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What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Urzua, Sergio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and...
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
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The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2007
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, with a particular focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465824
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Für globale soziale Gerechtigkeit : Materialien zur VN-Sondergeneralversammlung in Genf im Juni 2000 (Kopenhagen + 5)
Göllner-Scholz, Antje (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001718845
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A partnership to combat poverty - our goals at the World Bank
Zattler, Jürgen (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001718849
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Partnerschaft gegen die Armut - unsere Ziele in der Weltbank
Zattler, Jürgen (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001712939
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Getting Inside the "Black Box" of Head Start Quality : What Matters and What Doesn't?
Currie, Janet - 2003
Critics of Head Start contend that many programs spend too much money on programs extraneous to education. On the other hand, Head Start advocates argue that severely disadvantaged children need a broad range of services. Given the available evidence, it has been impossible to assess the...
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Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries : Lessons from Rigorous Impact Evaluations
Ganimian, Alejandro J. - 2014
This paper reviews and interprets the evidence from 223 rigorous impact evaluations of educational initiatives conducted in 56 low- and middle-income countries. We consider for inclusion in our review all studies in recent syntheses, which have reached seemingly conflicting conclusions about...
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Education as Liberation?
Friedman, Willa - 2011
Scholars have long speculated about education's political impacts, variously arguing that it promotes modern or pro-democratic attitudes; that it instills acceptance of existing authority; and that it empowers the disadvantaged to challenge authority. To avoid endogeneity bias, if schooling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461719
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Land, Labor and Globalization in the Pre-Industrial Third World
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2000
A Third World data base documenting commodity and factor prices 1870-1940 has been collected, yielding annual time … for 10 in the so-called greater Atlantic economy: Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain …/rental ratios the world round between 1870 and 1940. The data offer a useful way to identify the impact of globalization on the pre …
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