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Technologies for Education: Basic Guidelines for Project Evaluation
Severin, Eugenio; Peirano, Claudia; Falck, Denise - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
. Investment in Technologies for Education (TEd), which has the goal of improving the quality of education and making it relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653871
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Technologies for Education (TEd) - A Framework for Action
Severin, Eugenio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
There is a broad consensus regarding the need to improve student outcomes in the educational systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. After an attempt to institute various reforms and initiatives, the demand for quality and equity continues to be heard throughout the region. Meeting this...
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics
Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Access to finance remains a challenge for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. It is a particularly acute problem among newly created SMEs that have a scant credit record and frequently lack collateral. The authors of this paper carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric...
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Programa Regional de Indicadores de Desarrollo Infantil (PRIDI): Marco Conceptual
Engle, Patrice; Cueto, Santiago; Ortíz, María Estela; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
El presente documento entrega el marco conceptual y la fundamentación del Proyecto Regional de Indicadores de Desarrollo Infantil (PRIDI), una iniciativa del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), cuyo objetivo es generar un programa regional de compilación y uso de datos e indicadores...
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Tecnologías para la Educación (TEd) - Un Marco para la Acción
Severin, Eugenio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Existe un amplio consenso en torno a la necesidad de mejorar los resultados de los estudiantes en los sistemas educativos de América Latina y el Caribe. Después de haber intentado múltiples reformas e iniciativas, la demanda por calidad y equidad sigue siendo una tarea pendiente en la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654036
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Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Enseña Perú
Alfonso, Mariana; Santiago, Ana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Having a good teacher is the most important school-related factor for student achievement, to the point of closing the gap between low and high-income students. However, the empirical literature is almost silent regarding teacher selection. This paper estimates a teacher selection model using...
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Returns to Private Education in Peru
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
returns to education in Urban Peru. Exploiting a rich pair of data sets (ENNIV 1997 and 2000) that include questions on type … of education (public vs. private) for each educational level (primary, secondary, technical tertiary and university … educational trajectories. The results indicate higher returns to education for those who attended private schools than those who …
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Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America
Corbacho, Ana; Philipp, Julia; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … trust in formal public institutions and trust in informal private networks. It is based on a representative sample of … no robust effect on informal institutions. Governments may henceforth need to redouble efforts to reduce victimization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653710
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Best Practice Case: TC Project number TC9905059: Ticuna Education Project
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2006
The general objective of this project was to improve the quality of education at the Ticuna indigenous schools in the … people are the principal actors in the transformation of their education system. The outcomes of this program went beyond its …
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