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  • Educational attainment in Afghanistan : an economic analysis (Inglés)

    Afghanistan's ability to enhance its human capital resources will determine the course of the nation's future economic, human and social development. Recognizing this, the Government of Afghanistan is...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 80121 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Auturupane, Harsha,Gunatilake, Ramani,Shojo,Mari,Ebenezer,Roshini Mary

  • Educational, economic welfare and subjective well-being in Afghanistan (Inglés)

    Education is universally recognized as one of the key determinants of socio-economic security and welfare. The link between education and increased individual earnings has been widely documented: there...

    Tipo de documento: Número del informe: 80122 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Auturupane, Harsha,Ebenezer,Roshini Mary,Gunatilake, Ramani,Shojo,Mari

  • School-based education improvement initiatives : the experience and options for Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    Most developing countries following independence opted for strong central control and direction of the education system, partly because of limited resources and the need to plan carefully and partly because...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 77759 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Kellaghan,Thomas,Shojo,Mari

  • International comparative study : engineering education in India (Inglés)

    The central and state governments of India have been pursuing several reforms in the higher education sector. In engineering education, the government has already embarked on several reforms within the...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 78182 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Saeki,Hiroshi,Imaizumi,Saori

  • Demographic transition and the labor market in Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    Sri Lanka's demographic transition has significantly shaped the age distribution of the labor force and created a large working age population (World Bank 2008). Changing cohort sizes of young and old...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 74171 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sinha,Nistha

  • National transfer accounts analysis for Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    Sri Lanka has been going through a demographic transition triggered by decreasing fertility and increasing life expectancy. The demographic transition is marked by two stages. During the first stage, the...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 74170 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Nikitin,Denis,De Silva,Weraduwage Indralal,Jayasekara, Tissa

  • Charting a programmatic roadmap for sexual minority groups in India (Inglés)

    Discrimination and stigma are constant companions in the life of the rainbow people. Apart from the demand for decriminalization, the main issues that confront the community are discrimination and violence...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 71270 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Singh,Suneeta,Dasgupta, Sangita,Patankar, Pallav,Hiremath, Vijay,Claeson,Mariam,Chhabra, Vibha

  • Baseline survey : labor market outcomes of Punjab TEVTA graduates (Inglés)

    Increasing employment among youth and increasing the earnings and job-stability of youth is important for Pakistan. This study examines the labor market outcomes of graduates from training institutes run...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 67432 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Khan, Ayesha,Blom,Andreas

  • Enhancing the Quality of Education in the Maldives : Challenges and prospects (Inglés)

    The quality of education is a major policy challenge facing the Maldives. The country achieved the first generation objective of providing universal access to basic education through rapid expansion of...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 67918 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Shojo,Mari

  • Mobile phone and employment (Inglés)

    Mainly three functions of the mobile phone are utilized in developing countries: (i) voice, (ii) SMS, and (iii) mobile application. Through combining these functions, mobile phones have been used to collect...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 79788 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Imaizumi,Saori

  • Strengthening science education in Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    Scientific literacy is essential to stimulate an environment conducive to new knowledge generation, discovery and innovation. A quality school science education is central to building a scientifically...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 64527 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Dissanayake,Visaka Udeni Karalliadde,Jayewardene, Romaine,Shojo,Mari,Sonnadara,Don Upul Jayasiri

  • Evolving inequality of school attainment in Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    Disparities in school outcomes are an important source of income inequality, especially in rapidly developing and developed economies where the returns to schooling have been increasing. It is therefore...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 64528 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Deolalikar,Anil Bapu

  • Strengthening mathematics education in Sri Lanka (Inglés)

    A well-informed and knowledgeable community is of vital importance for the economic and social development of a modem society. The knowledge and skills required for present day activities are much more...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 64526 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Dissanayake,Visaka Udeni Karalliadde,Jayewardene,Delorine Romaine,Shojo,Mari,Sonnadara,Don Upul Jayasiri

  • Higher education in the Maldives : an evolving seascape (Inglés)

    The Republic of Maldives, a middle-income country of extraordinary natural beauty, is one of the most advanced nations in South Asia. The Maldives consists of an archipelago of nearly 1,200 islands and...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 63489 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Aturupane,Harsha,Fielden,John,Mikhail,Samih W.,Shojo,Mari

  • School choice and cognitive achievement in rural Bangladesh (Inglés)

    This paper presents new evidence on the impact of school characteristics on secondary student achievement using a rich data set from rural Bangladesh. The authors deal with a potentially important selectivity...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 38012 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2006 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz,Chaudhury,Nazmul,Dar,Amit