Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Country and Sector Context -- Social and Economic Demand for Technical and Vocational Skills in Ghana -- TVET Supply, Coordination, and Financing -- Policy Recommendations -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Context, Drivers, and Challenges of Technical and Vocational Skills Development Reform -- Introduction -- The Global Rise in Importance of Technical and Vocational Skills Development -- Technical and Vocational Skills Development Drivers in Ghana -- TVET Policy, 2002-13 -- A Framework for Assessing Market and Nonmarket Imperfections Related to TVET in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Demand for TVET -- Introduction -- Social Demand for TVET -- Economic Demand for TVET -- Skill Demand and Supply in Selected Sectors -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 3 TVET Supply, Performance, and Assessment -- The Suppliers of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Ghana -- Formal Public TVET Providers -- Private Institution TVET Providers -- Enterprise-Based TVET Providers -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 4 TVET Coordination -- Introduction -- The Coordination of TVET Supply and Demand -- Coordination of Government Strategies, Plans, and Development Partner Support -- TVET Quality Assurance and Qualifications -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 5 TVET Financing -- Systemic TVET Financing -- TVET Financing Modalities -- Outcomes and Issues -- Concluding Comments -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Policy Recommendations -- TVET Policy Development and Governance -- A Demand-Driven, Responsive TVET System -- Equity Considerations -- TVET Financing -- Data, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Information Systems -- Notes -- Appendix A Demand for Skills in Selected Economic Sectors.

Information and Communication Technologies Sector -- Construction Sector -- Oil and Gas Sector -- Livestock Sector -- Tourism and Hospitality Sector -- Notes -- Appendix B TVET Provision in Ghana -- The Technical Training Institutes -- National Vocational Training Institute -- Social Welfare Centers, Department of Social Welfare -- The Integrated Community Centers for Employable Skills -- Opportunities Industrialization Center-Ghana -- The Youth Leadership and Skills Training Institutes of the National Youth Authority -- Community Development Vocational/Technical Institutes -- Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service -- National Apprenticeship Program -- Local Enterprise and Skills Development Program -- The Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Program -- The Rural Enterprise Project (IFAD, 1995 and Ongoing) -- Private Vocational Training Institutes -- Informal Apprenticeship Training -- Private Formal Enterprise-Based Training -- The Ghana Industrial Skills Development Center -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover.