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  • 2024.01.16Yuki Shimazu, Atsushi Tsujimoto, Shoko Yamada

    EnglishBook

    Private Sector-Led Cooperation in Industrial Human Resource Development: The Case of the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS)

    This chapter from the book "Japan’s International Cooperation in Education: History and Prospects," focuses on the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS), which has carried out training projects through public-private partnerships to meet the human resource development needs of private businesses investing overseas. This chapter compares AOTS with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

  • 2024.01.16Shoko Yamada, Atsushi Tsujimoto, Yuki Shimazu

    EnglishBook

    Japan’s Governmental Assistance in TVET for Industrial Human Resource Development: Changing Patterns of JICA’s Project-Based Cooperation

    This chapter from the book "Japan’s International Cooperation in Education: History and Prospects," focuses on the Government of Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in developing countries. We focus specifically on the assistance provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as the organization mainly responsible for technical cooperation for TVET. We analyze the changing patterns of JICA’s technical cooperation for TVET in relation to the domestic and global policy contexts that have influenced it.

  • 2024.01.16Emmanuel Estrellado, Pimmada Charoensilp, Shoko Yamada

    ArticleEnglish

    Policy Brief No. 1 2023 “Unleashing Ethiopia’s Garment Sector Potential: Enhancing Work-related Soft Skills with Game-based Training”

    The aim of this policy brief is to explore innovative ways of enhancing the soft skills of Ethiopia's garment industry workforce through game-based training. This paper will also provide policy lessons and suggestions for stakeholders to consider in order to promote the development of work-related soft skills of workers in developing economies.

  • 2023.11.16Shoko Yamada

    ArticleEnglish

    Constructivist analysis of cross-sectional data on varieties of skills: Contextualities and generalities of skills packages and rewards to them in Ghana and Ethiopia

    Using cross-sectional data on the varieties of skills and employers’ demands for them, this paper examines determinants of wages in the garment sector in Ghana and Ethiopia. It found that the effects of cognitive and technical skills are consistent, while those of noncognitive and behavioral skills are important but in different ways depending on the culture, work environment, and employers’ expectations. Based on the empirical evidence from the survey using the author’s unique assessment data, she promotes a comparative, constructivist approach to skills analysis departing from conventional institutionalism, which considers school as the predominant site of skills development.

  •  <p>Soft skills are an essential determinant of worker productivity. This study investigates the efficacy of a game-based soft skills training program conducted with 501 workers in Ethiopia’s garment sector. The training was based on behavior modeling theory and included two board games and reflection activities to help participants connect and apply soft skills to their work contexts. The study evaluates the training program, pre- and post-training questionnaires, and a statistical analysis, which indicates that the training resulted in a significant 30.6% improvement in the in work-related soft skills of occupational health and safety, tidiness and cleanliness, workplace efficiency, product quality control, and teamwork of participants.</p>
    2023.06.20Emmanuel Estrellado, Pimmada Charoensilp, Shoko Yamada

    ArticleEnglish

    The effects of game-based soft skills training: A quasi-experiment with Ethiopian garment workers

    Soft skills are an essential determinant of worker productivity. This study investigates the efficacy of a game-based soft skills training program conducted with 501 workers in Ethiopia’s garment sector. The training was based on behavior modeling theory and included two board games and reflection activities to help participants connect and apply soft skills to their work contexts. The study evaluates the training program, pre- and post-training questionnaires, and a statistical analysis, which indicates that the training resulted in a significant 30.6% improvement in the in work-related soft skills of occupational health and safety, tidiness and cleanliness, workplace efficiency, product quality control, and teamwork of participants.

  • 2022.03.23Shoko Yamada

    EnglishOther

    “Opportunities and Challenges of Skills Development – Why Do We Need Evidence-based Decisions?”

    Presentation material at the event, "Industrial Skill Development in Developing Countries: Education, Skills Demands, and Productivity"

  • 2022.03.23Christian Otchia

    EnglishOther

    “What Can We Learn from the Multi-Dimensional and Multi-Stakeholders Data? Insights from Ethiopia”

    Presentation material at the event, "Industrial Skill Development in Developing Countries: Education, Skills Demands, and Productivity"

  • 2022.03.23Natsuki Kondo

    EnglishOther

    “What Can We Learn from the Multi-Dimensional Data? Comparative Analysis of the Formal and Informal Garment Sector Workers in Ghana”

    Presentation material at the event, "Industrial Skill Development in Developing Countries: Education, Skills Demands, and Productivity"

  • 2022.03.23Pimmada Charoensilp

    EnglishOther

    “Non-Conventional Soft Skills Training Intervention for Garment Factory Workers – How Do We Train Soft Skills?”

    Presentation material at the event, "Industrial Skill Development in Developing Countries: Education, Skills Demands, and Productivity"

  • 2022.01.04Shoko Yamada and Christian S. Otchia

    ArticleEnglish

    Differential effects of schooling and cognitive and non-cognitive skills on labour market outcomes: The case of the garment industry in Ethiopia

    This paper contributes to the discussion on the effects of schooling and skills on labor market outcomes in developing countries with growing economies. The data are from workers in foreign-invested garment companies in Ethiopia, and the effects of cognitive, non-cognitive, and practical skills are analyzed separately from schooling years using the skills assessment module of the SKY project. The study reveals the impact of educational background and skills on the labor market, rewards of cognitive, non-cognitive and practical skills on the labor market, and the different challenges of skills assessment in developed and developing countries.