Creating a high - quality work force : creating a high - quality work force for sustainable economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Missions, other donors, and host country governments with recommendations for improving and expanding technical skills development. Investing in developing technical skills is an important part of a society"s efforts to build, through the education and training system, a competent, industrious, and flexible work force -- a prerequisite for achieving broad-based, sustainable economic development in today"s rapidly evolving global economy. While each country"s VTET system is different, the problems of these systems are similar enough to discuss in a general fashion. This paper is part of a broader effort of the Education and Human Resources Division of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean to help A.I.D. missions meet the strategic objectives of their country"s programs by providing them with practical tools to use in human resources development (HRD). In this regard, HRD is viewed, not as an end in itself, but more broadly, as a means to achieve development objectives in all A.I.D. program areas. (Author abstract)