The purpose of this study is to summarize key issues facing higher education in Georgia and present options for …

The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-171 confirmed the Government's priority to … international donor community, including the World Bank, to come forward and support the new government. The World Bank will partner … with the Government of Guinea to develop systems that will 'improve lagging human development indicators for absolute …

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 …

education. The quickly growing (quasi-)experimental literature on policy interventions in higher education provide the … education. The paper finds that outreach policies are broadly effective in increasing access for disadvantaged students when … general information on higher education. For financial aid, the paper finds that need-based grants do not systematically …

strengthen governance of public resources and stabilize the fiscal situation helped the economy to not contract further, economic … creation and to attract higher levels of investment, including interalia, education and skills interventions, and initiatives …

Over the past decade, China's transition rate from lower secondary education to higher secondary education has … increased significantly, from 80.5 to 93.7 percent. In light of this impressive progress, the Chinese government aimed at … academic high school education could be a key bottleneck in further expansion. The way tracking operates between academic and …

Objectives; and iii) Higher Education Financing in Latvia: Final Report. Volume 2: Internal Funding and Governance Since 2013 … education funding and governance, followed changes at the system-level funding model. It consists of three reports: i …) International Trends and Good Practices in Higher Education Internal Funding and Governance; ii) Internal Funding and Governance in …

Short-cycle higher education programs last between one and three years and capture approximately 20 percent of the … world's higher education enrollment. Although they hold great promise for the skilling, up-skilling, and re-skilling of the … student or peer characteristics. This paper estimates the contribution of all short-cycle higher education programs in …