Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Types of Skills -- Scope -- Skill Delivery -- Characteristics of TVET Systems -- Rationales -- Why TVET/Skills Development Is Important for DMCs -- The Case For and Against Public Investment in TVET -- Economic Rationales for Public Investment in Skills Development -- Strategic Questions on TVET -- Some Design Issues in TVET -- Public Training Systems and Institutions -- Nongovernment Training Provision -- Enterprise-based Training (for the Modern Economy) -- Training for the Informal Economy, Including Traditional Apprenticeship -- Training Levies -- Training Funds -- What Should Be the Role of Government? How to Concentrate Government Involvement on the Right Things -- How to Achieve "Demand Responsiveness"-Matching Skills Supply and Demand -- How to Stimulate Employer and Enterprise Involvement in Training -- How to Organize and Manage TVET -- How to Assure Quality in Skills Development -- How to Ensure Equitable Access to Skills Development -- How to Raise and Distribute Funds for TVET in Ways that Improve Performance -- Whether and How to "Vocationalize" Secondary Education -- What Role Can TVET Play in an Economic Recession? -- Summing Up: Key Lessons and Their Application -- Linkage with Employment Is the Single Most Important Factor in Training Success -- Labor Market Analysis and Graduate Destination Surveys Are Essential for Proper Direction and Feedback -- Success in Training for the Informal Sector Rests Mainly with Pre- and Post-Training Activities -- Private Training Providers Should Be Supported, Starting with Analysis of Regulatory and Other Constraints -- Enterprise-based Training Has Been Crucial in Raising Workforce Skills in Industrial Countries.

Reforms in Organization and Management Can Be Instrumental in Raising System Performance -- Standards and Methodology Are Critical to Effectiveness -- Financial Transfer Mechanisms Can Be Powerful Means to Improve System Performance -- Sustainability of TVET Programs Is the Most Critical Issue after Linkages with Employment -- In the Final Analysis, the Keys to Successful Execution of Reforms and Projects Are Incentives and Political Will -- Appendix: Criteria for Evaluating Proposed TVET Investments -- References -- Useful Websites.