Documents et rapports
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How Well Do We Measure Non-Cognitive Skills in Developing Countries? Initial Lessons from STEP Skills Measurement Program (anglais)
Standard skills indicators leave an information gap on workforce skill characteristics, job skill requirements, and quality of worker-job matches that prevents policymakers from making informed and timely...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 123792 Date du document: 1 mars 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Laajaj,Rachid,Arias Diaz,Omar S.,Macours,Karen,Rubio-Codina,Marta,Vakis,Renos
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Measuring skills in developing countries (anglais)
Measures of cognitive, noncognitive, and technical skills are increasingly used in development economics to analyze the determinants of skill formation, the role of skills in economic decisions, or simply...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8000 Date du document: 8 mars 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Laajaj,Rachid,Macours,Karen
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Disasters, climate change, and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa : lessons and future directions (anglais)
This paper explores the links among natural disasters, climate change, and economic development. It attempts to outline a framework for thinking about these links. The paper summarizes the limited knowledge...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 53368 Date du document: 1 juin 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chhibber,Ajay,Laajaj,Rachid
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When instability increases the effectiveness of aid projects (anglais)
The authors assess the effect of economic instability on the success of projects funded by the World Bank using the outcome of the projects, which is a notation of their overall success determined by the...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4034 Date du document: 1 octobre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Guillaumont,Patrick,Laajaj,Rachid