Financing training: Issues and options

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 416-436

  Dougherty, Christopher ^a   Tan, Jee Peng ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprenticeships; Developing countries; Government; Private sector; Subsidies; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014434     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090599910302604     Document Type: Article

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