Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Designing Local Skills Strategies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9264066624 ISBN 13: 9789264066625

Publisher: OECD Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

With global economic change and rising mobility, it is no longer simple to invest in a skilled workforce for the future. Actions are needed on a variety of fronts, including attracting and retaining talent, better integrating disadvantaged groups into the labour force, and upgrading the skills of low-paid workers. Much of the responsibility for these actions falls squarely on the shoulders of local policy makers. Drawing from a wide array of case studies, this book analyses best-practice local strategies for increasing workforce skills. And it also takes a close look at the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration. The in-depth case studies in this report range from Shanghai's "Highland of Talent Strategy" to new "career ladders" which help immigrants escape low-skilled, low-paid employment in New York. National and local-level recommendations on local skills development are provided, for both OECD and non-OECD countries. Related reading: Flexible Policy for More and Better Jobs (2009); Community Capacity Building: Creating a Better Future Together (2009)

Edition details

• Publisher: OECD Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9264066624
• ISBN 13: 9789264066625
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Froy Francesca, Giguere Sylvain, Hofer Andrea-Rosalinde