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Adapting to an American world: the asymmetrical coupling of American and Chinese education
(2021-10)
The extensive study-abroad consulting industry that prepares Chinese students for American schools exemplifies, and is conditioned by, the asymmetry in Sino-American educational connectivity. Mobility from China to the ...
Vocational Education and Training for Farmers and Other Actors in the Agri-Food Value Chain in Africa
(2018-01)
The study analyzes the current state of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Africa and presents its challenges and opportunities. A review of the ATVET in selected Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
(2018-10)
Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, ...
Skill Development in Indian Agriculture and Food Processing Sectors: A Scoping Exercise
(2019-09)
The a griculture and food sector in India employ a significant proportion (about 44 percent) of the workforce, the majority of whom are not very educated and lack formal or informal skill training. Hence, they are unable ...
Women’s participation in household decisions and gender equality in children’s education: Evidence from rural households in Pakistan
(2022-01-29)
In this study we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children’s education incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. To this end, we estimate changes in households’ share ...
From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa’s Food Production: Investment and policy priorities for sufficient, nutritious and sustainable food supplies
(2020-10)
This study identifies ways in which Africa can realize its potential to secure a supply of food for affordable and healthy diets through the sustainable use of its own resources. The focus is on investment, cooperation, ...
Wie man Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten für die landwirtschaftliche Mechanisierung in Afrika entwickelt: Historische Beispiele aus den Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland
(2018-01)
Landwirtschaftliche Mechanisierung steht heute ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda vieler afrikanischer Länder, aber nur wenige der Bestrebungen betonen die Förderung von Kenntnissen und Fertigkeiten (siehe PARI Policy ...