Technical and Vocational Skills Development in Africa

The African Economic Outlook reviews technical skills development systems across 35 African countries, exploring challenges, bottlenecks, highlighting good practices, and identifying priorities for further policy-oriented. This paper focuses on the quality of TVSD stock-taking contribution to economic competitiveness, social inclusion, employment, and poverty reduction. It puts en emphasis on financial issues and actors of vocational training, and reflects the lessons from recent TVSD reforms in some African countries.