Does Training Work? Re-Examining Donor-Sponsored Training Programs in Developing Countries
This article examines the available evidence about training as an instrument of capacity development and asks whether it works and under which conditions it is most optimally pursued. The first part of the paper considers evidence from the World Ba...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/7454155/training-work-re-examining-donor-sponsored-training-programs-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9642 |
| Summary: | This article examines the available
evidence about training as an instrument of capacity
development and asks whether it works and under which
conditions it is most optimally pursued. The first part of
the paper considers evidence from the World Bank and other
international donors, which spend considerable sums on
training in developing countries. The second part of the
paper looks at the record of private sector firms to see
what can be learned from company training programs, which
have tended to be better documented and followed from a
cost-effectiveness standpoint. The article then considers
what conclusions from the private sector can help us toward
a better understanding of the optimal conditions for
training in a development context. |
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