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HDR 2010 - The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008837640
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Internal Migration, Selection Bias and Human Development: Evidence from Indonesia and Mexico
Deb, Partha; Seck, Papa - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to measure the returns to migration using non-experimental data taking both observed and unobserved characteristics into account. A significant challenge related to migration research and the issues of unobserved heterogeneity is that the standard 2stage least squares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507006
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Migration and Educational Outcomes of Children
Schapiro, Kristina A. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
. It discusses the various channels through which migration affects the education and wellbeing of non-migrant children in …. To conclude, the paper recognizes the policy challenges surrounding the migration-education linkage and considers some of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507025
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HDR 1997 - Human Development to Eradicate Poverty
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
Eradicating poverty everywhere is more than a moral imperative - it is a practical possibility. That is the most important message of the Human Development Report 1997. The world has the resources and the know-how to create a poverty-free world in less than a generation. The Report focuses not...
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Future-proofing adult learning systems in cities and regions : A policy manual for local governments
OECD - 2022
In the coming years, labour markets will face significant challenges. In this context, re- and upskilling of adults is an urgent priority for all at national, regional and local levels. To turn challenges into opportunities and to ensure that the supply of local skills matches constantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174633
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The Political Economy of Human Development
Harding, Robin; Wantchekon, Leonard - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
elements of human development, longevity and knowledge - democracy has a positive effect on indicators of education and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674290
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Cross-border Tertiary Education : A Way towards Capacity Development
Economics Research, World Bank Group; OECD; World Bank
This report emphasizes that cross-border tertiary education refers to the movement of people, programs, providers …, curricula, projects, research and services in tertiary (or higher) education across national jurisdictional borders. Cross …-border education is a subset of educational internationalization and can be part of development cooperation projects, academic exchange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628187
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Human Development Trends since 1970: A Social Convergence Story
Gray Molina, George Gray Molina and Mark Purser - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
middle-HDI countries in the pre-1990 period. The life-expectancy and education subcomponents grow faster than income. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008504428
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Human Development of Peoples
Ortega, Daniel E. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
paper also develops and illustrates a framework for estimating an education place premium, and discusses how it is related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507002
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Education at a glance ... / OECD indicators
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation; OECD - Paris : OECD - 1.1992 - 5.1997; 1998 -
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