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The State of Numeracy Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Valverde, Gilbert; Näslund-Hadley, Emma - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Research on the opportunities available to students in the region presents a …

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Why We Should End Reforms in Education

McGinn, Noel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

Education reforms are a constant social and political activity. Teachers have received more training, classes are … in cognitive psychology and advances in science. Literacy rates have risen notably and the average level of education in … and inputs, criticisms of public education have grown more intense and extensive. Why have reforms become more common even …

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Desarrollo de una agenda de investigación para la computación ubicua en las escuelas

Zucker, Andrew A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

Un obstáculo mayor para el uso de las computadoras en las escuelas ha sido la dificultad de acceso cuando y donde fuera necesario. Es evidente que existe una realidad nueva y diferente en los miles de salones de clase de escuelas primarias y secundarias donde cada estudiante tiene su propia...

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Cost-Effectiveness of Education Policies in Latin America: A Survey of Expert Opinion

Schiefelbein, Ernesto; Wolff, Laurence; Schiefelbein, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

ministry of education. Each respondent was asked to estimate the impact of 40 possible primary school interventions on learning …

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Family Violence and Child Abuse in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Colombia and Mexico

Knaul, Felicia Marie; Ramírez, Miguel Ángel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

limitations are probably behind the lack of significant findings for impacts on wages in Colombia and on education in Mexico City …

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Returns to Education, Sector Premiums, and Male Wage Inequality in Mexico

Bouillon, César P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This paper examines Mexico's increase in wage inequality using data from household surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso Gasto de los Hogares de México) produced by the Mexican Institute for Statistics, Geography and Informatics (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática)....

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Credit Constraints and the Demand for Higher Education in Latin America

Alfonso, Mariana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

between family wealth and tertiary education enrollment; the empirical model; a description of data sources and the main …

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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy

Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep...

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Beyond Chalk and Talk: Experimental Math and Science Education in Argentina

Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Cabrol, Marcelo; Ibarrarán, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a pilot study to identify pedagogical models that will enhance learning.

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Secondary Education in Europe: Main Trends

Jallade, Jean-Pierre - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

The objective of this paper is to present in a condensed form the "main trends" that have affected secondary education …

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