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Participatory approaches to attacking extreme poverty: case studies led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World
X. Godinot, Q. Wodon / World Bank, 2006The case studies compiled in this book emerged from an October 2005 World Bank seminar on extreme poverty.DocumentLearning to teach in the knowledge society
J.M. Moreno / World Bank, 2005This report examines teacher training needs of secondary education teachers in developing countries. It provides a literature review, and provides in depth case studies from Vietnam, Cambodia, Ghana, Senegal, Chile and Mexico.DocumentSkills development in sub-Saharan Africa
R.K. Johanson, A.V. Adams / World Bank, 2004This review assesses progress in the provision and financing of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for urban and rural non-farm employment in sub-Saharan Africa.DocumentIntegrating TVET into the knowledge economy: reform and challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
World Bank, 2005Having successfully expanded school coverage to unprecedented levels, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are turning their attention to improving the quality of learning opportunities for their citizens.The role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the provision of quality and relevant learning opportunities in MENA is explored in this report.It summarisesDocumentHigher education in developing countries: peril and promise
World Bank, 2000Higher education, this review argues, is essential to development.DocumentManaging climate risk: integrating adaptation into World Bank Group operations
M. Van Aalst / World Bank, 2006With impacts of climate change already affecting World Bank projects and programmes in a wide range of sectors, this report aims to integrate comprehensive climate risk management into all of the Bank’s activities.DocumentA new approach to social assistance: Latin America’s experience with conditional cash transfer programs
L.B. Rawlings / World Bank, 2004This paper reviews the experience of the Latin America and Caribbean region in introducing conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes which provide money to poor families conditional upon investments in human capital, usually sending children to school and/or bringing them to health centers on a regular basis.DocumentDelivery mechanisms of cash transfer programs to the poor in Bangladesh
S.S. Ahmed / World Bank, 2005This paper examines the practical issues and financial costs of delivering cash benefits from source to recipients. An analysis of cost-effective mechanisms for this purpose is also presented.The study analyses three alternative delivery methods used in Bangladesh. Issues concerning targeting and the leakage of funds is also examined.DocumentTargeting of transfers in developing countries: review of lessons and experience
D. Coady, M. Grosh, J. Hoddinott / World Bank, 2004This book provides a general review of experiences and lessons learned with methods used to target interventions in developing countries.