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Is vocational education the fast track to employment in Mozambique?
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by Anna Schnupp May 2020

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is often put forward as the solution to youth unemployment — but to prove its worth, better...

  • Employment
  • Graduate employability
  • Education policy
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Baseline survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational education graduates in Mozambique

The research detailed herein was planned and implemented by researchers at the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the Develop-ment Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen...

  • Mozambique
  • Education policy
  • Employment
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Inquérito de base à transição ensino-emprego dos graduados do ensino técnico-profissional em Moçambique

A investigação aqui apresentada foi planeada e implementada por pesquisadores do United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), do Grupo de Pesquisa em Economia do Desenvolvimento (DERG) da Universidade de...

  • Mozambique
  • Education policy
  • Employment
Working Paper
Elementary education in India versus China

This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from China’s shift in focus from ‘quantity’ to ‘quality’, and evidence-based guidelines for effective implementation of India’s New...

  • Education
  • Schooling
  • Education quality
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'It's our turn (not) to learn': the pitfalls of education reform during post-war institutional transformation

In this study, we investigate the relationship between education reform, institutional legacies of inequality, and changing political institutions in a poor, conflict-affected country. Burundi experienced a dramatic change in ethnic power relations...

  • Education reform
  • Difference-in-differences
  • Inclusive institutions
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Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar

Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour. But child exploitation continues, including use of forced labour by the military and...

  • Myanmar
  • Child labour
  • Education reform
Working Paper
What works to mitigate and reduce relative (and absolute) inequality?

Over the past two decades, research on the impacts of a diverse range of public policies and income inequality has seen rapid growth. Despite the large number of publications to date, there remain important lacunae in our understanding of how policy...

  • Income inequality
  • Systematic review
  • Tax policy
Report
Survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational training graduates in Mozambique

This report documents the main conclusions of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Graduates in Mozambique. The research was planned and implemented by researchers from the United Nations...

  • Mozambique
  • Education policy
  • Employment
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Inquérito à transição ensino-emprego dos finalistas do ensino técnico-profissional em Moçambique

Este relatório documenta as principais conclusões do Inquérito à Transiçãoo Ensino-Emprego dos Finalistas do Ensino Técnico-Profissional em Moçambique. A pesquisa foi planificada e implementada por pesquisadores do United Nations University World...

  • Mozambique
  • Education policy
  • Employment
Book Chapter
In praise of snapshots

Part of Book Social Mobility in Developing Countries

  • Income mobility
  • Redistribution
  • Education policy
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Barriers to opportunity for students in Mozambique: In their own words
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by Anna Schnupp September 2020

Across Mozambique, 1,600 secondary school graduates from technical and vocational (TVET) institutes are being tracked as part of the school-to-work...

  • School-to-Work
  • Labour force participation
  • Education policy
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In praise of snapshots

The conventional justification for moving from income distribution to intergenerational mobility analysis is that the movie encompasses the snapshot and is normatively superior as the basis for assessing policy. Such a perspective underpins many an...

  • Income mobility
  • Redistribution
  • Education policy
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Educational opportunities in Indonesia

Not all sources of inequality in educational achievements are fair. But how strong and persistent is the burden of unequal opportunities that each person carries on in their life? In this paper, we define individual indices of the burden of...

  • Education
  • Inequality
  • Education policy
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Language and student learning

This ethnographic study explores the implementation of bilingual education in Mozambique: how it is understood, adapted, and resisted by school directors, teachers, and local officials. Bilingual education uses local languages in early grades before...

  • Education
  • Education policy
  • Implementation
Policy Brief
Transition to labour market by university students

This brief summarizes the findings and implications of a survey of the school-to-work transition by Mozambican university students. No research of this kind had previously been conducted. Over the course of a year and a half, university graduates...

  • Education policy
  • Graduate employability
  • Labour
Research Brief
Analysing the spread of education and healthcare in Asia
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  • Education policy
  • State
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