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Developing a Proficient and Motivated Teacher Workforce in the Philippines

World Bank Group - 2016

Over the last decade, research from many different countries has demonstrated the important role played by teachers in increasing students' learning and improving their academic performance. Studies from countries as different as the US and Indonesia have shown the enormous benefits that follow...

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Women in the Workforce in Quetta

World Bank Group - 2023

Peshawar in 2020) at tempts to improve measurement of FLFP by collecting information on labor market outcomes directly from all …, and home-based work. Men, on the contrary, are mostly paid employees. Moreover, women's jobs are in line with socially …

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A Focused Assessment of the International Development Association's Private Sector Window : An Update to the Independent Evaluation Group's 2021 Early-Stage Assessment

World Bank Group - 2024

countries. This evaluation aims to assess the usage, market development potential, and enabling factors of the PSW. The … evaluation assesses how the usage of the PSW has changed from its inception in 2017 to 2023 and explores its potential market … of finance. It comprises financial and nonfinancial additionality. This evaluation assesses the PSW across three IDA …

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A MULTILEVEL MODEL OF SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY.

LOCKHEED, M.E.; LONGFORD, N.T. - World Bank Group - 1989

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THE SSELECTIVITY OF FERTILITY AND THE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: PARAMETRIC AND SEMIPARAMETRIC ESTIMATES.

PITT, M.M.; ROSENZWIEG, M.R. - World Bank Group - 1990

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Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s

World Bank Group - 2021

It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development...

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Sri Lanka Poverty Update : Background Report to Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group - 2021

driven by gains in labor productivity, though most of the productivity growth came from increases in within …-sector productivity rather than from reallocation effects. This implies that most of the labor movement occurred from agriculture toward … other sectors with low productivity. Agriculture did not contribute to poverty reduction as it had in the previous decade …

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A Roadmap for Countries Measuring Multidimensional Poverty

World Bank Group - 2021

Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of well-being might not be fully captured through monetary measures alone. Multidimensional poverty...

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Getting Down to Earth : Are Satellites Reliable for Measuring Air Pollutants That Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

World Bank Group - 2022

unreliable. Limited local expertise in air-quality measurement presents additional challenges. These shortcomings can undermine a …

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Measuring Rural Access : Using New Technologies

World Bank Group - 2016

Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, the vast majority of farmers are still disconnected from local, regional, and global markets. To reduce poverty and support inclusive...

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