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Incentives to Improve Teaching : Lessons from Latin America.

Latin America faces tremendous challenges, particularly those of development, poverty, and inequality. Education is widely recognized as one of the most critical means of defeating these challenges. Democratizing education, by improving both its coverage and quality, is critical to overcoming the so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Vegas, Emiliana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2005.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
World Bank e-Library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Improving teaching and learning through effective incentives : lessons from education reforms in Latin America / Emiliana Vegas and Ilana Umansky
  • A literature review of teacher quality and incentives : theory and evidence / Ilana Umansky
  • Are teachers well paid in Latin America and the Caribbean? : relative wage and structure of returns of teachers / Werner Hernani-Limartino
  • Teacher's salary structure and incentives in Chile / Alejandra Mizala and Pilar Romaguera
  • Educational finance equalization, spending and teacher quality, and student outcomes : the case of Brazil's FUNDEF / Nora Gordon and Emiliana Vegas
  • Arbitrary variation in teacher salaries : an analysis of teacher pay in Bolivia / Miguel Urquiola and Emiliana Vegas.
  • Teacher and principal incentives in Mexico / Patrick J. McEwan and Lucrecia Santibáñez
  • Decentralization of education, teacher behavior, and outcomes : the case of El Salvador's EDUCO program / Yasuyuki Sawada and Andrew B. Ragatz
  • Teacher effort and schooling outcomes in rural Honduras / Emanuela di Gropello and Jeffery H. Marshall
  • Teacher incentives and student achievement in Nicaraguan autonomous schools / Caroline E. Parker
  • Political economy, incentives, and teachers' unions : case studies in Chile and Peru / Luis Crouch.