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    Determinants of remittances: recent evidence using data on internal migrants in Vietnam

    Y. Niimi, T. Hung Pham, B. Reilly / World Bank, 2008
    Migration flows in Vietnam in the past were strictly controlled by a combination of  government migration policies and the household registration system (ho khau). This paper examines the determinants of remittance behavior for Vietnam using data from the 2004 Vietnam Migration Survey on internal migrants.
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    Assessing the governance of electricity regulatory agencies in the Latin American and Caribbean region: a bench marking analysis

    L. Andres, J.L. Guasch, M. Diop / World Bank, 2007
    This paper focuses on an evaluation and benchmarking of the governance of regulatory agencies in the electricity sector in Latin American Countries. The authors develop an index of regulatory governance and rank all the agencies in the region.
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    The World Bank’s Africa region HIV/AIDS agenda for action 2007-2011

    World Bank, 2007
    This document sets out the World Bank’s vision for tackling HIV and AIDS in Africa for the 5 years to 2011. The report recognises that there is no single pattern of HIV infection across sub-Saharan Africa, but a series of regional patterns, with some areas more acutely affected by HIV than others and even differences within countries.
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    Tanzania Gender and Economic Growth Assessment

    World Bank, 2007
    In the 2006 Economic Forum Global Gender Gap report Tanzania ranks number one globally, out of 115 countries, in terms of women's economic participation. Yet legal, regulatory, and administrative barriers still hinder women's full participation in private sector development.
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    Rural land certification in Ethiopia: process, initial impact, and implications for other African countries

    K. Deininger, D. A. Ali, S. Holden / World Bank, 2007
    Although many African countries have adopted highly innovative and pro-poor land laws, lack of implementation hinders their potentially far-reaching impact on productivity, poverty reduction, and governance.
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    Africa's future, Africa's challenge: early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa

    M. García (ed), A. Pence (ed), J. L. Evans (ed) / World Bank, 2008
    The launching of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2007 (EFA GMR 2007), in Dakar, Senegal, in November 2006, called on African countries “to expand and improve comprehensively early childhood care and development, especially for the most disadvantaged children.”  This book contributes a wide perspective on how to address this challenge, with chapters written by Afr
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    Mobilizing the private sector for public education: a view from the trenches

    H. A. Patrinos (ed), S. Sosale (ed) / World Bank, 2007
    The papers in this book, initially presented at a conference hosted by the World Bank and the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, demonstrate that public–private initiatives are widespread.
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    The road not traveled: education reform in the Middle East and North Africa

    A. Galal / World Bank, 2008
    Education is at the crossroads for the future of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It plays a crucial role in promoting poverty alleviation and economic growth, both at national and at household levels.
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    What is school-based management?

    H. A. Patrinos, T. Fasih, F. Barrera / World Bank, 2007
    Governments around the world are introducing a range of strategies aimed at improving the financing and delivery of education services. One such strategy is school-based management (SBM). This paper focuses on the concept of SBM and its different forms and dimensions and presents a conceptual framework for understanding it.
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    The Financial Requirements of Achieving Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

    C. Bahadur, D. Elson, C. Grown / World Bank, 2006
    The costs of programmes to promote gender equality and women's empowerment are not systematically calculated and integrated into country-level budgeting processes, according to the authors of this paper.

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