World Bank2014-09-112014-09-112013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20092Timor-Leste, a young country with a young population, has enjoyed rapid growth driven by a booming oil sector. However, the country still faces significant challenges such as a high poverty rate, a lack of infrastructure, high levels of unemployment among the youth and critical human resource constraints. The skills shortage has been felt throughout the economy, starting with the oil and gas sector where a large proportion of workers are foreign. Developing a skilled workforce is a necessary step to stimulate the incipient private sector and attract foreign investment.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACCREDITATIONBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC LIFE SKILLSCAREERCAREER DEVELOPMENTCAREER GUIDANCECENTERS OF EXCELLENCECHILDREN PER WOMANCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETYCONTINUING EDUCATIONCOST PER STUDENTCURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM DESIGNDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT GOALSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC TRENDSEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSELIMINATION OF ILLITERACYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENROLLMENTEXAMEXPENDITURESFAMILY PLANNINGFERTILITYFORMAL SCHOOLINGFORMAL TRAININGGENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATIONGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHUMAN CAPACITYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESILLITERACYINFORMAL EDUCATIONINFORMAL TRAININGINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMYINSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMSINSTRUCTORSINTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONINTERNSHIPSJOB SEEKERSJOB TRAININGJOB-SEEKERSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLIFELONG LEARNINGLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL COMMUNITYMANDATESMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMODERNIZATIONMULTIPLE LEARNING PATHWAYSNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKNATIONAL STRATEGYNATURAL GASNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMERACYOCCUPATIONAL SKILLSOCCUPATIONSOFFICIAL LANGUAGESPARTICIPATION RATESPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY GOALSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLYTECHNIC INSTITUTESPOPULATION STRUCTUREPOST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONPOST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONSPOSTGRADUATE STUDENTSPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIMARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONPRIMARY SCHOOL LEVELPRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONPRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROFESSIONAL TRAININGPROGRESSPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC SUPPORTPUBLIC TRAININGPUBLIC UNIVERSITYQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY TRAININGRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRETENTION RATESRURAL AREASSANITATIONSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOL LEAVERSSCHOOLSSCHOOLS WITH STUDENTSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE TRAININGSEXSKILLED WORKERSSKILLED WORKFORCESKILLS ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL SYSTEMSSOCIAL UNRESTSTRATEGIC PRIORITIESTEACHERTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING MATERIALSTEACHING METHODSTEACHING QUALITYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNICAL TRAININGTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRAINEESTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING CENTRETRAINING COURSESTRAINING FACILITIESTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING SERVICESUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNIVERSAL COMPLETIONURBAN AREASVOCATIONAL COURSESVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL GUIDANCEVOCATIONAL SKILLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGWORKING POPULATIONYOUNG MENYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTH10.1596/20092