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Workforce development was widely viewed by stakeholders across Georgia as an areaof critical challenges and opportunities for the state that must be addressed. Thefuture workforce – the state’s youth - was widely described as needing greaterpreparation for today’s jobs and tomorrow’s...
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This brief survey examines the returns to education in India , and then examines the role of education on both economic … of the empirical results for education policy. The results suggest that female education is of particular importance in … India. They also suggest that perhaps because of the externalities it generates, primary education is more important than …
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Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level …: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the … rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of higher education opportunities, systemic reform remains stubbornly …
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education, health care, and infrastructure. Complicating the policy challenges of taxation in developing countries are issues …
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
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Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by …
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of indicators specific for the migration process, as well as for the economic activity and education, as main explanatory …
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infrastructure, housing quality and living standards in general, but also spiritual elements such as education, freedom of expression … field of education, education and culture, vocational training and health. Their active involvement in the development …
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Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …
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Low levels of human capital ivnestment in poor countries have important implications for economic growth, distribution, and social conditions -- and competing explanations for the low levels have been suggested. The most prominent explanations cite low returns, parental preferences, cultural...
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