Books: education and training

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• A manual for gender audit facilitators. The ILO participatory gender audit methodology - Buy now
  13 July 2007 - This manual provides gender audit facilitators with guidelines and practical instructions on how to plan and implement participatory gender audits in an organizational context. ...
• A statistical profile of the teaching profession - Buy now
  28 October 2002 - Compiles world data on the composition of the teaching force by age and gender, working and teaching time, class size, salaries, etc., for the period 1990-1999.

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• Career guidance. A resource handbook for low- and middle-income countries - Buy now
  04 April 2006 - Career Guidance:A resource handbook for low-and middle-income countries" is an essential guide to developing effective career guidance systems, career information, organizing service delivery, staff development and improving governance and coordination...

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• Firm and worker training in the Caribbean. A report for the World Bank - Buy now
  24 January 2007 - Assesses the extent to which Caribbean governments, private sectors and workers' associations have succeeded in promoting productivity through training policies.

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• Give girls a chance. Tackling child labour, a key to the future - Buy now
  08 July 2009 - This report provides an overview on the involvement of girls in child labour and the policy responses required to tackle the problem. It provides global estimates on girls involvement in child labour and looks at major sectors of work in which girls are involved. ...

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• Human resources development and training. Report 92 IV (1) - Buy now
  22 August 2003 - International Labour Conference, 92nd Session 2004, Report IV (1). This report contains the text of the proposed Recommendation concerning human resources development and training which is based on the Proposed Conclusions adopted by the Conference at its 91st session.
• How to start a small business. A manual for community workers assisting persons with disabilities - Buy now
  31 December 1992 - Explains how to conduct surveys of needs and feasibility studies, how to plan the work, and the financing and management of the business to be created.

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• Impact of structural adjustment on the employment and training of teachers. Report JMEP/1996/II - Buy now
  20 February 1996 - Report for discussion at the Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Educational Personnel. Analyzes the impact of structural adjustment on the education sector and on teachers' employment, pay and working conditions. Examines career development patterns, class size, availability of teaching materials, and the role of teachers' organizations in educational decision making. ...

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• Key competencies and lifelong learning - Buy now
  29 April 2005 - This book is an initial effort towards systematising experiences involving the application and development of new training approaches. It presents a systematic approach from three perspectives. ...

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• Learning and teaching in the internet age. Distance learning and new technologies for vocational training - Buy now
  04 December 2006 - With the use of new technologies, distance learning has raised more interest and broadened its possibilities. Vocational training is also involved in the process, though there still are many doubts as to what its potential and limits are, or what opportunities and risks it creates.
• Learning and training for work in the knowledge society: The constituents’ views. Report 91 IV (2) - Buy now
  13 January 2003 - Presents the views received from ILO member States on the form and content of a proposed international instrument on human resources development and training.
• Lifelong learning in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries. Report TMMEI/2002 - Buy now
  12 August 2002 -
• Learning and training for work in the knowledge society. Report 91 IV (1) - Buy now
  04 February 2002 - Explores contemporary trends in human resources development and training. Examines the shift towards economies and societies that increasingly rely on human knowledge and skills in producing goods and services and reviews the new objectives of education and training. ...
• Lifelong learning in the twenty-first century: The changing roles of educational personnel. Report JMEP/2000 - Buy now
  23 March 2000 - Reviews definitions, concepts, policy, funding, organization and evaluation of lifelong learning, the scope of its coverage at the end of the twentieth century to various population groups, curriculum and technology issues, and systemic relations between formal, informal and workplace education and training. ...

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• Microfinance and public policy. Outreach, performance and efficiency. - Buy now
  12 November 2007 - This book states to aid agencies and governments to consider efficiency as a robust and reliable criterion to guide their decisions on whether continuing or discounting support from microfinance institutions (MFIS).
• Making microfinance work. Managing for improved performance - Buy now
  10 November 2006 - Microfinance has long been recognized as having significant potential to create jobs and reduce poverty. But to meet the twin challenges of growth and sustainability, managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) must not only understand essential management functions: they must also be armed with innovative ideas and strategies to succeed in today's increasingly competitive environment. ...
• Moving forward. Toward decent work for people with disabilities. Examples of good practices in vocational training and employment from Asia and the Pacific - Buy now
  10 March 2004 -
• Managing vocational training systems - Buy now
  18 January 2000 - Provides state-of-art materials relating to the management and organization of public vocational education and training (VET) systems and suggests a framework for developing the management competence of senior VET administrators encouraging them to review critically their administrative practices in order to move towards professional excellence. ...
• Management development. A guide for the profession - Buy now
  30 July 1998 - Provides practical information relating to the need to update management training and development approaches, methodes and techniques in the light of global economic trends and new management practices.

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• Note on the proceedings. Chemical industries. Report TMCI/1999/12 - Buy now
  26 November 1999 - Contains the conclusions on voluntary initiatives affecting training and education on safety, health and environment in the chemical industries. Includes the texts of the resolutions adopted by the Meeting.