Documents et rapports
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Energy pricing and air pollution : econometric evidence from manufacturing in Chile and Indonesia (anglais)
Sound public policy addresses externalities directly, when possible. Air pollution is best alleviated by policy instruments that internalize the social cost of pollution, making it attractive to reduce...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1323 Date du document: 31 juillet 1994 Auteur: Eskeland, Gunnar S.,Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lili Liu,D
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Public and private secondary schools in developing countries : what are the differences and why do they persist? (anglais)
This paper presents the results of recent research comparing the relative effectiveness and efficiency of private and public secondary schools in five developing countries, which show a robust private...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 21194 Date du document: 31 juillet 1994 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lockheed, Marlaine,Jimenez, Emmanuel
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Choosing policy instruments for pollution control : a review (anglais)
This paper presents the design of cost effective interventions to protect the environment from excessive pollution in developing countries. The concept of intervention is motivated by the typical explanation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS624 Date du document: 31 mars 1991 Auteur: Eskeland, Gunnar S.,Jimenez, Emmanuel
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School effects and costs for private and public schools in the Dominican Republic (anglais)
Using statistical methods to adjust for a bias in selectivity, this paper analyzes the relative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public schools and two types of private schools - elite and non-elite...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS288 Date du document: 31 octobre 1989 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Luna, Ed
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The relative effectiveness of single-sex and coeducational schools in Thailand (anglais)
This paper provides evidence regarding the relative effects of single-sex and coeducational school in enhancing eighth grade mathematics achievement in Thailand. It uses pre and post eighth grade test...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS29 Date du document: 31 août 1988 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.
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The World Bank economic review 2(2) (anglais)
The relative efficiency of private and public schools: the case of Thailand. Terms of trade, tariffs, and labor market adjustment in developing countries. The impact of landownership security: theory and...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17561 Date du document: 31 mai 1988 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine,Wattanawaha
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The relative effectiveness of private and public schools in enhancing achievement : the case of Thailand (anglais)
A key consideration in the policy debate on the appropriate role of private schools in predominantly public school systems is cost effectiveness. This paper analyzes the relative performance of public...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT97 Date du document: 30 juin 1987 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Lockheed, Marlaine E.,Wattanaw
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Does in-service training affect self-employed earnings? the Colombian case (anglais)
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of Colombia's Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), one of the world's largest national job-training systems, for raising the earnings of self-employed workers...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT66 Date du document: 31 mars 1987 Auteur: Horn, Robin,Jimenez, Emmanuel
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Educational development in Pakistan : the role of user charges and private education (anglais)
Education in Pakistan is still poorly developed today. At the primary level, less than half the eligible population is enrolled. As in most other developing countries, the government provides highly subsidized...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT16 Date du document: 31 décembre 1985 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Jee-Peng Tan
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Does SENA matter? Some preliminary results on the impact of Colombia's national training system on earnings (anglais)
Previous studies of Colombia's Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), one of the developing world's more extensive national job training programs, have been only partially useful because of limited data...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: EDT2 Date du document: 31 août 1985 Auteur: Jimenez, Emmanuel,Kugler, Bernardo
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Annotated bibliography of housing characteristic demand studies (anglais)
This annotated bibliography of some recent papers on the demand for housing characteristics was prepared as part of a World Bank Research Project on Housing Demand and Finance in Developing Countries...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: UDD47 Date du document: 1 février 1984 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Follain, James,Gross, David,Jimenez, Emmanuel,Ma
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Estimating the demand for housing characteristics : a survey and critique (anglais)
Providing decent housing to low income households in developing countries is an important but difficult task. One particular problem in the area of housing policy is specifying the kind of housing that...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: UDD42 Date du document: 31 octobre 1983 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Follain, James,Jimenez, Emmanuel