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Skills and Returns to Education in the Russian Federation

World Bank Group - 2020

The objective of this ASA was 'to develop policy recommendations for the Russian Federation based on a detailed analysis of the returns to education and identification of feasible pathways for robust growth in Russia's human capital wealth'. The second part of identifying feasible pathways was...

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Maximizing Returns on Human Capital Investment in Mongolia : Policy Note for Mongolia

World Bank Group - 2020

, envisioning that children and youth will be educated at world-class standards, adopt active lifestyle, benefit from life …

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CPIA Africa, August 2020 : Safeguarding Human Capital during and beyond COVID-19

World Bank Group - 2020

The 2020 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period from January to December 2019. The addition of Somalia brought the number of the region's International Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries to 39. The overall CPIA score for the region's 39...

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Children Learning to Code : Essential for 21st Century Human Capital

World Bank Group - 2019

to be responsive to the demands that will be faced by children growing up today into a networked, connected world of ever …-increasing digitization and online and offline collaboration. The book will also be helpful to teachers and parents and other adults who are … interested in understanding more about the subject of preparing children for the 21st century from both theoretical and practical …

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Education and Italian regional development

Di Liberto, Adriana; Symons, James - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

Given recent emphasis on externality to education, macroeconomic studies have a role to play in the analysis of return to schooling. In this paper we study the connection between growth and human capital in a convergence regression for the panel of Italian regions. We include measures of...

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Sheepskin or prozac: the causal effect of education on mental health

Chevalier, Arnaud; Feinstein, Leon - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Mental illness is associated with large costs to individuals and society. Education improves various health outcomes but little work has been done on mental illness. To obtain unbiased estimates of the effect of education on mental health, we rely on a rich longitudinal dataset that contains...

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Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India?

Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

Labour market discrimination against women and parental discrimination against daughters are two of the most commonly cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market explanation for India using household survey data...

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Republic of Uzbekistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Welfare Improvement Strategy (WIS) of Uzbekistan has the objective of improving living standards of its people with the help of strong economic policies for all priority areas of development. The report reviews economic and social policies and assesses the living standards of its people. It...

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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the Burkinabè government forms the principal benchmark for all development actors, and reaffirms the urgency of attacking poverty from a structural perspective. It is the primary tool for coordination of all interventions and of public aid...

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Guinea-Bissau; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper presents an overview of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (NPRSP) for Guinea-Bissau. The paper discusses the phenomenon of poverty, its dimensions, extent, and distribution by category and region. It provides a background analysis of developments in poverty based on the...

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