Spanish Abstract: Durante los últimos dos siglos, la discusión académica en torno al concepto de desarrollo ha permitido una evolución de este, tanto en su significado como en las diversas interpretaciones de los actores que la usan. La geografía como disciplina científica también ha...

The current work describes the theoretical approach regardinginstitutions of on the one hand, Professor Jairo Parada and, on theother, the regions economics studies center of the Banco de LaRepublica at Cartagena city. These have provoked a debate betweenthese both prominent actors of the...

This article studies from the hierarchical linear models, the hypothesis of positive incidence that the variables of pedagogy and educational commitment generate on the academic performance. For this, the scores obtained by 62769 middle school students in the 2012 PISA tests in 12 countries are...

This work has as main objective to determine the effect country, type of institution (its ownership, public or private) and their resources on educational outcomes for students of Latin-American education system from PISA 2009. The results obtained by applying a multilevel analysis reveal that...

The paper provides a review of laws and other actions that have been undertaken in recent years in Argentina to improve education. Review is focused on the Province of Tucumán, where he studied education policy and some of their results. It analyzes the contents of the Federal Education Law No....

The paper provides a review of laws and other actions that have been undertaken in recent years in Argentina to improve education. Review is focused on the Province of Tucumán, where he studied education policy and some of their results. It analyzes the contents of the Federal Education Law No....

This work has as main objective to determine the effect country, type of institution (its ownership, public or private) and their resources on educational outcomes for students of Latin-American education system from PISA 2009. The results obtained by applying a multilevel analysis reveal that...

Este estudio cuantifica los requerimientos de mejora de gestión y de dotación de recursos y capacidades que debieran experimentar los centros educativos en Chile para alcanzar niveles óptimos de desempeño. Para ello conjuga el conocimiento proveniente desde el campo de la eficiencia...

This paper aims to study the differences in the degree of professionalization of teachers in educational institutions in Colombia. We decompose the inequalities in the supply of teachers according to their degree of professionalization through the Theil index. Next, we carry out estimates of the...

PISA 2006 results showed huge differences in educational attainment across Spanish regions. The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors explaining these differences. Our results indicate that differences in family characteristics of students from different regions are crucial in explaining...