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  • Human capital underdevelopment : the worst aspects (anglais)

    The purpose of this report is to bring to the surface some of the worst aspects of human capital underdevelopment, by disaggregating to the extent possible the relevant indicators, thereby hopefully sensitizing...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16129 Date du document: 30 novembre 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Psacharopoulos,George

  • What is education worth? From production function to institutional capital (anglais)

    The paper challenges the production function model of educational evaluation and proposes a new paradigm reflecting the lessons of experience and enriched by the new institutional economics. The current...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16130 Date du document: 30 novembre 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Picciotto,Robert

  • Costs and benefits of bilingual education in Guatemala : a partial analysis (anglais)

    The benefits of compensatory bilingual education for a disadvantaged, poor indigenous population as an investment in human capital is significant. Students of bilingual schools in Guatemala have higher...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16028 Date du document: 31 octobre 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Velez, Eduardo

  • The economics of language : the roles of education and labor market outcomes (anglais)

    Relatively little is known about the determinants and consequences of dominant language fluency among linguistic minorities. This paper presents the development of a model of the determinants of dominant...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16035 Date du document: 30 septembre 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Chiswick, Barry R.

  • Agricultural growth and poverty in Pakistan (anglais)

    The paper examines the contribution of agricultural growth to poverty reduction in Pakistan. Total growth in agriculture in Pakistan has been impressive. However, growth was held back by policy distortions...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16033 Date du document: 30 septembre 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Faruqee, Rashid,Carey,Kevin

  • The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) definition, measurement and potential use (anglais)

    The 1993 World Development Report (WDR), Investing in Health, used the Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) to measure the state of health of a population and, together with the concept of cost-effectiveness...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16128 Date du document: 31 juillet 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Homedes,Nuria

  • NGO- World Bank partnerships : a tale of two projects (anglais)

    This paper identifies factors important for successful operational collaboration between NGOs and the World Bank. It is now vital to examine the experience with collaboration and assess how its quality...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16039 Date du document: 30 juin 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Toshiko Hino

  • Is there a case for government intervention in training? (anglais)

    This paper takes a fresh look at the rationale for state-financed training by going through the classic reasons for government intervention. The author notes an unwarranted similarity between training...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 15502 Date du document: 31 mars 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: Zabalza, Antonio

  • Education vouchers in practice and principle : a world survey (anglais)

    A tax funded voucher system exists when governments make payments to families that enable their children to enter public or private schools of their choice. The payments can be made directly to parents...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 15365 Date du document: 29 février 1996 Mode de publication: Auteur: West, Edwin G.

  • The profitability of investment in education : concepts and methods (anglais)

    This paper reviews the basic concept of the profitability of investment in education and enumerates the various techniques that have been used in the literature to estimate the rate of return to investment...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 15280 Date du document: 30 novembre 1995 Mode de publication: Auteur: Psacharopoulos,George

  • Education with and without the state (anglais)

    Since today's prosperous nations were once "developing" countries, it is useful to compare their historical circumstance with those of current developing countries. The characteristics of education in...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 15050 Date du document: 30 septembre 1995 Mode de publication: Auteur: West, Edwin G.

  • An incomplete educational reform : the case of Colombia (anglais)

    This paper describes the goals, achievements, and setbacks of an ambitious educational reform attempted in Colombia in 1991. More specifically, it takes up three related questions: what was the reform...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 14964 Date du document: 31 août 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Montenegro,Armando

  • A successful approach to participation : the World Bank's relationship with South Africa (anglais)

    When the Bank began to re-establish formal relations with South Africa around 1990, its image in the country was very negative. Politicians, academics and even some business groups perceived the Bank as...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 14881 Date du document: 31 juillet 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cofino, Roberto Gonzales

  • Protecting the poor during adjustment and transitions (anglais)

    This report reviews the programs implemented in selected countries to protect the poor during normal times and during transition or adjustment. In particular, two questions are addressed: how have countries...

    Type de document: Document de travail sur le capital humain Numéro du rapport: 16233 Date du document: 31 juillet 1995 Mode de publication: Auteur: Subbarao, K.,Braithwaite, Jeanine,Jalan, Jyotsna