Ghana - Job Creation and Skills Development : Main Report

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:23:50Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:23:50Z
dc.date	2009-05-29
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:46:53Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:46:53Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090713005120
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3072
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243413
dc.description	According to Government, Ghana is facing many challenges in the area of skill development and job creation. The Government is particularly concerned with: (i) unemployment among the youth (6.1 percent in 2005 for 15-24 years old), which has been attributable to the rapid population growth rate of the youth, the rapid urbanization rate, the quality of labor supply, and low labor absorption rate of the economy; and (ii) the external efficiency of the education training system and its ability to supply the skills demanded by a diversified and competitive economy. Moreover, other related concerns include: channeling economic growth toward creating jobs, including 'good jobs'; better understanding the functioning of the informal sector; explaining the mismatch between skills development and jobs; improving labor market indicators; monitoring and evaluating employment programs' outcomes; reviewing the role of labor market regulations in job creation; and reforming technical vocational education and training (TVET) systems. The key objective of Ghana's development policy is to accelerate economic growth and put the creation of new and better jobs at the center of the Government agenda. In this context, and complementing the recent Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and earlier Bank's work on youth employment, this report addresses labor market challenges that Ghana is facing, particularly as it strives for middle income status by 2015. This report: (a) briefly reviews the determinants of labor demand; (b) analyzes labor market outcomes based on recent survey data; (c) reviews the role of labor policies, institutions and programs; and (d) examines education and skills development policies and their links to labor market outcomes.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
dc.subject	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
dc.subject	AGE GROUP
dc.subject	ANNUAL EARNINGS
dc.subject	AVERAGE EARNINGS
dc.subject	AVERAGE GROWTH
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BENEFICIARY
dc.subject	BRAIN DRAIN
dc.subject	BUDGETING
dc.subject	BUSINESS CLIMATE
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
dc.subject	COMMODITY
dc.subject	CONSUMER
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject	CONTRIBUTION
dc.subject	COST OF LABOR
dc.subject	CRAFTSMEN
dc.subject	CREATING JOBS
dc.subject	CURRICULUM
dc.subject	DEPRECIATION
dc.subject	DISMISSAL
dc.subject	DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject	DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject	DRIVERS
dc.subject	EARNING
dc.subject	EARNINGS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	EMPLOYABILITY
dc.subject	EMPLOYEE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT POLICY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	FIRING COSTS
dc.subject	FIRM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	FIRM SIZE
dc.subject	FIRM SURVEY
dc.subject	FISCAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	FORMAL SECTOR WAGE
dc.subject	FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
dc.subject	GROSS WAGE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME SUPPORT
dc.subject	INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	INCOMES
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
dc.subject	INFLATION
dc.subject	INFORMAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject	INITIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INVESTING
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	JOB SEEKERS
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	LABOR ABSORPTION
dc.subject	LABOR COST
dc.subject	LABOR COSTS
dc.subject	LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE GROWTH
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	LABOR LAW
dc.subject	LABOR LAWS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET ARRANGEMENT
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET NEEDS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET POLICY
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET REGULATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR POLICIES
dc.subject	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LABOR REALLOCATION
dc.subject	LABOR REGULATION
dc.subject	LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LABOR UNIONS
dc.subject	LARGE FIRMS
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	LOW INCOME
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME
dc.subject	LOWER INCOME
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subject	MANPOWER
dc.subject	MARKET PARTICIPANTS
dc.subject	MARKET TRENDS
dc.subject	MINIMUM WAGE
dc.subject	MINIMUM WAGES
dc.subject	NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject	NEW JOB
dc.subject	NEW JOBS
dc.subject	NON-WAGE COSTS
dc.subject	OCCUPATION
dc.subject	OLDER WORKERS
dc.subject	PAYING JOBS
dc.subject	PENSION
dc.subject	PENSION REFORM
dc.subject	PENSION REFORMS
dc.subject	PENSION SCHEMES
dc.subject	PENSION SYSTEM
dc.subject	POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject	PRELIMINARY RESULTS
dc.subject	PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PRIMARY SOURCE
dc.subject	PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE
dc.subject	PRIVATE TRAINING
dc.subject	PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	PRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE WORK
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORK
dc.subject	PUBLIC WORK SCHEMES
dc.subject	RAPID POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	RE-EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subject	REAL ESTATE
dc.subject	RESPONSIBILITIES
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	SALARIED WORKERS
dc.subject	SALARY
dc.subject	SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SENIOR
dc.subject	SERVICE SECTOR
dc.subject	SKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKFORCE
dc.subject	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subject	STAKEHOLDERS
dc.subject	TECHNICAL SKILLS
dc.subject	TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	TEMPORARY JOBS
dc.subject	TEMPORARY WORKERS
dc.subject	TERMINATION
dc.subject	TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	TOTAL LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	TOTAL WAGE
dc.subject	TRADE UNION
dc.subject	TRAINING CENTERS
dc.subject	TRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subject	TRAINING SYSTEM
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
dc.subject	UNION MEMBERSHIP
dc.subject	UNION WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject	UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
dc.subject	UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	URBAN EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	VALUABLE
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
dc.subject	VOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.subject	WAGE BILL
dc.subject	WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	WAGE GAINS
dc.subject	WAGE GAP
dc.subject	WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subject	WAGE POLICIES
dc.subject	WAGE POLICY
dc.subject	WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject	WAGE RATES
dc.subject	WORK FORCE
dc.subject	WORKER
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORKING AGE
dc.subject	WORKING AGE POPULATION
dc.subject	WORKING LIVES
dc.subject	YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subject	YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.title	Ghana - Job Creation and Skills Development : Main Report
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Education Study
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	West Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Ghana