Overview: World Bank policy research on vocational education and training

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 6-28

  Middleton, John ^a   Ziderman, Adrian ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAMME; POLICY RESEARCH; SOCIAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL TRAINING; WORLD BANK POLICY;

EID: 0031456788     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729710169274     Document Type: Article

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