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workforce in the current world of work, little is known about the contribution they make to students' outcomes, above and beyond …
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Policy makers are increasingly searching for ways to allow more disadvantaged students to access and complete higher … opportunity to identify the causal effects of these interventions on disadvantaged students and discuss inequality mechanisms at … effects of outreach and financial aid interventions on the access and completion rates of disadvantaged students in higher …
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This paper provides an analysis of the rural-urban divide in intergenerational educational mobility in Indonesia with two distinguishing features. First, the estimating equations are derived from theory incorporating rural-urban differences in returns to education and school quality, and...
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This paper documents stylized facts on rates of returns to education during economic crises. It shows from three middle-income countries - Indonesia, Pakistan, and South Africa - that the rate of return to university education (versus secondary education) has increased during economic crises....
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Is TV-based learning during COVID-19 school closures in Bangladesh reaching students? Most students (86 percent) within … only half of the students with access to these programs choose to access them. Also, very few students (21 percent) have …. There is a perceptible decline in the time students spend studying at home after school closures. This may be linked to the …
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students, especially those with graduate degrees, stay on in the host country after graduation. Although their impact on labor … international students focus on education and spatial issues, with very little economic analysis. Furthermore, the application of a … source country pull and push factors affecting the demand and supply of international students. Second, there is little or no …
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Focus on Performance - World Bank Support to Higher Education in Latvia. Volume 1: System-Level Funding Since 2013, the World Bank has supported the Latvian government through a succession of advisory work focusing on performance at different levels of the higher education sector. This...
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Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country located in Central Asia with a population of 30 million people and an economy that has been growing by over 8 percent per annum since the mid-2000s. The composition of the workforce has also changed dramatically in recent years. The higher education...
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The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-17 confirmed the Government's priority to build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of political and economic isolation and instability. The...
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