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  • Student Learning in South Asia

    Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities

    by Halil Dundar, Tara Béteille, Michelle Riboud, Anil Deolalikar ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    For the past decade, most South Asian countries have directed their efforts towards achieving universal access to elementary education. While these investments have led to more children being retained in school, they have not translated into better learning outcomes. This report comprehensively analyzes the performance of South Asian educational systems in terms of student learning. It attempts to ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sri Lanka Education Sector Assessment

    Achievements, Challenges, and Policy Options

    by Halil Dundar, Benoit Millot, Michelle Riboud, Mari Shojo, Harsha Aturupane, Sangeeta Goyal, Dhushyanth Raju ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    A country's education system plays a pivotal role in promoting economic growth and shared prosperity. Sri Lanka has enjoyed high school-attainment and enrollment rates for several decades. However, it still faces major challenges in the education sector, and these challenges undermine the country's inclusivegrowth goal and its ambition to become a competitive upper-middle-income country. The ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ready to Learn

    Before School, In School, and Beyond School in South Asia

    by Tara Beteille, Namrata Tognatta, Michelle Riboud, Shinsaku Nomura, Yashodhan Ghorpade ...
    Series series South Asia Development Forum
    Countries that have sustained rapid growth over decades have typically had a strong public commitment to expanding education as well as to improving learning outcomes. South Asian countries have made considerable progress in expanding access to primary and secondary schooling, with countries having achieved near-universal enrollment of the primary-school-age cohort (ages 6–11), except for ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ready to Learn

    Before School, In School, and Beyond School in South Asia

    by Tara Beteille, Namrata Tognatta, Michelle Riboud, Nomura ...
    Series series South Asia Development Forum
    Countries that have sustained rapid growth over decades have typically had a strong public commitment to expanding education as well as to improving learning outcomes. South Asian countries have made considerable progress in expanding access to primary and secondary schooling, with countries having achieved near-universal enrollment of the primary-school-age cohort (ages 6†“11), except for ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

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  • The Future of the Fifth Child

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    Progress and Lessons Learned from ADB Experience in the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience

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  • Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care in India

    Lessons for developing countries

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