Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the adequacy of UNESCO policy in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. People working in the informal economy in the Global South are looked at as a starting point. Design/methodology/approach: The paper examines UNESCO/UNEVOC documents, the UNIFEM report on the "Progress…

Examines the ideological origins of vocational education and the reasons why people holding a broad spectrum of political and economic opinion found vocational education attractive. Argues that despite differing views on vocational policies, reformers were united by a desire to improve the functioning of society. (ETS)

Develops a method for reassessing earnings benefits from employment and training programs to include costs of lost leisure. Suggests that ignoring lost leisure favors programs that emphasize job search or work requirements over investments in human capital. (SK)

The pessimistic conclusions of studies of vocational education/training conducted within a framework of reproduction theory contrast with the policy literature's faith in the promise of a high trust/high skill society. The transformation of society and social relations is unlikely to occur in a capitalist system. (SK)

The proceedings from the 2 days of hearings before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities on the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1977, the authorizations and appropriations for the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), and the President's economic stimulus proposals are presented in this report. All prepared…

The authors believe that one should beware of adopting too general an approach to Third World training which fails to take account of different types of education and training. At the same time, they view the economy as a whole, including the rural sector and informal activities. (Author/CT)

This paper examines the theoretical difficulties inherent in basing social investment decisions solely on considerations involving the additional tax payments and tax receipts the investment generates. Although the conceptual issues raised are quite general and could be applied to a wide variety of government financed investments, emphasis is on…

Seven studies commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor measuring the net market impacts of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act are reviewed. Their purpose was to generate informed debate on the efficacy of quasi-experimental designs and structural economic models to evaluate federally subsidized employment and training programs. (BS)

The tailoring of grants-in-aid to wage levels in the localities which receive them enjoys growing popularity among federal policymakers; two ongoing programs illustrate the flexibility of this technique. The article describes the procedures currently used to index the CETA and Medicare programs and their data source, the ES-202 system. (CT)

Argues that provision of training for the unemployed is driven by capitalist economic policy and political choices about participation in the global economy. The gap between aims and outcomes of programs for the unemployed is integral to the restructuring of the economy that is taking place. (SK)

Reviews Sweden's national development strategy that strives for full employment. Discusses the implications of job training in internal labor markets for the Rehn-Meidner model of economic stabilization. (SK)

This hearing focuses on the implementation of the Dislocated Worker Program as well as the concerns of those responsible for the program's administration. Representative Augustus Hawkins, chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, opened the hearing by urging that more funds (rather than the proposed 55 percent reduction) are…

Social services and employment training can not solve problems of poverty and joblessness. More powerful economic policies are necessary. As the economy changes from industrial to service oriented, workers must learn social skills in addition to their vocational skills. Researchers must re-examine the meaning and value of the work ethic.…

This report contains an analysis of the Work Incentive Program (WIN) termination data collected and maintained by the Department of Labor, specifically the Office of Manpower Management Data Systems (OMMDS). WIN projects enrolled their first clients in October 1968, nearly 6,000 people. By the end of March 1970, there were approximately 150,000…

Assesses report by 1983 Commission on Indian Reservation Economies, which links slow economic growth on Indian reservations to lack of education. Contradicts report's conclusions using data from Navajo reservation. Examines apparent federal assumptions regarding reservation economies. Challenges these assumptions and suggests alternative approach…