Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Higher Education Financing in the New EU Member States
This paper summarizes the experiences to date of the new EU countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia-the EU8) in the reform of higher education systems in a period of growing demand; changing patterns of access; rapid expansion and increased participation rates; and an apparent dilution of average quality. The study discusses the growing experience with a variety of financing mechanisms in EU8 countries, drawing on detailed country case studies, and seeks to develop some useful lessons from experience, mindful that each country will continue to develop its own solution based on national priorities.
Vocational Education in the New EU Member States
Vocational education often is ignored during discussions of secondary education reform even though it accounts for between 25 percent and 79 percent of upper secondary enrollment in the former centrally-planned countries of the European Union. Based on information, data, and feedback from most of these countries, this paper develops a set of propositions about vocational education reform, not with a view to prescribing a detailed "one-size-fits-all" strategy, but rather it derives some principles that continued reform of vocational education could take into account, to the benefit of fiscal ef.
Social Assistance in the New EU Member States
This study analyzes the performance of social assistance and family benefit programs in eight new member states of the European Union from the perspective of fiscal impact and effectiveness. It is based on household survey data for six of the countries, as well as budget data and information on program design collected at the national level. The paper finds that, although social assistance programs in the new member states are small in terms of coverage and expenditure levels (reaching 2 to 5 percent of the population), the programs are an important safety net for the poor. Programs are relatively well targeted, with between 30 and 60 percent of resources going to the poorest quintile of the population. For those who receive them, benefits can make up as much as 37 percent of average consumption of the poor.
Back to Work
What can be done to create more and better jobs in Europe and Central Asia? And should there be specific policies to help workers access those jobs? The authors of this book examine these questions through the lens of two contextual factors: the legacy of centralized planned economies and the mounting demographic pressures associated with rapid aging in some countries and soaring numbers of youth entering the workforce in others. The authors find the following: Market reforms pay off, albeit with a lag, in terms of jobs and productivity. A small fraction of superstar high-growth firms accounts for most of the new jobs created in the region. Skills gaps hinder employment prospects, especially...
The Right Skills for the Job?
This book revisits skills development policies and points to new directions for making training programs more effective and responsive in increasingly competitive labor market.
Ageing and the Family
Of the discussion and the papers -- The Kitakyushu declaration on population ageing in the context of the family and recommendations of the conference -- Ageing and the family in the context of western-type developed countries / Charlotte Hoḧn -- Ageing and the family in the developed countries and areas of Asia : continuities and transitions / Shigemi Kono -- Changing patterns of first marriage, divorce and remarriage in Europe and North America / Miroslav Macura, Edith Adams and Dorota Holzer-Zelazewska -- The changing role of the family in meeting the needs of the ageing population in the developing countries, with particular focus on Eastern Africa / Shanyisa Khasiani -- Family support for the elderly in Latin America : the role of the multigenerational household / Luiz R. Ramos -- Ageing and the family in the developing Asian and Pacific countries / Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific -- Overview of recent research findings on population ageing and the family / United Nations Secretariat -- Household approaches to the analysis of population ageing / George J. Stolnitz.
Uniwersytet w dobie przemian
Książka jest wynikiem wieloletnich, międzynarodowych badań porównawczych instytucji uniwersyteckich w Europie. Uniwersytety są poddawane potężnym presjom zmian, które z jednej strony są związane z wyzwaniami globalizacji, europeizacji i umasowienia całego szkolnictwa wyższego, a z drugiej ze zmianą roli europejskiego państwa dobrobytu. W centrum tych zmian stoi kadra akademicka, która od co najmniej dwudziestu lat poddawana jest presjom kolejnych etapów reform finansowania i zarządzania systemami szkolnictwa wyższego w Europie. Uniwersytet w dobie przemian analizuje zachodzące w Europie i w Polsce zmiany z perspektywy porównawczej w oparciu o niezwykle obszerny materiał...
Changes in the Wage Structure During Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
World Bank Technical Paper No. 336. Presents the results of consultative surveys undertaken in 36 rural and urban communities across Nigeria. The study examines the effectiveness and accountability of local institutions in local decisionmaking and participation, as well as some common limitations such as the narrowness of membership and goals and their limited technical and managerial capacities.
Historical Dictionary of the World Bank
This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the World Bank shows the substantial progress the Bank has made, this mainly through the dictionary section with concise entries on its component institutions, related organizations, its achievements in various fields, some of the major projects and member countries, and its various presidents. The introduction explains how the Bank works while the chronology traces the major events over nearly 70 years. Meanwhile, the list of acronyms reminds us just who the main players are. And the bibliography directs readers to useful internal documentation and outside studies.
