strong record of educational attainment and acquisition of foundational skills, the post-secondary education and training system fails to equip workers with the right advanced skills for labor market success. This study provides new evidence on the nature of skills valued in the labor market, reviews the institutional constraints hindering the development and use of workforce’s skills, and proposes a set of policy options. This study argues that, to improve skills formation and use, Ukraine needs to renew its public policies on post-secondary education, labor-market intermediation and information, and labor regulations. Drawing on household and firm surveys, the study finds that workers need a mix of advanced cognitive skills (like problem solving and communication), socio-emotional skills (like self-management and teamwork), and technical skills (like computer programing or sale skills) to be successful in the labor market and meet employers’ demand. These skills are not necessarily explicitly taught in traditional learning settings. Policy makers should therefore rethink the content of post-secondary education and training to focus on the development of skills for the labor market rather than only attendance. To do so, establishing steady links between education institutions and enterprises, by setting up occupation standards and adapting curricula to firm demand, is crucial. An essential instrument to identify the demand for skills and facilitate fruitful investments in skills formation is a labor market information system—which provides reliable information on labor market prospects across post-secondary education fields and institutions and job requirements and characteristics to students, their families, and jobseekers. Nonetheless, a better formation of skills would only be beneficial if most of the workforce can put them at use in jobs, promoted by better labor regulations.

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192

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World Bank Publications

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1464808910

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9781464808913

Forced Migration in Transit

Migrant Experiences of Organized Violence in Mexico and Turkey

By: Ludger Pries,Stephanie Schütze,Ximena Alba Villalever,Berna Safak Zülfikar Savci

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Forced Migration in Transit

Migrant Experiences of Organized Violence in Mexico and Turkey

By: Ludger Pries,Stephanie Schütze,Ximena Alba Villalever,Berna Safak Zülfikar Savci

This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world’s most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico. It examines the local, regional, and global contexts of their experiences, trajectories, and biographical projects, caught between return, stay, and forward movement. Forced migration has increased rapidly around the world in recent years, with Mexico and Turkey experiencing particularly high numbers of migrants, as conflict, violence, authoritarian regimes, environmental disasters, economic instability, lack of opportunity, and generalized violence have driven people to leave their homes in search of a better life. With a special focus on organized violence, this book analyzes the specific impact of organized violence on the trajectories and biographies of forced migrants, situating these life courses in the political, economic, cultural, and social contexts of the countries of origin (Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and in the country of transit (Turkey and Mexico). Using extensive original empirical data and analysis, it argues that forced migration is a long-lasting social process based on everyday actions and social practices throughout the migration trajectory. Systematically comparing two of the world’s most important transit countries, this book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of migration, politics, international relations, and sociology.

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191

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Taylor & Francis

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104010214X

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9781040102145

Independent Women

The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor

By: Irena Cristalis,Catherine Scott,Ximena Andrade

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The Story of Women's Activism in East Timor

By: Irena Cristalis,Catherine Scott,Ximena Andrade

Stories of women activists and social conditions of women in East Timor.

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