Technical/Vocational

FACEBOOK LIVE: World Bank education specialists discuss how Sri Lanka's universities can become world class institutions where students acquire the relevant skills.

No country can end poverty without the full participation of women and men. Find out what IDA, the World Bank?s fund for the poorest, is doing to close the gender gap and boost prosperity for women.

More than 2 million youths enter the workforce every year in Bangladesh. Many of them lack the relevant education to compete on the job market at home and overseas. In 2010, the government of Bangladesh started the Skills and Training Enhancement Project (STEP) to improve technical and vocational education. So far, more than 100,000 poor youth in 93 polytechnic institutions have received training stipends. Building on this and other successes, the World Bank is increasing its support to help more men and women create a better life for themselves.

Alan Larrea Rivas started as a dishwasher. Then he studied at the Pachacutec Institute of Culinary Arts in Peru, a cooking school that helps underprivileged kids learn to cook and get jobs. Alan is now the head chef of a major hotel. His advice: even when you don?t have a sol, never give up on your dreams. #itsnotonly #endpoverty

Through its young people, Africa finds itself faced with an unprecedented opportunity. Every year between 2015 and 2035, close to five million more people will turn 15 years of age across the continent, while in the rest of the world the population will grow older. As noted in the 2014 World Bank report on youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, only a quarter of the young people who enter the labor market each year over the next decade will find a salaried position, and only a small fraction of them will secure formal employment in ?modern?

In Bulgaria, higher socioemotional and cognitive skills matter most when it comes to getting a job.

Ensuring equal opportunities for marginalized Roma is a win-win for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, says a new World Bank report Being Fair, Faring Better: Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma. The report focuses on identifying pathways to promote fair chances for disadvantaged Roma in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and the Slovak Republic, with a particular emphasis on the next generation.

Ensuring equal opportunities for marginalized Roma is a win-win for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, says a new World Bank report Being Fair, Faring Better: Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma. The report focuses on identifying pathways to promote fair chances for disadvantaged Roma in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and the Slovak Republic, with a particular emphasis on the next generation.

Ensuring equal opportunities for marginalized Roma is a win-win for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, says a new World Bank report Being Fair, Faring Better: Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma. The report focuses on identifying pathways to promote fair chances for disadvantaged Roma in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and the Slovak Republic, with a particular emphasis on the next generation.