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Can Maquila Booms Reduce Poverty? Evidence from Honduras
E. de Hoyos, de Hoyos, Rafael E.; Bussolo, Maurizio; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141430
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Leveling the Intra-household Playing Field: Compensation and Specialization in Child Labor Allocation
V. Del Carpio, Ximena; Macours, Karen - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009
This paper analyzes changes in the allocation of child labor within the household in reaction to exogenous shocks created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer compensated for some of the intra-household differences,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141578
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Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems Strengthening
Otto, Kate; Shekar, Meera; Herbst, Christopher H.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Information and communication technologies (ICT) for health or eHealth solutions hold great potential for generating systemic efficiencies by strengthening five critical pillars of a health system: human resources for health, supply chain management, health care financing, governance and service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203188
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Philippines - Education Policy Reforms in Action : A Review of Progress Since PESS and PCER
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678141
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Catching Up to the Technological Frontier?
Cirera, Xavier - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240227
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Community midwifery education program in Afghanistan
Ghulam, Sayed; Mohmand, Khalil Ahmad; El-Saharty, Sameh - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
were no education facilities and too few female school graduates who could be trained in the provinces. Given the dire … situation, the shortage of midwives had to be remedied urgently. The community Midwifery Education (CME) Program was created. …
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Benchmarking the Governance of Tertiary Education Systems
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2012
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Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2015
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Reshaping the Future : Education and Postconflict Reconstruction
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
The aim of this volume is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing … the devastating consequences of conflict on a country's education systems and outcomes, as well to emphasize the … importance of maximizing the opportunities to reform education systems presented by a reconstruction setting, adopting a long …
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Ukraine : Education Reform Policy Note
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685738