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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia No 5: Expanding Access, Searching for Quality

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

Private higher education (HE) growth in Asia has been much more rapid than in other parts of the world. This has led to a reduction in the burden on governments to finance HE with public funds; and diversification of the mission, scope, and role of private HE institutions in offering an...

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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia 8: Improving Transitions: From School to University to Workplace

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

students’ readiness for higher learning; (ii) fostering in graduates knowledge and skills that meet the needs of labor markets …

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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia 2 : Improving Instructional Quality: Focus on Faculty Development

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

This report—Green Growth, Resources, and Resilience—describes an evolving policy landscape characterized by a changing economic reality, rising demand for resources, increasingly apparent impacts of environmental and climate change, and increased risk and uncertainty. The report provides new...

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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia No. 6: Regional Cooperation and Cross Border Collaboration in Higher Education in Asia

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

Investments in higher education (HE) to promote competitiveness and economic growth have spurred HE leaders to seek ways of effectively utilizing the available resources to raise quality and efficiency in HE. One widely advocated strategy to accomplish this is through greater regional...

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Higher Education in Dynamics Asia No. 3: Counting the Cost: Financing Asian Higher Education for Inclusive Growth

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

students such as the poor, women, ethnic minorities, and students from rural areas. …

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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia No. 4: ACCESS WITHOUT EQUITY? Finding a Better Balance in Higher Education in Asia

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

In Asia, the demand for higher education (HE) is on a relentless course in the near and medium term as reflected in current levels of participation. Governments planning to respond to this growth should have policy options to balance costs, sustainability, and ensuring fair and equitable access...

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Higher Education in Dynamic Asia No. 7: Administration and Governance of Higher Education in Asia: Patterns and Implications

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

Asian countries, despite differences in their higher education (HE) systems and in their political and social structures, increasingly see the HE sector as a strategic lever for long-term sustainable development. Transforming the HE sector will depend very much on the capability of both national...

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Gender Equality and the Labor Market: Cambodia, Kazakhstan and the Philippines

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

promote equality between men and women in Cambodia, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines, as well as an inventory of global good … how to improve equitable employment opportunities, remuneration, and treatment for women and men at work to support the …

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Good Global Legal Practices to Promote Gender Equality in the Labor Market

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Increasing job opportunities and decent work for women are essential for advancing economic and social development in … countries, because many women continue to experience gender inequalities at work. An analysis of strategies to counter gender … discrimination and promote equality between men and women shows how a combination of good practices in law and in social and economic …

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Good Global Economic and Social Practices to Promote Gender Equality in the Labor Market

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

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