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#25 COVID-19 highlights the urgency of TVET reforms

Jobs and COVID-19 SeriesBy Ankit April 14, 2021

Photo credit: Dana Smillie / World Bank Authors: Margo Hoftijzer, Victoria Levin, and Michael Weber This blog is also available in French and Spanish. In our May 2020 blog, we predicted that TVET would particularly suffer from school closures as imparting and assessing practical skills is so central for TVET and so hard to do remotely.…

#23 How digital solutions can ease the COVID-19 impact on displaced populations

Jobs and COVID-19 SeriesBy Galina Kalvatcheva March 16, 2021

Photo: Li Wenyong / World Bank Authors: Jana Kuhnt and Kirsten Schuettler Displaced people face many challenges when integrating into the labor market in their host communities. They are also more likely than the host population to be employed in sectors that are highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as manufacturing, accommodation, and food services. And …