Documentos e informes

Hacia un Gasto Público Social más Eficiente y Efectivo en América Central : Anexo (Español)

How Shanghai Does It : Insights and Lessons from the Highest-Ranking Education System in the World (Chino)

This report presents an in-depth examination of how students in Shanghai achieved the highest scores in the areas of reading, science, and mathematics on a respected global assessment of 15-year-olds’...

Options for Aged Care in China : Building an Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System (Chino)

China is aging at an unprecedented rate. Improvements in life expectancy and the consequences of the decades-old family planning policy have led to a rapid increase in the elderly population. According...

Options for Aged Care in China : Building an Efficient and Sustainable Aged Care System (Inglés)

China is aging at an unprecedented rate. Improvements in life expectancy and the consequences of the decades-old family planning policy have led to a rapid increase in the elderly population. According...

Developing socioemotional skills for the Philippines’ labor market (Inglés)

Over the past several decades, the Philippines has dramatically increased the average education level of its labor force. The country has made especially significant progress in expanding access to secondary...

Stepping up skills in urban Ghana : snapshot of the STEP skills measurement survey (Inglés)

The Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) survey is an initiative of the World Bank in cooperation with other development partners and nongovernmental agencies. STEP was carried out in more...

An investment framework for nutrition : reaching the global targets for stunting, anemia, breastfeeding, and wasting (Francés)

The report estimates the costs, impacts and financing scenarios to achieve the World Health Assembly global nutrition targets for stunting, anemia in women, exclusive breastfeeding and the scaling up of...

Developing socioemotional skills for the Philippines’ labor market (Inglés)

While the Philippines has achieved remarkable progress in raising the education level of its labor force, the standard proxy for educational attainment, years of formal schooling, is increasingly inadequate...

The last mile to quality service (Inglés)

In many developing countries, governments have invested substantial resources in the provision of basic services such as healthcare and education. However, these investments frequently yield minimal improvements...

Data for learning : building a smart education data system (Inglés)

Data are a crucial ingredient in any successful education system, but building and sustaining a data system are challenging tasks. Many countries around the world have spent significant resources but still...

Sri Lanka education sector assessment : achievements, challenges, and policy options (Inglés)

A country’s education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity.Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still...

Hacia un Gasto Público Social más Eficiente y Efectivo en América Central (Español)

An investment framework for nutrition : reaching the global targets for stunting, anemia, breastfeeding, and wasting (Inglés)

The report estimates the costs, impacts and financing scenarios to achieve the World Health Assembly global nutrition targets for stunting, anemia in women, exclusive breastfeeding and the scaling up of...

At a crossroads : higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean (Inglés)

In this study, authors investigate three important aspects of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean: quality, variety, and equity. A good higher education system offers quality, variety...

Rethinking school feeding social safety nets, child development, and the education sector (Vol. 2 of 2) (Árabe)

This review highlights three main findings. First, school feeding programs in low-income countries exhibit large variation in cost, with concomitant opportunities for cost containment. Second, as countries...

Expanding job opportunities in Ghana (Inglés)

Ghana was, until very recently, a success story in Africa, achieving high and sustained growth and impressive poverty reduction. However, Ghana is now facing major challenges in diversifying its economy...

Fostering skills in Cameroon : inclusive workforce development, competitiveness, and growth : Renforcer les compétences au Cameroun : Développement inclusif de la main-d’oeuvre, compétitivité et croissance (Francés)

The overarching goal of this study is to facilitate Cameroon’s strategic objective of ensuring that the country has a well-educated human resources base to support its quest to emerge as a strong middle-income...

Fostering skills in Cameroon : inclusive workforce development, competitiveness, and growth (Inglés)

The overarching goal of this study is to facilitate Cameroon’s strategic objective of ensuring that the country has a well-educated human resources base to support its quest to emerge as a strong middle-income...

Being fair, faring better : promoting equality of opportunity for marginalized Roma (Inglés)

Many Roma are among the poorest and most vulnerable Europeans, facing poverty, exclusion, and discrimination. In European Union member countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with substantial Roma...

Teacher performance in Bihar, India : implications for education (Inglés)

The overarching objective of the World Bank Group’s support to India and its low-income states is to support poverty reduction and shared prosperity. With a young population and 8 million people entering...