Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Education and Skills for Growth in Emerging Economies -- Pattern of Enrollments -- Cognitive, Technical, and Social-Emotional Skills...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Overview of University-Industry Collaboration in Sri Lanka -- Introduction -- Sri Lanka's Research and Development Investments and Innovation Performance -- Types of...

In Central and Eastern European countries, inequalities for Roma families living in marginalized communities start early and are striking. Some of these inequalities reflect hard-wired family circumstances such as being born in poverty. Others reflect lack of opportunities such as limited access...

This work explores the findings of the STEP (Skills toward Employment and Productivity) Skills Measurement Program that suggests that many workers are overqualified for their current jobs (based on the education those jobs require). The study also explores additional factors such as gender,...

The World Bank created this Early Child Development (ECD) Guide in response to a growing demand from Task Team Leaders (TTLs) for advice and support to facilitate the policy dialogue on the topic of ECD and to help policy makers make and implement relevant choices on how to best invest in ECD in...

Abstract: Reports that data on textbook availability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain patchy and often difficult to compare across countries. Even when textbooks physically exist in a school, they may not prove available for students to use. A 2008 survey of 19 SSA countries found (1) all but...

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview / Arun R. Joshi and Isis Gaddis 1. - Chapter 2: Primary Education in Mainland Tanzania: What Do the Data Tell Us? / Isis Gaddis and Johannes Hoogeveen 7. - Chapter 3: Addressing Tanzania's Gender Inequality Challenge in Secondary Schools / Oyin Shyllon 27. -...