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Education has emerged as an essential component of the transition to a market economy in Central and Eastern Europe …. Although the countries of the region inherited broadly accessible education systems, the legacies of central planning have … of education in nine Central and East European countries by drawing on the findings of a World Bank project that examined …
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Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low … investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor … education sector in recent years, with the help of the World Bank and other donor agencies. This paper assesses whether these …
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As part of the restructuring of the education system since doi moi or Renovation in 1989, the government of Vietnam has …
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Cette etude presente les principaux resultats de la recherche surles facteurs qui entravent la scolarisation des filles en Afrique subsaharienne. Ces facteurs se classent en trois categories: les facteurs politiquess et institutionnels, les facteurs relatifs a l'environnement scolaire et les...
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As the telecommunications sector evolves toward a more competitive environment in which the private actors become the main players, it is essential to develop policies that will reduce the disparities between urban and rural telecommunications services. This report provides a comprehensive...
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This paper summarizes the World Bank assistance strategy for rural development in the ECA region. The rural sector includes the people; economic; development activities; institutional, economic, and social infrastructure; and natural resources in rural areas and is thus not confined to agriculture....
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The World Bank has been supporting range livestock development since the 1960s, gaining experience that currently contributes to best practices in natural resource management (NRM) in pastoral areas. This report focuses on NRM in the arid rangelands used by pastoralists in Africa and the Middle...
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