Panama programs / Panama project 525-0118 · 1970 · labor policies and markets
EVALUATES PROGRESS FROM MAY 1967 TO TERMINATION IN DEC 1969 OF SUBPROJECT DESIGNED TO OFFER VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED SLUM DWELLERS IN PANAMA UNDER USAID MANPOWER TRAINING & UTILIZATION PROJECT. DEC abstract (PD-AAB-165-A1)
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EVALUATES PROGRESS FROM MAY 1967 TO TERMINATION IN DEC 1969 OF SUBPROJECT DESIGNED TO OFFER VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO UNEMPLOYED SLUM DWELLERS IN PANAMA UNDER USAID MANPOWER TRAINING & UTILIZATION PROJECT. EXAMINATION INCLUDED VISITS TO TRAINING CENTERS,DISCUSSIONS WITH TRAINEES & WITH HEADS OF 2 TRADE ASSOCIATIONS. TRAINING WAS PROVIDED FOR 830 UNEMPLOYED HEADS OF FAMILIES IN AN "ACCELERATED SKILLED & SEMI-SKILLED TRAINING PROGRAM" COMPRISING 47 COURSES AT 6 LOCATIONS. THE INSTITUTO PARA LA FORMACION Y APROVECHAMIENTO DE RECURSOS HUMANOS (IFARHU), A NATIONAL AGENCY FOR PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY,BECAME THE INSTITUTIONAL BASE FOR ADULT VOCATIONAL TRNG AND CONTINUED THIS TRNG AFTER THE SUBPROJECT ENDED. HOWEVER,TRNG ALLOWANCES GIVEN TO PARTICIPANTS FOR FAMILY SUPPORT WERE DISCONTINUED AT THE END OF THE PROJ,RESULTING IN AN INCREASED DROPOUT RATE. SUBPROJ EMPHASIS WAS ON TRNG FOR EMPLOYMENT,WITH COURSES BEING TAILORED TO FILL RECOGNIZED JOB VACANCIES. TRNG WAS OFFERED IN THE VICINITY OF GREATEST DEMAND FOR WORK,NOTABLY IN PANAMA CITY & COLON,BUT ALSO IN 4 PROVINCIAL CITIES. A NOTABLE PROJ ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE COOPERATION PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS. CREATION & CONTINU
Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAB-165-A1 (1970). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Panama.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
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| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panama | 1970 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 1 source |
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Sector profile (computed): Labor policies and markets 69%; Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 14%; Economic opportunity (microenterprise, jobs, skills, poverty reduction) 11%
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| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVALUATION REPORT. MANPOWER TRAINING AND UTILIZATION PROJECT, UNITED STATES AID MISSION TO PANAMA (MAY 4- JULY 17, 1970) | 1970 | PD-AAB-165-A1 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
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