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School Enrollment Decline in Sub-saharan Africa. Beyond the Supply Constraint.
Bredie, J.W.B.; Beeharry, G.K. - World Bank Group - 1998
The overarching objective of the World Bank's assistance to Sub-Saharan African countries is poverty reduction through sustained economic growth at a high level and improved social services. Past experience shows that a minimum level of educational attainment has been a prerequisite for the...
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Technological Capabilities and Learning in African Enterprises.
Biggs, T.; Shah, M.; Srivastava, P. - World Bank Group - 1995
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Hard Lessons. Primary Schools, Community, and Social Capital in Nigeria.
Francis, P.A. - World Bank Group - 1998
Education is a basic condition for economic and social development. Working in conjunction with the National Primary Education Commission, the World Bank supported consultations among teachers, parents, educational administrators, and community leaders to develop a strong foundation for primary...
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Reforming Education in the Regions of Russia.
Canning, M.; Moock, P.; Heleniak, T. - World Bank Group - 1999
Russia's educational system, with broad access, and high levels of scholarly achievement, has long been a source of strength. The Soviet system, however, was grossly overcentralized, inefficient, and lacking in accountability. In the last decade, attempted rapid decentralization has not been...
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Education Achievements and School Efficiency in Rural Bangladesh.
Khandker, S.R. - World Bank Group - 1996
Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor health and, above all, high population growth....
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Rural development : from vision to action
McCalla, Alex F. (contributor); Ayres, Wendy S. (contributor) - 1997
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India Development Update, April 2015
World Bank Group - 2015
The India Development Update for April 2015 has two main aims. First, it reports on the key developments over the past …
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Electric Mobility in India : Accelerating Implementation
World Bank Group - 2021
undertaken by the World Bank to review the development of e-mobility in India, identify remaining challenges and mitigation … measures to support India's electric mobility vision. This report presents the findings of the analysis and lays out a set of …
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience : The Case of Chennai, India
World Bank Group - 2021
Chennai, a city on the southeastern coast of India and the state capital of Tamil Nadu, has one of the world's fastest …-growing economies. Chennai is the automotive hub for India and is also home to several other industries ranging from petrochemicals to … Economy and Resilience (WICER) system. This case study focuses on the experience of Chennai in India …
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FY 2021 India Country Opinion Survey Report
World Bank Group - 2021
The Country Opinion Survey in India assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in India perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in India on 1) their views regarding the …
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