Among all regions of the world, Latin
America and Caribbean (LAC) has the second-highest teenage
pregnancy rate after Sub-Saharan Africa and the rate is
declining at...
Employment segregation - the unequal
distribution of female and male workers across and within
jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in
job quality, wage...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 135705Date: July 11, 2023Author:
Carranza,Eliana ;
Das,Smita ;
Kotikula,Aphichoke
Youth who are neither in school, nor
employed, nor in training (NEET), remain a sizeable and
vulnerable group in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
especially among...
Science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) are vital to the economic and social
prosperity of countries. Yet, women and girls continue to be
underrepresented...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
women spend more than twice as much time as men on unpaid
care work, including domestic or household tasks as well as
care for...
Secondary school dropout is higher among
boys in Latin America if compared to girls. Dropping out of
school has negative implications for overall human capital
accumulation...
This technical guidance note sets out
how to navigate some of the challenges that governments and
other organizations may face when designing and implementing
a monitoring...
Type: ReportReport#: 167122Date: September 29, 2022Author:
Akmal,Maryam
The objective of this technical guidance
note is to present evidence-based strategies that can help
teachers overcome motivational barriers to behavioral change
in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 167247Date: September 29, 2022Author:
Quota,Manal Bakur N ;
Bhatia,Jayanti
Teachers in low- and middle-income
countries often lack the knowledge to improve student
achievement and exhibit weak cognitive skills and
ineffective teaching practices....
Type: ReportReport#: 157088Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Wilichowski,Tracy Marie ;
Popova,Anna
This technical guidance note highlights
operationally relevant guidance for how to effectively
structure teacher professional development (TPD) delivery
through group...
Type: ReportReport#: 163473Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Rodriguez Paredes,Diana Patricia ;
Alvi,Hafsa ;
Quota,Manal Bakur N
School- and cluster-based approaches to
professional development (PD) are in-service continuous
teacher professional programs. These programs are
characterized by groups...
Type: ReportReport#: 163454Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Ding,Elaine Yi Zhong
This technical guidance note highlights
operationally relevant guidance for how to effectively
structure teacher professional development (TPD) delivery
through group...
Type: ReportReport#: 163473Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Quota,Manal Bakur N ;
Alvi,Hafsa ;
Rodriguez Paredes,Diana Patricia
The teacher’s guide
diagnostic tool is an instrument to assess the quality of
teacher’s guides in any subject in primary grades
1 through 4. The tool assesses...
Type: ReportReport#: 157401Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Ding,Elaine Yi Zhong
School- and cluster-based approaches to
professional development (PD) are in-service continuous
teacher professional programs. These programs are
characterized by groups...
Type: ReportReport#: 163454Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Ding,Elaine Yi Zhong ;
Khurana,Aishwarya
This technical guidance note sets out
how to navigate some of the challenges that governments and
other organizations may face when designing and implementing
a monitoring...
Type: ReportReport#: 167122Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Akmal,Maryam
Research consistently shows that
teachers are the most important school-based factor for
student learning. Providing tailored, practical, focused,
and ongoing 1-1 support...
Type: ReportReport#: 163474Date: September 27, 2022Author:
Wilichowski,Tracy Marie ;
Arrange,Gabrielle
Teachers in low- and middle-income
countries often lack the knowledge to improve student
achievement and exhibit weak cognitive skills and
ineffective teaching practices....
Type: ReportReport#: 157088Date: September 13, 2022Author:
Wilichowski,Tracy Marie ;
Popova,Anna
To continue monitoring how the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the welfare of
households in the region, the World Bank and UNDP have
joined forces in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 166810Date: August 23, 2022Author:
World Bank ;
United Nations Development Programme ;
Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina ;
Rivadeneira Alava,Ana Mercedes ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Castaneda Castrillon,Carlos Alberto ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel ;
Romero Haaker,Francisco Javier ;
Camacho,Adriana ;
Tenjo,Laura ;
Hernandez,Pablo ;
Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa
Policy makers are increasingly turning
to behavioral science to help tackle intractable policy
challenges, including increasing student learning, raising
savings rates,...
This report is the final evaluation of
the Transparency of the Mauritanian Education Budget (TOME)
project conducted by the NGO Ecodev in the Islamic Republic
of Mauritania...
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