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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy
Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep...
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Educación en Nicaragua: Retos y oportunidades
Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Meza, Darlyn; Arcia, Gustavo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Nicaragua ha logrado importantes avances en la educación de los niños, en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, a pesar de los avances, Nicaragua presenta importantes retos y desafíos para lograr que todos los niños y niñas en edad escolar tengan acceso a una buena educación. Este documento...
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¿Qué tan desiguales son los aprendizajes en América Latina y el Caribe?: Cuatro medidas de desigualdad analizando PISA 2009
Bos, María Soledad; Rondón, Carlos; Schwartz, Mariel … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Esta nota técnica tiene tres secciones principales, se describen primero los datos utilizados y la elección de los grupos de países de comparación, luego se presentan los resultados promedios de cada uno de los países de comparación para poder entender el contexto de cada uno de los grupos...
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Las externalidades de los programas de transferencias condicionadas sobre el crimen: El caso de Familias en Acción en Bogotá
Camacho, Adriana; Mejía, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
En este trabajo estudiamos los efectos indirectos del mayor programa de transferencias condicionadas (PTC) de Colombia, Familias en Acción, sobre los niveles de criminalidad en el área urbana de la ciudad de Bogotá. Para realizar este estudio combinamos las siguientes dos fuentes de...
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Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Enseña Perú
Alfonso, Mariana; Santiago, Ana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Having a good teacher is the most important school-related factor for student achievement, to the point of closing the … gap between low and high-income students. However, the empirical literature is almost silent regarding teacher selection …
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Returns to Private Education in Peru
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
returns to education in Urban Peru. Exploiting a rich pair of data sets (ENNIV 1997 and 2000) that include questions on type … of education (public vs. private) for each educational level (primary, secondary, technical tertiary and university … educational trajectories. The results indicate higher returns to education for those who attended private schools than those who …
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Aportes: No. 14: Enero 2011: La enseñanza de habilidades socioemocionales en las escuelas latinoamericanas: El rol de los docentes no tradicionales Title: IDB Briefly Noted: No. 14: January 2012: Teaching Socio-Emotional Abilities in Latin American Schools?: The Role of Non-Traditional Teachers
Bassi, Marina; Alfonso, Mariana; Borja, Christian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
teachers transmit positive attitudes to their students. …
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Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century
Vegas, Emiliana; Petrow, Jenny - Inter-American Development Bank
of children now have access to schools but few students learn the skills they need to succeed. 'Raising Student Learning … part focuses on the central role of student learning in education. The second part reviews the evidence on factors and … policies that affect student learning. The final part addresses policy options on education quality assurance. This publication …
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Desconectados: Habilidades, educación y empleo en América Latina Title: Disconnected: Skills, Education, and Employment in Latin America Title: Desconectados: Habilidades, educação...
Busso, Matías; Bassi, Marina; Urzúa, Sergio; Vargas, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank
Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y 2010 respectivamente, y otra sobre demanda de habilidades realizada entre empresarios de Argentina, Brasil y Chile en...
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Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional Improvement in Community School District #2, New York City
Burney, Deanna; Elmore, Richard F. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
the role of local school districts in the improvement of teaching and learning in schools. …The context for this paper is a general concern among educational reformers and students of educational reform about …
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