TY - CHAP
T1 - Human Capital Development in South Asia
AU - Lee, Jong Wha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Asian Development Bank.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - South Asian countries are going through a very fast structural transformation where the young population is growing, leading to the challenge of how to train them to meet industry demands. While educational policies should focus on improving access to good quality education for all children to address poor and highly disparate learning outcomes, more efforts are also required to improve the readiness of graduates to satisfy the changing demands of today’s job market and compete in the global economy. Over the coming decades, South Asia will continue to provide a huge influx of workers to the global labor market; and the future of the South Asian and global economy hinges on these workers, and on whether they can upgrade their skills to meet changing demand.
AB - South Asian countries are going through a very fast structural transformation where the young population is growing, leading to the challenge of how to train them to meet industry demands. While educational policies should focus on improving access to good quality education for all children to address poor and highly disparate learning outcomes, more efforts are also required to improve the readiness of graduates to satisfy the changing demands of today’s job market and compete in the global economy. Over the coming decades, South Asia will continue to provide a huge influx of workers to the global labor market; and the future of the South Asian and global economy hinges on these workers, and on whether they can upgrade their skills to meet changing demand.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-15-7018-6_5
DO - 10.1007/978-981-15-7018-6_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85095569529
T3 - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
SP - 33
EP - 39
BT - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
PB - Springer
ER -