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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

The Poverty Reduction Action Plan (PARP) 2011â€“14 is the medium-term strategy of the Government of Mozambique for putting into operation the Five-Year Government Program (2010â€“14). This medium-term instrument is part of the National Planning System (SNP) and is aligned with the...

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Human Resources Development (HRD) of Public Entities in the Globalization Era

Panait, Anghel; Alunica, Morariu; Marius, PhD. Stusent Bejan - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series X (2010) 1, pp. 522-526

Human Resource Development (HRD) is the frameworks for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills and knowledge. Human Resource Development includes such opportunities as employee training, employee career development, performance management, coaching, mentoring,...

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Bhutan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

Bhutan has evolved from a closed economy to a trading nation that exhibits a high degree of dependence on trade. Exports have grown rapidly but overall the countryâ€™s trade deficit continues to widen owing to an even faster growth in the value of imports. The manufacturing and industry...

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Measuring beginner reading skills: An empirical evaluation of alternative instruments and their potential use for policymaking and accountability in Peru

Kudo, Ines; Bazan, Jorge - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

Infrastructure (Instituto Nacional de Infraestructura Educativa y de Salud) ITBS Iowa Test of Basic Skills LLECE Laboratorio …

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Basic Skills, Literacy Practices and the Â€'Hidden Injuries of Class'

Cieslik, Mark; Simpson, Donald - In: Sociological Research Online 20 (2015) 1, pp. 7-7

This paper draws on qualitative data from three research projects that examined the impact of poor skills on the life chances of adults living in two disadvantaged areas of England. We employed the theories of Goffman and Bourdieu to document how problems with literacy have a corrosive effect on...

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Parents Basic Skills and Childrens Cognitive Outcomes

Meschi, Elena; Vignoles, Anna; Coulon, Augustin de - Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE - 2008

members and cognitive tests for their children. We find strong evidence that parents with higher basic skills have children … the children are simultaneously determined by their parents' basic skills and other characteristics (using a SURE approach …). We find that parents' basic skills explain only their children's cognitive skills, and not their non-cognitive outcomes …

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Benin; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Annual Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This paper reviews the Annual Progress Report (APR) on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) on Benin. The APR presents an overview of the implementation of the strategy addressing in turn the new vision of development in Benin, the major projects initiated for the creation of national wealth...

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La maitrise du français écrit par les primo-arrivants : une analyse des performances productives par frontière stochastique

Branche-Seigeot, Aline - In: Recherches économiques de Louvain 80 (2014) 4, pp. 25-52

This paper aims to identify factors explaining the level of proficiency in written French by immigrants in working age, knowing that few research has been conducted in France on this issue. The originality of this paper is the stochastic production frontier model to explain the scores in written...

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La maitrise du français écrit par les primo-arrivants : une analyse des performances productives par frontière stochastique

Branche-Seigeot, Aline - In: Recherches économiques de Louvain 80 (2014) 4, pp. 25-52

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Returns to basic skills in Central and Eastern Europe: A semi-parametric approach

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - 2005

This paper uses semi-parametric econometric techniques to investigate the relationship between basic skills and earning … has examined the impact of basic skills and schooling on income. Estimating a Mincer human capital model we find that … including a measure of basic skills reduces the returns to education. In addition, using a partial linear model in which log …

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