This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
This paper describes the National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (PRONASAR) in Peru. The development objective of PRONASAR is to increase the sustainable use of new and rehabilitated water supply...
Rural women face constraints in accessing economic resources such as land, assets or credit. Unequal access to resources can contribute to poverty persistence and limit upwards mobility. Productive transfers...
This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too slowly and insufficiently, but undeniably, the percentage of Latinos who are poor has...
Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too slowly and insufficiently, but undeniably, the percentage of Latinos who are poor has...
As traditional job-for-life career paths become scarce, youth entrepreneurship provides an additional way of integrating youth into today's changing labor markets and improving their economic independence...
This report examines how low educational attainment is associated with significant economic costs for private individuals, for taxpayers, and for society. Specifically, higher education levels are associated...
Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. Young people's families, communities...
This report comprises the first phase of analytical activities and focuses on the relevance of the education and training systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Its findings confirm...
This first volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series describes the main features of national and international assessments, both of which became extremely popular tools for determining...
Youth development projects aim to improve the lives and livelihoods of young people around the world. Interventions for youth are often multi-sectoral in nature, ranging from job- and life-skills development...
Youth development projects aim to improve the lives and livelihoods of young people around the world. Interventions for youth are often multi-sectoral in nature, ranging from job- and life-skills development...
The report on Crime, violence, and development: trends, costs, and policy options in the Caribbean, is organized as follows. It begins with an overview of crime in the region, separately considering conventional...
The focus of this paper is on the schools' influence on the transition of youths to adulthood. Similarly, it brings attention to labor market policies and programs that have an impact on the youth's access...
Poverty traps youth with insufficient education, life skills or job skills, making the transition from school dropout to the workplace difficult, and perpetuating the cycle as their children are then raised...
This document builds on the important work of the World Bank and its partners to date to propose a Framework for Action to intensify our focus on children and youth outcomes in all Bank operations as a...