Shoko YAMADA (Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University)As a professor of education and development, Professor Yamada has conducted extensive research on educational policy-making and implementation in the Global South, with a particular focus on Africa. One of her consistent research focuses is the formation and the social and personal values of skills and knowledge among youths. Since the mid-2010s, she has been leading the Skills and Knowledge for Youths (SKY) research project, which assesses the skills of industrial workers using the evaluation tools developed uniquely by the project. She has also analyzed the discourse around global agendas, such as SDGs and MDGs, and how national governments and stakeholders in education and skills development adopt them. She edited a special issue titled “Skills for Development Revisited” with Simon McGrath for the International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 102, 2023. Her recent books include "Knowledge, School, and Social Structure in Africa" (edited with Akira Takada and Shose Kessi, Langaa Publishing, 2021), and "Post-Education-for-All and Sustainable Development Paradigm: Structural Changes with Diversifying Actors and Norms" (Emerald, 2016).

• Acknowledgements.- Table of Contents.- About the Editor.- List of Contributors.- Introduction Chapter 1 Multidisciplinary Theorization of Competencies at Work.- Chapter 2 Econo productive and Structural regulatory Conditions of Competency Development in the Global South.- Chapter 3 The Design of Realist Constructivist Evaluation and Cultivation of Youths Work Related Competencies Skills and Knowledge for Youths SKY Project Modules.- Chapter 4 A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Workforce Competencies at the Intersection of Ecologies and Generative Mechanisms Ethiopia South Africa Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 5 A National Ecology Intersections of Epistemology Ontology and Generative Mechanisms on Competency Development in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6 Economic Informality and Gendered Perspectives on Skills Micro ecological Variations in Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 7 Game based Training of Noncognitive Abilities Its Demonstrated Efficacy and Prospects.- Chapter 8 Conclusion Competencies at the Intersection of Subjectivity Social Expectations Economy, and Education.

Shoko YAMADA (Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University)As a professor of education and development, Professor Yamada has conducted extensive research on educational policy-making and implementation in the Global South, with a particular focus on Africa. One of her consistent research focuses is the formation and the social and personal values of skills and knowledge among youths. Since the mid-2010s, she has been leading the Skills and Knowledge for Youths (SKY) research project, which assesses the skills of industrial workers using the evaluation tools developed uniquely by the project. She has also analyzed the discourse around global agendas, such as SDGs and MDGs, and how national governments and stakeholders in education and skills development adopt them. She edited a special issue titled “Skills for Development Revisited” with Simon McGrath for the International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 102, 2023. Her recent books include "Knowledge, School, and Social Structure in Africa" (edited with Akira Takada and Shose Kessi, Langaa Publishing, 2021), and "Post-Education-for-All and Sustainable Development Paradigm: Structural Changes with Diversifying Actors and Norms" (Emerald, 2016).

• Acknowledgements.- Table of Contents.- About the Editor.- List of Contributors.- Introduction Chapter 1 Multidisciplinary Theorization of Competencies at Work.- Chapter 2 Econo productive and Structural regulatory Conditions of Competency Development in the Global South.- Chapter 3 The Design of Realist Constructivist Evaluation and Cultivation of Youths Work Related Competencies Skills and Knowledge for Youths SKY Project Modules.- Chapter 4 A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Workforce Competencies at the Intersection of Ecologies and Generative Mechanisms Ethiopia South Africa Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 5 A National Ecology Intersections of Epistemology Ontology and Generative Mechanisms on Competency Development in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6 Economic Informality and Gendered Perspectives on Skills Micro ecological Variations in Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 7 Game based Training of Noncognitive Abilities Its Demonstrated Efficacy and Prospects.- Chapter 8 Conclusion Competencies at the Intersection of Subjectivity Social Expectations Economy, and Education.

Shoko YAMADA (Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University)As a professor of education and development, Professor Yamada has conducted extensive research on educational policy-making and implementation in the Global South, with a particular focus on Africa. One of her consistent research focuses is the formation and the social and personal values of skills and knowledge among youths. Since the mid-2010s, she has been leading the Skills and Knowledge for Youths (SKY) research project, which assesses the skills of industrial workers using the evaluation tools developed uniquely by the project. She has also analyzed the discourse around global agendas, such as SDGs and MDGs, and how national governments and stakeholders in education and skills development adopt them. She edited a special issue titled “Skills for Development Revisited” with Simon McGrath for the International Journal of Educational Development, Vol. 102, 2023. Her recent books include "Knowledge, School, and Social Structure in Africa" (edited with Akira Takada and Shose Kessi, Langaa Publishing, 2021), and "Post-Education-for-All and Sustainable Development Paradigm: Structural Changes with Diversifying Actors and Norms" (Emerald, 2016).

• Acknowledgements.- Table of Contents.- About the Editor.- List of Contributors.- Introduction Chapter 1 Multidisciplinary Theorization of Competencies at Work.- Chapter 2 Econo productive and Structural regulatory Conditions of Competency Development in the Global South.- Chapter 3 The Design of Realist Constructivist Evaluation and Cultivation of Youths Work Related Competencies Skills and Knowledge for Youths SKY Project Modules.- Chapter 4 A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Workforce Competencies at the Intersection of Ecologies and Generative Mechanisms Ethiopia South Africa Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 5 A National Ecology Intersections of Epistemology Ontology and Generative Mechanisms on Competency Development in Ethiopia.- Chapter 6 Economic Informality and Gendered Perspectives on Skills Micro ecological Variations in Pakistan and Ghana.- Chapter 7 Game based Training of Noncognitive Abilities Its Demonstrated Efficacy and Prospects.- Chapter 8 Conclusion Competencies at the Intersection of Subjectivity Social Expectations Economy, and Education.