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Teaching Mathematics Effectively to Primary Students in Developing Countries : Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology of Mathematics
Soendergaard, Bettina Dahl - 2008
This paper uses research from neuroscience and the psychology of mathematics to arrive at useful recommendations for … teaching mathematics at primary level to poor students in developing countries. The enrollment rates of the poorer students … countries have explored new means of teaching math and other subjects. Mongolia changed its mathematics education, aiming to …
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Guinea-Bissau Public Expenditure Review : Managing Public Finance for Development
World Bank Group - 2019
Guinea-Bissau is a small state in West Africa with a population of around 1.8 million. It is rich in natural resources (fisheries, forestry and agriculture) and biodiversity. Economic activity is, however, dominated by the production and sale of unprocessed cashew, which is also the main source...
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Republic of Moldova Public Finance Review : Towards More Efficient and More Sustainable Public Finances
World Bank - 2016
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Systems and Development Aid : Comparisons and Lessons of Experience
Adugna, Abebe - 2010
This paper reviews the experiences of intergovernmental fiscal systems (IGFS) to look for possible lessons for how Official Development Assistance (ODA) is delivered. Specifically, it compares IGFS and ODA in two specific respects. The first is the proportion of public resources that central...
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Pakistan Federal Government : Public Financial Management and Accountability Assessment
Government of Pakistan - 2012
This document reports on a Public Financial Management and Accountability Assessment (PFMAA) for the Federal Government of Pakistan (GoP). Measured against the six core Public Financial Management (PFM) objectives examined by the assessment, the assessment indicates that there have been...
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Lessons from reforming financial management information systems : a review of the evidence
Hashim, Ali; Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz - 2018
Financial management information systems are a sine qua non in public financial management and play a foundational role in the execution of the budget. Recognizing their potential contribution to fiscal discipline, the strategic allocation of resources, and operational efficiency, significant...
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Are budget rigidities a source of fiscal distress and a constraint for fiscal consolidation?
Muñoz S., Ercio; Olaberria, Eduardo - 2019
This paper studies whether budget rigidities affect the probability of countries getting into fiscal distress and reduce the likelihood of governments performing fiscal adjustments. Budget rigidities are constraints that limit the ability of the government to change the size and structure of the...
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Fiscal rules for the Western Balkans
Kikoni, Edith; Madžarević-Šujster, Sanja; Irwin, … - 2019
Policy toward fiscal rules is an important issue in the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia). According to a rough estimate, the countries with rules (all but North Macedonia) have complied with their debt and...
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