Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific (Hardcover, 2013)

Foreword: Mr Bindu Lohani.- Preface: Mr Jouko Sarvi.- Series Editor Introduction: Prof. Rupert Maclean.- PART 1: MAJOR TRENDS AND CONCERNS IN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.- Skills Development Issues, Challenges and Strategies in Asia and the Pacific, Rupert Maclean, Shanti Jagannathan and Jouko Sarvi.- Lifelong Learning: meaning, challenges and opportunities, Colin Power and Rupert Maclean.- Vocationalisation of secondary and tertiary education: what next?, Margarita Pavlova and Rupert Maclean.- Education, Employability Employment and Entrepreneurship; Meeting the Challenge of the 4Es, Manish Sabharwal.- Coping with Rural Transformation and the Movement of Workers from Rural Areas to Cities: the China Sunshine Project, Li Wang and Greg Shaw.- TVET and ICT Acquisition Process, Tapio Varis.- From TVET to Workforce Development, Robin Shreeve, Jennifer Gibb and Shayla Ribeiro.- Qualifications, skills and workforce effectiveness: the relevance of the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills to Asia, William Thorn and Andreas Schleicher.- Skills Development Pathways in Asia, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez and Kyungsoo Choi.- Private Public Partnership to meet the skills challenges in India, Dilip Chenoy.- Skill training and workforce development with reference to underemployment and migration, Brajesh Panth.- Rural Transformation Index - Measuring Rural-Urban Disparities, Li Wang, Qutub Khan and Dian Zhang.- Retire or Rehire: Learning from the Singapore Story, James Yonghwee Lim.- PART 3: TVET AND THE GREENING OF ECONOMIES.- Skills for a Green Economy: Practice, Possibilities and Prospects, John Fien and Jose Roberto Guevara.- Education and Skills in Asia - Responding to Greening Economies, Shanti Jagannathan.- Redesigning of Curriculum and Training for Skills for Green Jobs in Korea, Namchul Lee.- Hong Kong Employers' Perspectives on a Carbon Constrained Economy and How Technical and Vocational Education and Training Should Respond, Rupert Maclean, Eric Tsang and John Fien.- Advancing employability and green skills development: Values education in TVET in China, Margarita Pavlova and Chun Lin Huang.- Schooling's Contribution to a Sustainable Future in Asia: Can Schools Develop 'Green' Citizens?, Kerry J Kennedy and Joseph Kui Foon Chow.- PART 4: GOING FORWARD: POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS FOR A SKILLS FRAMEWORK.- Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia and the Pacific, Shanti Jagannathan.