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Work. Thriving in a Turbulent, Technological and Transformed Global Economy reviews long-term trends affecting the U.S. labor market, and the challenges and opportunities they present for America's workers. It also looks across a multitude of Council initiatives and reports to highlight some of the many recommendations to strengthen America's workforce that emerged from this body […]

Prepared by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the Council on Competitiveness.

The Council recommends that:

Prepared by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the Council on Competitiveness.

Prepared by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and the Council on Competitiveness.

Thrive. The Skills Imperative provides a compelling, short and easily accessible analysis of the key trends underpinning future workforce skills challenges and opportunities in the United States. Slowing growth of the U.S. workforce has the potential to slow economic output if productivity does not increase. Lack of adequate reading and math skills among new U.S. […]

In partnership with the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement / Movimento Brasil Competitivo (MBC) and the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development / Agência Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial (ABDI), the Council held a summit to evolve a strategic commitment to competitiveness policy and action in Brasília in July 2007. The United States and Brazil—the two largest economies, and […]