Building Skills in the Informal Sector
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2011 This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2012 report. It was presented at a Meeting of experts on " Expanding opportunities for the marginalized through skills development " organized by the GMR and BMZ in Bonn, Germany (3-4 November 2010). The paper has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the EFA Global Monitoring Report or to UNESCO.
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