In low-income countries, private schools are perceived as superior alternatives to the public sector, often improving achievement at a fraction of the cost. It is unclear whether private schools are as...
The sector focus for this issue concerns school based management, current conditions and recommendations for the future. Lao People's Democratic Republic 's (PDR's) education system faces challenges in...
Despite sustained economic growth since the mid-1980s, Lao PDR's education system faces challenges in meeting its goals of providing all students with access to education and improving learning outcomes...
The sector focus for this issue concerns school based management, current conditions and recommendations for the future. Lao People's Democratic Republic 's (PDR's) education system faces challenges in...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Teacher and principal incentives in Mexico, conducted 1991 and 2002 in Mexico. The study observed the impact of incentives...
The report opens with a brief description of the conceptual framework that guided the analysis as well as the data used. The next chapter presents the analysis of changes in household behavior and educational...
The school-based management (SBM) has become a very popular movement over the last decade. The World Bank's work on school-based management emerged from a need to better define the concept, review the...
This book aims to fill gaps in existing knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection of ECD programs in the region, including those...
This book aims to fill gaps in existing knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection of ECD programs in the region, including those...
This book aims to fill gaps in existing knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection of ECD programs in the region, including those...
The school-based management (SBM) has become a very popular movement over the last decade. The World Bank's work on school-based management emerged from a need to better define the concept, review the...
Educational attainment and literacy rates in Lao PDR have improved significantly. Years of education research have established that, after family background, teachers are one of the most important determinants...
This book a collection of chapters is about one of the most pressing challenges in improving education quality in Latin America : designing and implementing effective incentives for enhancing teaching...