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chapter 4COMPETENCIES FOR THEKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYSUMMARYPressures to increase the role of information and knowledge in national economieshave provoked a wide-ranging debate about what kinds of competencies youngpeople and adults now workforce is upskilling , both in terms of the average educational level of workersand the types of job that they are performing. White-collar, high-skilled jobs aredriving employment growth. This is not just a question of the growth in knowledge sectors . Work is becoming more skilled across industries and within group of knowledge workers can be identified as those performing knowledge -richjobs.

chapter 4 COMPETENCIES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY SUMMARY Pressures to increase the role of information and knowledge in national economies have provoked a wide-ranging debate about what kinds of competencies young

  Economy, Competencies, Knowledge, Competencies for the knowledge economy