At the close of the 1980s, considerable doubts had begun to emerge among international donor agencies regarding the cost-effectiveness of publicly owned and managed technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Based on extensive analysis, a 1991 World Bank Policy Paper on TVET found a diverse market for skills development globally with national training systems consisting of public training, private training, and enterprise-based training. The paper’s recommendations called for a strategic policy role for governments, the opening of markets to private provision of TVET, and the diversification of sources of training finance. The study found weaknesses in public provision of TVET, but it also found that such provision could. | WORLD BANK REGIONAL AND SECTORAL STUDIES Skills Development in Sub-Saharan n - . A rT ljppi - jLJLJLJLVhCl RICHARD K. JOHANSON ARVILV. ADAMS Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa WORLD BANK REGIONAL AND SECTORAL .
