The main purpose of the Secondary
Education in Africa (SEIA) -TRANSE study has been to
identify and analyze measures that may lead to more
efficient and equitable transitions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42538Date: February 20, 2008Author:
Bregman,Jacob H.
Approaches to urban slums are a
multimedia sourcebook that comprises 14 self-running
audiovisual presentations and 18 video interviews. It is
organized into four broad...
This Public Expenditure Review (PER)
examines and explains some of the constraints facing the
government in public resource management and allocation, and
offers recommendations...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42530Date: February 20, 2008
Curriculum reforms first and foremost
should focus on improving the current teaching and learning
processes. As a systemic challenge, these changes need to
include re-orientation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42565Date: February 15, 2008Author:
Bregman, Jacob ;
Verspoor, Adriaan ;
Klosowska, Kasha
This study discusses secondary textbook
and school library availability in Africa, its cost and
financing, and its distribution and publishing. The study
objective is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42541Date: February 15, 2008
This report seeks to identify changes in
human development outcomes in a period of deepening
decentralization and to suggest how the country's
decentralized governance...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42552Date: February 15, 2008Author:
Garcia,Marito H. ;
Rajkumar,Andrew Sunil
The purpose of this study, educations
for all has led to a significant increase in the number of
students completing primary education in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). It...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42564Date: February 14, 2008Author:
Bregman,Jacob H. ;
Verspoor,Adriaan M.
Energy for heating, cooling, lighting,
mechanical power, and various chemical processes is a
fundamental requirement for both daily life and economic
development. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42529Date: February 8, 2008Author:
Taylor , Robert P ; Govindarajalu , Chandrasekar
This report concerns recent pension
reforms in Europe. Over the last decade, pension reform has
been a major issue on the political agenda across Europe.
All European...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42540Date: February 1, 2008Author:
Kasek , Leszek ; Laursen , Thomas ; Skrok , Emil
Governance indicators: where are we,
where should we be going? By Daniel Kaufmann, and Aart
Kraay. Two comments on "governance indicators: where
are we, where should...
This publication focuses on public
finance, development economics, and the Chinese economy. The
government will focus on the public good aspects of
education and training-compulsory...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42563Date: January 31, 2008Author:
Lou, Jiwei ;
Wang,Shuilin
The purpose of this report is to show
how development issues and policy initiatives shaped the
design and structure of the science, technology, and
innovation (STI)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42532Date: January 30, 2008Author:
Verma,Anubha ;
Watkins,Alfred Jay
This report the findings and outcomes of
the three joint UNESCO/World Bank missions to Guyana,
Jamaica, and St. Lucia, and elaborates on next steps
identified for action...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42536Date: January 29, 2008Author:
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Ruiz Devesa,Domenec ;
O'Connell,Tara E.
Iran is currently implementing a
five-year project, co-financed by the World Bank, aims: a)
to strengthen the institutional capacity to monitor air and
water quality,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42535Date: January 29, 2008Author:
Calabrese, Daniele ;
Kalantari, Khalil ;
Santucci, Fabio M. ;
Stanghellini, Elena
Rural-urban migration is playing an
increasingly important role in shaping the economic and
demographic landscape of Chinese cities. Over the past two
decades, China...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42485Date: January 22, 2008Author:
Yusuf,Shahid ;
Saich , Tony
This book seeks to achieve a balance,
describing challenges that are being faced as well as
developments that are underway. It seeks a balance in terms
of the voices...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42700Date: January 18, 2008Author:
Evans, Judith L. ;
Garcia,Marito H. ;
Pence,Alan Reese
Global Economic Prospects 2008 examines
the state of technology in developing countries and the pace
with which it has advanced since the early 1990s. It reveals
both...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42097Date: January 8, 2008Author:
World Bank
Global Economic Prospects 2008 examines
the state of technology in developing countries and the pace
with which it has advanced since the early 1990s. It reveals
both...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42097Date: January 8, 2008Author:
World Bank
This book examines issues related to
reducing inequality in Brazil. As the volume's editors
assert with authority, the current national political
climate in Brazil provides...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42486Date: January 7, 2008Author:
Gacitua Mario, Estanislao (editor) ;
Woolcock, Michael (editor)
This report focuses on the economic
rather than the social and cultural dimensions of education.
Its approach in answering the questions raised is analytical
and comparative...
Type: PublicationReport#: 46789Date: January 3, 2008Author:
Galal, Ahmed ;
Welmond, Michel ;
Carnoy, Martin ;
Nellemann, Soren ;
Keller, Jennifer ;
Wahba, Jackline ;
Yamasaki, Izumi
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