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Nicaragua; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Report on National Human Development Plan as of 2010
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper reports on progress made on Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan as of 2010. The operational goal for Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and poverty. The results for 2007–10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244377
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Burkina Faso; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This report reviews the Priority Action Program (PAP) for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation in Burkina Faso. The PAP makes the PRSP operational and increases the visibility of public policies in the area of poverty reduction. The 2005–07 PAP is expected to help remove...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244457
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Albania; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper reviews the progress report on implementation of the National Strategy for Socio-Economic Development (NSSED) during 2004 in Albania. The NSSED established a multiyear plan to combat poverty and strengthen governance. The main implication of the Integrated Planning System for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252553
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Overcoming Disparities and Expanding Access to Early Childhood Services in Germany: Policy consideration and funding options
Spiess, Katharina C.; Berger, Eva M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2008
In comparison to the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) systems of many other advanced economies the German system can be characterised as relative uniform, when looking at programmes and providers. But in other ways, there are considerable variations. There are considerate regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967120
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Pakistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
To stimulate private sector credit expansions in Pakistan, the monetary policy has been accommodative while financial sector reforms have brought about a lowering of intermediation costs and bank spreads. Consequently, the weighted average lending rates have declined from 14.6 percent in June...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825484
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Raising Education Outcomes in Greece
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
administration of pre–school and childcare has led to inefficiencies. Education quality in primary and secondary levels reflects lack … of performance incentives for teachers, deficient curriculum, weak school autonomy and accountability. This has driven …, performance evaluations of teachers and introducing standard nationwide exams at more levels of school education. A more flexible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498042
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The Child Care Transition: A league table of early childhood education and care in economically advanced countries
Adamson, Peter - 2008
A great change is coming over childhood in the world's richest countries. Today's rising generation is the first in which a majority are spending a large part of early childhood in some form of out-of-home child care. At the same time, neuroscientific research is demonstrating that loving,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981827
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Come cambia la cura dell’infanzia. Un quadro comparativo dei servizi educativi e della cura per la prima infanzia nei paesi economicamente avanzati
Adamson, Peter - 2008
Un grande cambiamento è in corso per l’infanzia nei paesi più ricchi del mondo. La maggioranza della generazione adesso in fase di crescita è la prima a trascorrere gran parte della prima infanzia in strutture che se ne prendono cura fuori della propria casa. Allo stesso tempo, la ricerca...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981829
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El cuidado infantil en los países industrializados: transición y cambio. Una tabla clasificatoria de la educación y los cuidados durante la primera infancia en los países económica...
Adamson, Peter - 2008
Se está gestando un gran cambio en la infancia en los países más ricos del mundo. La generación de hoy en día es la primera en la que la mayoría recibe durante gran parte de la primera infancia algún tipo de cuidado infantil fuera del hogar. Al mismo tiempo, las investigaciones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981832
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La transition en cours dans la garde et l’éducation de l’enfant. Tableau de classement des services de garde et d’éducation des jeunes enfants dans les pays économiquement avancés...
Adamson, Peter - 2008
La génération montante d’aujourd’hui est la première dont la majorité passe une grande partie de la petite enfance dans un type de structure de garde extérieure au foyer. Parallèlement, la recherche neuroscientifique démontre l’importance capitale, pour tous les aspects du...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981836