Inclusive Growth and

Employability BCM Education Working Group and VETC

Saha Meyanathan, May 23 2013

Inclusive Growth-Broad

Youth, vulnerable groups, informal

workers

Young/youth-large part of unemployed

(24%)

Rural youth-more impacted

Livestock sector

Working poor and skills mismatch

Inequality

Focus on Jobs and Inclusive Development

WDR, 2013, JOBS

World Development Report 2013

Jobs; Jobs drive development

200 million people unemployed; including

75 million under age of 25 unemployed

Almost half of all workers engaged in

small scale farming or self employment

(1.5 billion people versus 1.6 billion

working for salary)

Jobs and earnings, reduce poverty

Jobs encourage social cohesion

Mongolia: Two perspectives

ONE: Livelihoods and Inclusive Growth

Better livelihoods

◦ Training

◦ Access to finance/financial inclusion

◦ Labor policies

◦ Social Inclusion

Mongolia: Livelihoods

Livelihoods and Inclusive Growth

Training/Soft-Skills/Knowledge

◦ High Schools students

◦ Career Guidance

◦ Life Skills

◦ Ad-Hoc training

◦ Unemployed/Underemployed- 6600 MOL

◦ Entrepreneurship training

Mongolia: Hard Skills

TWO: Jobs, Skills and Inclusive Growth

Training and Qualifications/Mismatch

◦ Pre-Apprenticeship Training

◦ Apprenticeship Training/OJT

◦ TVET Training/CBT

◦ Certification/Standards/1-4/Diploma/Degree

◦ MQF/MVQF

◦ Skills Testing (of Prior Learning)

Inclusive Growth through Skills

Better Livelihoods

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Jobs