Search Results - subject:"BASIC EDUCATION"

Developing the Workforce, Shaping the Future : Transformation of Madagascar's Post-basic Education

Bashir, Sajitha - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Sub-Saharan African countries are increasingly recognizing the contribution of post basic education to economic growth … education reform against competing development priorities. They must consider how and sometimes whether, to fund post-basic … education system one of the key pillars of its development agenda. An important decision was the reform of basic education …

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Transitions in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Equity and Efficiency Issues

Bregman, Jacob - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The main purpose of the Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) -TRANSE study has been to identify and analyze measures that may lead to more efficient and equitable transitions in secondary education. These measures are on the one hand aiming at improving the structure and increasing the capacity...

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Basic Education beyond the Millennium Development Goals in Ghana : How Equity in Service Delivery Affects Educational and Learning Outcomes

Darvas, Peter; Balwanz, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Inequity is the central challenge facing basic education in Ghana and undercuts the potential contribution of basic …. Introduction of Free, Compulsory, Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and kindergarten has supported a near doubling of basic … education enrollment in the past 15 years. Delivering basic education and ensuring equity has become more challenging. Compared …

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Higher Education Quality Assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status, Challenges, Opportunities, and Promising Practices

Materu, Peter - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This report maps and assesses the status and practice of higher education quality assurance (QA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It centers on quality assurance in degree-granting tertiary institutions, but also incorporates, where available, information on other types of tertiary education. A main...

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The Education System in Swaziland : Training and Skills Development for Shared Growth and Competitiveness

Marope, Mmantsetsa - Economics Research, World Bank Group

In September 2007, the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GoS) approved a broad national development reform agenda in the form of a poverty reduction strategy and action plan (PRSAP). The plan is intended to update and operationalize the National Development Strategy (NDS) of 1999, as well...

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Skilling Up Vietnam : Preparing the Workforce for a Modern Market Economy

Bodewig, Christian; Badiani-Magnusson, Reena; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Education has played an important role in making Vietnam a development success story over the last 20 years. In the 1990s and early 2000s Vietnam experienced rapid economic growth. The accelerated growth was driven predominantly by productivity increases that came in the wake of a rapid shift of...

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Building the Skills for Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Sri Lanka

Dundar, Halil; Millot, Benoit; Savchenko, Yevgeniya; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Despite internal conflict and the global financial crisis, Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in the past decade, enjoying healthy economic growth and substantially reducing poverty. Moreover, Sri Lankans are the best-educated people in South Asia: the country has a 98 percent literacy rate,...

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Entrepreneurship Education and Training : Insights from Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique

Robb, Alicia; Valerio, Alexandria; Parton, Brent - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This report summarizes the key themes and findings from three in-depth case studies of EET programs in Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique. Each case study produced rich information on the programs context, the landscape of programs in each country, and the qualitative insights from local EET...

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Access, equity and performance: Education in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

Tsang, Mun C.; Fryer, Michelle; Arevalo, Gregorio - Inter-American Development Bank

Many Caribbean nations are embracing knowledge-based and skill-intensive industries to expand their economies. The goal is to boost the competitiveness and productivity of the region's people through investments that lead to a better-educated workforce with more employable skills. This book...

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India : Education Sector Development in the 1990s, A Country Assistance Evaluation

Abadzi, Helen - Economics Research, World Bank Group

approved four vocational and technical education and training (TVET) projects and six basic education projects. Overall, their …

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