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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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This paper reports on and analyzes primary survey data obtained from a survey of household heads on the rural village of Nshakazhogwe, a typical rural village in northeast Botswana. It examines the associations between the incidence of poverty of household heads in this village and the values of...
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While schooling outcomes for girls have improved over the period 2001–11, progress has been uneven within Pakistan. Rural girls lag far behind urban girls and progress across the provinces remains unequal. The transition to secondary school—in some ways more critical for improving...
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same for those with primary education or less and those who had completed secondary education but becomes significantly … different when the household head has achieved tertiary education. Furthermore, household heads with higher levels of education … compared to those with less education more frequently said that their economic situation had improved in the last ten years. …
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education of individuals with disabilities. Additionally, males without disabilities are poorer than their female counterparts …, regardless of disability status, persons living in rural areas, having lower levels of education, less land and deprived of …
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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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(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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