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The effect of school type on academic achievement : evidence from Indonesia
Newhouse, David - 2005
"Using data from Indonesia, Newhouse and Beegle to evaluate the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior …
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Inside Indonesia's Mathematics Classrooms : A TIMSS Video Study of Teaching Practices and Student Achievement
World Bank - 2012
subject content knowledge. Indonesia has been a committed participant in the TIMSS, Program for International Student …-economic levels into account. For example, for mathematics Indonesia ranked 36th out of 48 participating countries in TIMSS 2007, and … have been useful in providing an indication of Indonesia's relative standing in student achievement and its progress over …
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Local Governance and Education Performance : A Survey of the Quality of Local Education Governance in 50 Indonesian Districts
World Bank - 2014
In the last 15 years, Indonesia has introduced a comprehensive package of education reforms designed to expand access … varies considerably across Indonesia. Identifying the key dimensions of governance that underpin effective education service …
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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014
This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...
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School health : a key component of education for all
Bundy, Donald A. P. (contributor) - 2011
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Age at first child : does education delay fertility timing? the case of Kenya
Ferre, Celine - 2009
"Completing additional years of education necessarily entails spending more time in school. There is naturally a rather mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college, thus delaying the beginning of and shortening...
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The use and misuse of computers in education : evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia
Barrera Osorio, Felipe - 2009
"This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394130
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No more cutting class? : reducing teacher absence and providing incentives for performance
Rogers, F. Halsey - 2009
reveal that teachers are absent at high rates in countries such as India, Indonesia, Uganda, Ecuador, and Zambia, reducing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394141
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Welfare impacts of rural electrification : a case study from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R. - 2009
"Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to growth and development of the rural economies in developing countries. That is why access to modern energy, in particular to electricity, has been one of the priority themes of the World Bank and other development organizations....
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