The skills balancing act in sub-Saharan Africa : investing in skills for productivity, inclusivity, and adaptability

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Policy Framework for Skills Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Facing the Skills Balancing Act -- Focus on Foundational Skills -- Invest in the Technical Skills of Youth and Adults -- Enact Systemwide Change and Make Skills Building Everyone's Business -- Conclusions -- References -- Overview -- Summary -- Challenges and Opportunities for Skills Building in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Policy Framework for Skills Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Skills Balancing Act -- Facing the Skills Balancing Act: How Can Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Improve the Skills of Their Labor Force for Today and Tomorrow? -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- 1 Skills and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Skills for Africa: Which Skills, When to Develop Them, and for Whom -- Skills Wanted: The Demand for Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa Today -- Skills and Economic Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Progress in Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Public Spending on Education in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Skills Priorities for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Framework and Country Typology -- Notes -- References -- 2 Developing Universal Foundational Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Looking Back: The Evolution of Access and Equity in Formal Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Looking Forward: The Future of Access and Equity in Formal Skills Development -- Quality: The Need to Deliver Actual Learning -- Why Children Are Not Learning -- How to Get It Right -- The Way Forward -- Notes -- References -- 3 Building Skills for the School-to-Work Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Skills Acquisition for the School-to-Work Transition through Technical and Vocational Education and Training.