Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Nour S. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Education, training and skill development policies in Arab Gulf countries: Macro-micro overview
Abstract: This paper uses a combination of secondary and primary data to provide a  more comprehensive analysis of education, training and skill development  policies in the Gulf countries. Different from earlier studies an  interesting element in our analysis is that we discuss both the supply  and demand sides of educational policies in the Gulf countries. A novel  element in our study is that we present and compare the macro and micro  views/perspectives concerning plans and policies implemented to improve  skill upgrading through enhancing educational system, provision of  training, transfer of knowledge/external schooling effect, using the  macro and firm surveys 2002 data.    Keywords Education; training; skill; skill upgrading policies; Gulf countries
Keywords: National Government Expenditures and Education; Education and Research Institutions: General; Analysis of Education; Education and Inequality; Education: Government Policy; Personnel Economics: Training; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration; 
Classification-JEL: H52; I20; I21; I24; I28; M53; O15; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 015
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/3258edcd-222b-4b92-80c9-c254e9843c5c
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 313179
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014015