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Kenya: Capturing Skills Requirements and Assessing Skills Gaps in the Modern Economy

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dc.contributor.authorJohansson de Silva, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorSanchez Puerta, Maria Laura
dc.contributor.authorRizvi, Anam
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T21:00:55Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T21:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-01
dc.description.abstractIn Kenya, skills constraints are reported to have a detrimental impact on job creation and labor market outcomes. Employers have reported concerns with the level and relevance of a broad set of socio-emotional skills and cognitive skills amongst job applicants and recently hired workers. These skill gaps affect firms' competitiveness (ability to grow and create more jobs), as well as productivity (better wages). Evidence of job dissatisfaction on both the demand and supply side suggests that workers are not being matched with the right jobs. Three policy implication are derived from these results. First, worker mobility and resilience to new challenges requires the continuous upgrading of skills through on-the-job and other training opportunities. Second, with the projected population growth rate (for young people) there is an urgent need to foster high productivity jobs, as well as jobs that are inclusive (to vulnerable populations). Third, in order to address the skills mismatch, comprehensive labor market information is needed to guide students and jobseekers by providing unemployment data, job vacancies and the level of wages by occupation type.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295641532463546573/Kenya-capturing-skills-requirements-and-assessing-skills-gaps-in-the-modern-economy
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/30169
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30169
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJobs Working Paper;No. 17
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectSKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subjectTECHNICAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectFIRMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectSKILLS MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectON-THE-JOB TRAINING
dc.titleKenyaen
dc.title.subtitleCapturing Skills Requirements and Assessing Skills Gaps in the Modern Economyen
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okr.crossref.titleKenya
okr.date.disclosure2018-07-24
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/30169
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Vocational & Technical Education
okr.topicEducation::Secondary Education
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (GPSJB)
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