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7.5.3 Public sector services for the poor: Institutional design and capacity building
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Article Overview: Within the public sector as well, concerted efforts need to be made to improve the pre- and in-service training of all personnel who are directly involved in facilitating knowledge dissemination and skills development among the poor.
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7.5.3 Public sector services for the poor: Institutional design and capacity building
Within the public sector as well, concerted efforts need to be made to improve the pre- and in-service training of all personnel who are directly involved in facilitating knowledge dissemination and skills development among the poor. The key areas of activity are agricultural research and extension and other rural development services; technical assistance/extension for rural non-farm and urban informal sector activities; VET institutions; community development, co-operatives, local government and local economic development agencies, women in development, labour-intensive public works programmes (roads, bridges, irrigation), low cost housing and other construction activities that directly benefit the poor and/or where the poor provide labour inputs. A major objective of pro-poor development strategies is to expand considerably the level of these services to the poor.
As noted earlier, women comprise the large majority of the poor in most developing countries. Given deeply engrained social and cultural norms, it is particularly important, therefore, that the overall numbers of female trainers/facilitators should be increased significantly. As women, female trainers are much better able to understand the multiple constraints that typically undermine women's efforts to improve their livelihoods and that of their families. In general, NGOs have been more successful than government training institutions in employing women.
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Learning to change: Skills
development among the
economically vulnerable and
socially excluded in
developing countries
Paul Bennell
Employment and Training Department
International Labour Office Geneva
First published 1999
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2.1.2 Lack of provision and system reorientation
7.5.2 Social capital, community organisations and NGOs: Institutional design and capacity building
Proper Regulation Is Crucial to Ensure Welfare Gains
7.4 Characteristics of a pro-poor training system
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