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Skills for a Modern Ukraine

dc.contributor.author Del Carpio, Ximena
dc.contributor.author Kupets, Olga
dc.contributor.author Muller, Noël
dc.contributor.author Olefir, Anna
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-14T19:53:44Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-14T19:53:44Z
dc.date.issued 2017-01-03
dc.description.abstract Ukraine’s economic progress since its independence in the early 1990s has been uneven, in part due to the slow pace of reforms, unfavorable demographic factors, and low productivity. One of the key factors limiting success is the inadequacy of the skills of Ukraine’s workforce with the needs of a modern economy. While the country demonstrates a strong record of educational attainment and acquisition of foundational skills, the post-secondary education and training system fails to equip workers with the right advanced skills for labor market success. This study provides new evidence on the nature of skills valued in the labor market, reviews the institutional constraints hindering the development and use of workforce’s skills, and proposes a set of policy options. This study argues that, to improve skills formation and use, Ukraine needs to renew its public policies on post-secondary education, labor-market intermediation and information, and labor regulations. Drawing on household and firm surveys, the study finds that workers need a mix of advanced cognitive skills (like problem solving and communication), socio-emotional skills (like self-management and teamwork), and technical skills (like computer programing or sale skills) to be successful in the labor market and meet employers’ demand. These skills are not necessarily explicitly taught in traditional learning settings. Policy makers should therefore rethink the content of post-secondary education and training to focus on the development of skills for the labor market rather than only attendance. To do so, establishing steady links between education institutions and enterprises, by setting up occupation standards and adapting curricula to firm demand, is crucial. An essential instrument to identify the demand for skills and facilitate fruitful investments in skills formation is a labor market information system—which provides reliable information on labor market prospects across post-secondary education fields and institutions and job requirements and characteristics to students, their families, and jobseekers. Nonetheless, a better formation of skills would only be beneficial if most of the workforce can put them at use in jobs, promoted by better labor regulations. en
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-4648-0890-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25741
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Directions in Development--Human Development;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject SKILLS
dc.subject TECHNICAL SKILLS
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject SKILLS GAPS
dc.subject SOCIOEMOTIONAL SKILLS
dc.subject EDUCATION
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
dc.subject SKILLS DEMAND
dc.subject COGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject JOB VACANCIES
dc.title Skills for a Modern Ukraine en
dc.type Book en
dc.type Livre fr
dc.type Libro es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title Skills for a Modern Ukraine
okr.date.disclosure 2017-01-03
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-1-4648-0890-6
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 210890
okr.identifier.report 111553
okr.imported true
okr.language.supported en
okr.region.administrative Europe and Central Asia
okr.region.country Ukraine
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Vocational & Technical Education
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