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China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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The Prosperity pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for an integrated approach based on boosting productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand needs to address all these challenges to...
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Indonesia abounds with natural resources. But the unique nature of its geography, coupled with the lack of transport … estates and easing constraints on foreign investment, Indonesia could raise its farmers’ productivity. Fossil fuels have … become central to Indonesia’s energy policy and its main source of export revenues. Growing environmental concerns, both …
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In 1998 Indonesia embarked on an ambitious course of decentralisation. Over a period of a few years, facilitated by … of Indonesia (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-indonesia.htm). …
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Indonesia has a very good record of poverty reduction, having halved its incidence over the past two decades … infrastructure and a stable macroeconomic environment, Indonesia will have decades of strong growth ahead by virtue of economic … inequality. Moreover, it will set Indonesia up for the next phase of innovation-driven growth that will propel it into the ranks …
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Overall, the education system fares well by international comparison. Slovenia has one of the highest shares of the population aged 25 to 64 to have completed at least upper secondary education, and ranks high in international educational achievement tests. Nevertheless, in some areas, reforms...
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This paper calculates new measures of human capital. Contrary to the existing literature, they are based on realistic rates of return to education, which are allowed to vary substantially across countries and to some extent over time. The new measures perform well in regression analysis...
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This paper reviews recent empirical literature on policy drivers of two educational outcomes - years of schooling and rates of return - that form the OECD’s aggregate measure of human capital. The paper sets the literature findings into the context of current educational polices in place in...
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To enjoy the same success in the future as in the past, Malaysia will need to ensure that more people develop the right skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students and adults in developing critical skills and...
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