Browsing by Author "Patrinos, Harry Anthony"
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An Expansion of a Global Data Set on Educational Quality : A Focus on Achievement in Developing Countries
Angrist, Noam; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Schlotter, Martin (The World Bank, 2013-07)This paper assembles a panel data set that measures cognitive achievement for 128 countries around the world from 1965 to 2010 in 5-year intervals. The data set is constructed from international achievement tests, such as ... -
Comparable Estimates of Returns to Schooling Around the World
Montenegro, Claudio E.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony (World Bank, 2014-09)Rates of return to investments in schooling have been estimated since the late 1950s. In the 60-plus year history of such estimates, there have been several attempts to synthesize the empirical results to ascertain patterns. ... -
Education : Past, Present and Future Global Challenges
Patrinos, Harry Anthony (World Bank, 2011)Progress in educational development in the world since 1900 has been slow and uneven between countries. Providing basic education for all children in developing countries has been and remains an unmet challenge of governments ... -
Making Schools Work : New Evidence on Accountability Reforms
Bruns, Barbara; Filmer, Deon; Patrinos, Harry Anthony (World Bank, 2011)El libro realiza una revisión de las experiencias de reforma educativa orientadas a la rendición de cuentas en los países en vía de desarrollo. Para ello, examina evaluaciones de impacto realizadas en varias de dichas ... -
Toma de decisiones descentralizada en la escuela : la teoría y la evidencia sobre la administración escolar descentralizada
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Santibáñez, Lucrecia (Banco Mundial, 2009)La administración escolar descentralizada (AED) se ha convertido en un movimiento con mucha fuerza en la última década. El Banco Mundial decidió trabajar sobre ella al surgir la necesidad de definir mejor el concepto, ...