This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education …, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of …

This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education …, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of …

education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher training, both pre-service and in-service have been … of teacher training components in education reforms. This demand reflects widespread disappointment with the … on the subject around the world but draws its conclusions from eight case studies on innovations in teacher training in …

education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher training, both pre-service and in-service have been … of teacher training components in education reforms. This demand reflects widespread disappointment with the … on the subject around the world but draws its conclusions from eight case studies on innovations in teacher training in …

Efficiency and equity are priorities in the social policies of both industrial and developing countries. This study … examines how different value judgments lead to different concepts of efficiency and equity and demonstrates that conceptual …

This paper assesses the effects of the Colombian Unemployment Subsidy (US), which includes benefits as well as training … their unemployment rates. The study also finds a small though statistically significant positive effect on beneficiaries …¿ school attendance, but none on their children¿s weight or height at birth. The results are sensitive to the type of training …