This report from the UK Department for International Development (DfID) is based on studies of Rwanda and Tanzania done in 2001-2002. It serves an overall aim of studying the implications of globalisation for education and training policy. The report considers the role of cultural norms and values in relation to skills
development. It discusses the relationship between skills required for poverty reduction and gender equity and those required for global competitiveness. Skills identified by the research participants included: "agricultural, vocational and artisan skills, generic and transferable skills, high skills and service sector skills, basic skills, private and business sector skills, public sector skills and political and citizenship skills." By L. Tikly, J. Lowe, M. Crossley, H. Dachi, R. Garrett and B. Mukabaranga, DfID, April 2003. (PDF, 192 pages.)