The role of vocational education and technical training in economic growth: a case of Botswana

Christopher Mupimpila and N. Narayana

International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 2009, vol. 1, issue 1, 3-13

Abstract: Over time, there has been a significant rise in vocational education and technical training in Botswana. This article shows that there is a positive and significant relationship between economic growth and vocational education and technical training in the country. However, job creation in the formal sector is limited, given the size of the domestic market. It is necessary that the expansion of vocational and technical training should be accompanied with appreciable growth in employment in the formal sector. Botswana should produce for the regional market in Southern Africa in order to circumvent the smallness of the domestic market. Outward-looking, export production can loosen the most binding constraints to economic growth with structural change in the country.

Keywords: vocational education; technical training; human capital; economic growth; structural change; formal sector; Botswana; job creation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=28935 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijeded:v:1:y:2009:i:1:p:3-13

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Education Economics and Development from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().