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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654563
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The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica
Duryea, Suzanne; Morrison, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This study examines the impact of Superémonos, a conditional transfer program in Costa Rica, which provides poor families with a subsidy for the purchase of food conditional upon children regularly attending school. Using three different empirical techniques -simple comparison of mean outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943635
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Access, equity and performance: Education in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
Tsang, Mun C.; Fryer, Michelle; Arevalo, Gregorio - Inter-American Development Bank
-educated workforce with more employable skills. This book examines policy and public financing strategies for education in Barbados … strategic issues related to education financing and development performance. Based on an extensive review of sector and country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772527
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653061
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654638
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654854
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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653926
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Conditional Cash Transfers, Female Bargaining Power and Parental Labour Supply
Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Recent empirical evidence has indicated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) do not have an aggregate effect on adult labour supply, however little attention has been paid to the role of other intrahousehold dynamics. This paper examines how the bargaining power structure of households affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652837