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Using EGRA for an Early Evaluation of Two Innovations in Basic Education in Timor-Leste : The New Curriculum and the Professional Learning and Mentoring Program
World Bank Group - 2019
This report describes the findings from an educational evaluation carried out in Timor-Leste early in the school year of 2017. The primary purpose of the evaluation was to develop preliminary insights into the effectiveness of the New Curriculum and a second supporting educational innovation,...
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Supporting teacher autonomy to improve education outcomes : experimental evidence from Brazil
Piza, Caio; Zwager, Astrid; Ruzzante, Matteo; Dantas, Rafael - 2020
What is the impact of greater teacher autonomy on student learning? This paper provides experimental evidence from a program in Brazil. The program supported teachers, through a combination of technical assistance and a small grant, to autonomously develop and implement an innovative project...
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Combining Mentoring Programs with Cash Transfers for Adolescent Girls in Liberia : Baseline Report
Hallman, Kelly - 2016
This report presents findings from the baseline assessment of International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Girl Empower (GE) program in Nimba County, Liberia. GE seeks to help 13 to 14 year-old girls make healthy life choices and decrease their risk of sexual abuse. The program centers on weekly...
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Through the Looking Glass : Can Classroom Observation and Coaching Improve Teacher Performance in Brazil?
Bruns, Barbara - 2017
This study conducted a randomized evaluation of a program in the Brazilian state of Ceara. The program was designed to improve teachers' effectiveness by increasing their professional interaction and sharing of classroom practice. In 175 of 350 secondary schools, teachers were provided with...
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Basel III implementation and SME financing : evidence for emerging markets and developing economies
Fišera, Boris; Horváth, Roman; Melecký, Martin - 2019
This paper examines the effect of Basel III implementation on the access to finance of small and medium-size enterprises in 32 emerging markets and developing economies. Analyzing rich, repeated cross-sectional data and a panel of matched firm-bank data in a difference-in-differences setting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167938
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of Pakistan
Bacon, Robert W. - 2019
Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power producer program in 1994, the full unbundling of the national vertically integrated power and water utility, the Water and Power Development Authority, and the establishment of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022361
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Servicification of manufacturing and boosting productivity through services sector reform in Turkey
Haven, Thomas; Van der Marel, Erik - 2018
There is a global trend toward more production, use, and sale of services by manufacturing firms. This phenomenon is known as the servicification of manufacturing. Services inputs as well as services activities within manufacturing firms account for over half of the value of manufacturing...
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Can regulation promote financial inclusion?
Chen, Rong; Divanbeigi, Raian - 2019
Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004766
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Regulatory arbitrage and cross-border syndicated loans
Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Horváth, Bálint; Huizinga, Harry - 2019
subsidiary provide information about these banks' preferences to operate in countries with varying regulations and institutions … institutional arrangements. Multinational banks' choices between loan origination through the parent bank or through a foreign …. The results indicate that international banks have a tendency to switch loan origination toward countries with less …
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Trade facilitation in services : a conceptual and empirical analysis
Gillson, Ian; Molinuevo, Martín; Sáez, Sebastián - 2020
Beyond their key contribution to value chains in all sectors, services represent a centrally important source of economic and export diversification. This paper discusses how to promote trade in services as a channel for growth, employment, and diversification by assessing services trade costs...
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