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Deep-Dive on Malaysia's Higher Education Services Trade : March 2022
World Bank - 2022
Malaysia's higher education sector expanded rapidly in the late 1990s, with the number of institutions peaking in 2001 … the establishment of branches of international campuses in Malaysia, the country has become a net receiver of foreign … students. Enhanced trade in the higher education sector, and the expansion of the sector, bodes well for Malaysia's next phase …
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An analysis of South Africa's value added tax
Go, Delfin S. - 2005
"In this paper, the authors describe South Africa's value added tax (VAT), showing that (1) the VAT is mildly regressive, and (2) it is an effective source of government revenue, compared with other tax instruments in South Africa. They evaluate the VAT in the context of other distortions in the...
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A flexible modeling framework to estimate interregional trade patterns and input-output accounts
Wang, Zhi - 2004
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Alternative development strategies of Korea (1976-1990) in an input-output dynamic simulation model
Gupta, Syamaprasad P. - 1977
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China : higher education reform
1997
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Turkey : Higher Education Policy Study, Volume 1. Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Turkey
World Bank - 2012
Countries that invest heavily and effectively in education and skills to produce information and knowledge will benefit economically and socially. The European Union (EU) has set the goal to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. Turkey, in its Ninth...
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Uzbekistan : Modernizing Tertiary Education
World Bank - 2014
Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country located in Central Asia with a population of 30 million people and an economy that has been growing by over 8 percent per annum since the mid-2000s. The composition of the workforce has also changed dramatically in recent years. The higher education...
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Universities Through the Looking Glass : Benchmarking University Governance to Enable Higher Education Modernization in MENA
World Bank - 2013
This benchmarking exercise provided some important lessons on the tool itself and its capacity to: 1) identify strengths and weaknesses at individual institutions; 2) identify trends at the national level; 3) identify trends and practices by type of institution; and 4) generate interest to...
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Brazil : Higher Education Sector Study, Volume 2
World Bank - 2013
Brazil has put significant resources into developing its higher education system over the past three decades. As a result, a system has evolved in which some institutions have achieved recognizable excellence in teaching and research, while, more generally, the majority of institutions have...
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Brazil : Higher Education Sector Study, Volume 1
World Bank - 2013
Brazil has put significant resources into developing its higher education system over the past three decades. As a result, a system has evolved in which some institutions have achieved recognizable excellence in teaching and research, while, more generally, the majority of institutions have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558865