Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Nour, S.
Author-Email: nour@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Khartoum, 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.
Classification-JEL: H52, I20, I21, I24, I28, M53, O15
Keywords: Education, training, skills, skill upgrading policies, Gulf countries
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20140231
Number: 2014-015
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2014/wp2014-015.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 313 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014015