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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...
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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 …
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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...
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. Insufficient education is cited as the principal vector of poverty throughout the life cycle and across generations. …
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(MFxLS). The results indicate important ethnic differences in human capital accumulation patterns, especially in education …
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years of education, while those whose fathers were affected by the earthquake at birth have no effects on their education …
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