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of immigrants and their children into their host countries. Each volume presents concrete policy lessons for its theme … OECD countries. This fourth volume explores the integration of young people with migrant parents, a diverse and growing …
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In the growth literature, evidence on income convergence is mixed. In the development literature, health and education …
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This report presents the findings from the second phase of the Research for Results (R4R) program. The R4R program is a partnership between the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), the World Bank, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and the United States Agency for...
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The work of teachers matters in many different ways. Not only do they provide students with the knowledge and skills … needed to thrive in the labour market, but they also help develop the social-emotional skills that are vital for students … illustration of the many ways in which teachers and school leaders might influence the success of their students, acting as a tool …
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Child poverty remains staggeringly high. One in five children live on less than $1.90 a day and children are more than … twice as likely to be living in extreme income poverty compared with adults. Despite clear evidence of the effectiveness of … well-designed social protection in tackling child poverty, children are one of the population groups at highest risk of …
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percent of children in all regions of the country were stunted. Iodine deficiency was observed in 53 percent of children and … in 58.6 percent of women. The national prevalence of anemia in children was 28.8 percent; however, rates were as high as … percent of deaths in children under-five. Effective programs need to be designed to make more women aware of the benefits of …
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This paper studies the design of indirect redistributive taxation and of corrective taxation, as well as the formation of equilibrium indirect tax policies via a political process, in the presence of status goods, allowing for the possibility that illegal copies of those goods may be purchased...
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