A frank account of what happens when researchers work with policy makers in lesser developed countries to inform policy changes. Useful reader in graduate courses in policy analysis and reasearch and a helpful reference around the world.
"Educational policies explicitly implemented in order to reduce educational gaps and promote access and success for disenfranchised youth can backfire--and often have the unintended result of widening those gaps. In this interdisciplinary collection of case studies, contributors…
"Educational policies explicitly implemented in order to reduce educational gaps and promote access and success for disenfranchised youth can backfire--and often have the unintended result of widening those gaps. In this interdisciplinary collection of case studies, contributors…
A rise in non-standard work in many countries and an increased fragmentation of worker careers have created new challenges for training policies at a time when structural transformation is creating a need for both re- and up-skilling. Individual learning accounts have received r…