This synthesis report begins with a brief overview of the education system in Chile and the expressed need for a …

ministry of education. Each respondent was asked to estimate the impact of 40 possible primary school interventions on learning …

This paper seeks to enlighten a complex and often polemical debate about public and private education. It argues that … information on learning, giving increased power to students, parents, and other stakeholders involved in public education …, providing more effective oversight of private schools, and establishing funding mechanisms for both public and private education …

This Strategy (GN-2067-3) summarizes what is known about how to improve primary and secondary education in Latin … secondary education over the next decade. The paper defines five critical areas of reform--making teachers partners in reform …, providing more and better textbooks and teaching materials, selectively supporting the use of technology in education …

investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality … differences in human capital, including parental education and education quality, and in its returns, account for most but not all … discrimination at the higher salary jobs at any given skill level. The authors also find that returns to education vary significantly …

We analyze the relationship between education and employment in Suriname, using data from a 2007 IDB household survey … (representative nationally and at the level of three macro areas: Urban Coast, Rural Coast and Interior). We find that education …, junior secondary, senior secondary and tertiary education increase the probability of employment by 12%, 19%, 86% and 84 …

investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality … differences in human capital, including parental education and education quality, and in its returns, account for most but not all … discrimination at the higher salary jobs at any given skill level. The authors also find that returns to education vary significantly …

children from 0 to 3 years of age and their families: (a) those that provide child care through institutional and community … impact on the environment of care that children are exposed to during a particularly vulnerable period of their lives. …

childhood development services for children of different backgrounds. They review recent evidence on the impact of early …