Getting Skills Right Financial Incentives to Promote Adult Learning in Australia

Getting Skills Right Financial Incentives to Promote Adult Learning in Australia
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9264406948

This report summarises the advantages and disadvantages with various financial incentives to promote adult learning based on international and Australian experience. Drawing from these insights, as well as analysis of individual and firm-level barriers, the report provides policy recommendations for how Australia could reform its financial incentives to boost participation.

Getting Skills Right: Brazil

Getting Skills Right: Brazil
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2018-12-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9264309837

The world of work is changing. Digitalisation, deepening globalisation and population ageing are having a profound impact on the type and quality of jobs that are available and the skills required to perform them. To what extent individuals, firms and economies can harness the benefits of these ...

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) Assessment and Recommendations

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) Assessment and Recommendations
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9264951830

This report, “OECD Skills Strategy Northern Ireland (United Kingdom): Assessment and Recommendations”, identifies opportunities and makes recommendations to reduce skills imbalances, create a culture of lifelong learning, transform workplaces to make better use of skills, and strengthen the governance of skills policies in Northern Ireland.

Getting Skills Right: Australia

Getting Skills Right: Australia
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2018-08-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9264303537

The costs of persistent misalignment between the supply and demand for skills are substantial, ranging from lost wages for workers to lower productivity for firms and countries. Addressing skills imbalances has become a pressing priority as OECD governments reflect on the implications of ...

Good Jobs for All in a Changing World of Work The OECD Jobs Strategy

Good Jobs for All in a Changing World of Work The OECD Jobs Strategy
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9264308814

The labour markets of OECD and emerging economies are undergoing major transformations. The widespread slow-down in productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality in many countries are coupled with structural changes linked to the digital revolution, globalisation and ...

OECD Economic Surveys: France 2019

OECD Economic Surveys: France 2019
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9264964088

France's economic growth has slowed down after a gradual recovery. Limited productivity and employment gains have reduced the growth of GDP per inhabitant; public spending remains very high. Reducing public expenditures is needed to put debt on a firmly declining path. This and streamlining the tax system would also help reducing taxes, which would boost economic activity eventually.

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs
Author: African Union Commission
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre:
ISBN: 926460653X

Africa’s Development Dynamics uses lessons learned in the continent’s five regions – Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa – to develop policy recommendations and share good practices. Drawing on the most recent statistics, this analysis of development dynamics attempts to help African leaders reach the targets of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 at all levels: continental, regional, national and local.

OECD Skills Strategy 2019 Skills to Shape a Better Future

OECD Skills Strategy 2019 Skills to Shape a Better Future
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2019-05-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9264313834

The OECD Skills Strategy provides a strategic and comprehensive approach for ensuring that people and countries have the skills to thrive in a complex, interconnected and rapidly changing world. The updated 2019 OECD Skills Strategy takes account of the lessons learned from applying the original skills strategy in 11 countries since 2012...