Lao Development Report 2014 : Expanding Productive Empoloyment for Broad-Based Growth
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Recent media reports of a perceived
skills problem in Lao PDR have spurred an intense focus on
skills development initiatives. Alarming media coverage of
rising wages and complaints among firms of a shortage of
skilled workers has raised concerns over whether Lao workers
are equipped with the skills sought by firms. The Government
and other partners have responded by channeling more
resources to skills development, for example with
investments in vocational training facilities to train more
workers. This report argues that the workforce problems
which Lao PDR faces do not only stem from problems in the
education sector. Looking only to skills development as a
solution would not address the fundamental problems
constraining economic growth, employment creation, and
poverty reduction. Creating an environment conducive for
farm and non-farm businesses to make investments and grow
remains an essential first step for skills development. As
World Bank (2004) states, Training does not create jobs.
Skills are a derived demand and that demand depends on
policies for growth and employment creation.
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ACCOUNTING, AGRICULTURE, BASIC LITERACY, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CHILD LABOR, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, DEFLATORS, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEREGULATION, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DOMESTIC WORKERS, DRIVERS, EARNING, ECONOMIC BOOM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, EMPLOYMENT SHARE, EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, EXPANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EXPORTS, FINDING EMPLOYMENT, FOREIGN WORKERS, FORESTRY, GDP, GDP DEFLATOR, GDP PER CAPITA, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATE, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH WAGE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, JOB CREATION, JOBS, LABOR COSTS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET DEMAND, LABOR MARKET INDICATORS, LABOR MOVEMENT, LABOR MOVEMENTS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, LABOR SHORTAGE, LABOUR, LEGISLATION, LIVING STANDARDS, MANUFACTURING WAGES, MIGRATION, MINIMUM WAGE, MOTIVATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, NON-FARM SECTOR, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, PRICE CEILINGS, PRICE CONTROLS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES, PROFITABILITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PSE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC GOODS, REAL WAGES, RURAL LABOR, RURAL WORKERS, SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE SECTOR, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLS ASSESSMENT, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, TAXATION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRADE FLOWS, TRADE POLICY, TRAINING MATERIALS, TRAINING SYSTEM, TRANSACTION COSTS, UNSKILLED WORKERS, VALUE ADDED, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGE INCREASES, WAGE PREMIUM, WAGE RATES, WEALTH, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKER, WORKERS, WORKFORCE SKILLS, WORKING HOURS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT