Similar Search Results

Theory and Evidence on Teacher Policies in Developed and Developing Countries Title: Teoría y evidencia sobre las políticas docentes en países desarrollados y en desarrollo

Vegas, Emiliana; Ganimian, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

The past decade has seen the emergence of numerous rigorous impact evaluations of teacher policies. This paper reviews the economic theory and empirical evidence on eight teacher policy goals: (1) setting clear expectations for teachers; (2) attracting the best into teaching; (3) preparing...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944430

Social Exclusion in Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Marshall, Jeffery H.; Calderón, Valentina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study provides detailed accounting of the current levels of social exclusion in education and factors contributing … to them. It provides a quantitative and qualitative accounting and profiling of social exclusion in education in the … contextual factors intervening in the delivery of a quality education at all levels to socially excluded groups, particularly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199056

Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century Title: Progreso, pobreza y exclusión: Una historia económica de América Latina en el siglo XX

Thorp, Rosemary - Inter-American Development Bank

What did the Latin American economies achieve in the course of a hundred years and how has this affected standards of living? This comprehensive history examines the political and economic forces that have shaped Latin America's development process.Abstract: Esta historia económica revisa las...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772479

Escaping the Poverty Trap: Investing in Children in Latin America

Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique; Birdsall, Nancy; Castañeda, … - Inter-American Development Bank

. Insufficient education is cited as the principal vector of poverty throughout the life cycle and across generations. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772486

More Schooling and More Learning?: Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years

Barham, Tania; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little doubt that such programs can increase enrollment and grades attained--in the short term. But...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944382

Parental Actions and Siblings' Inequality

Dahan, Momi; Gaviria, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

The model presented in the paper generates important implications concerning how the allocation of resources between children varies across income groups. In the model, poor and middle-income families tend to channel their resources into a few children whereas rich families (and perhaps very...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944511

Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367250

The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty: Some Causes and Policy Implications

Castañeda, Tarsicio; Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

The purpose of this report is to investigate the effects of family background factors in determining the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent studies and empirical work done for this study. Based on the findings of this investigation, the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367274

Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation in Urban Mexico

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

(MFxLS). The results indicate important ethnic differences in human capital accumulation patterns, especially in education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943829

Quake'n and Shake'n...Forever! Long-Run Effects of Natural Disasters: A Case Study on the 1970 Ancash Earthquake

Miller, Sebastian; Caruso, Germán - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

years of education, while those whose fathers were affected by the earthquake at birth have no effects on their education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943868