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Assessment of learning outcomes in higher education: a comparative review of selected practices (EDU Working Paper No. 15)

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10-Mar-2008

Deborah Nusche

This paper proposes a typology of higher education learning outcomes, and reviews 18 assessment instruments designed to measure such outcomes across higher education institutions. Examples are drawn from Australia, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Evaluating School Facilities in Brazil - PEB Exchange, February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

Brazil’s São Paulo Metropolitan Region is conducting a performance evaluation pilot study at three schools serving disadvantaged populations. The objective is first to test methods which can facilitate Post Occupancy Evaluations and then to carry out the evaluations.

Post-Occupancy Evaluation in Brazil

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11-Jan-2007

Sheila Ornstein

This paper discusses how Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) methodology has been used to assess environments at public educational facilities, from kindergarten to secondary school in São Paulo and other major Brazilian cities since the 1990s.

Social security reform in Brazil: Achievements and remaining challenges

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14-Dec-2006

Fabio Giambiagi and Luiz de Mello

This paper reviews the main elements of social security reform in Brazil since 1998 and discusses areas where further policy action is yet to be taken to ensure the sustainability of the social-security system over time. Economics Department Working Paper 534.

Improving labour utilisation in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz and Luiz de Mello

An important policy challenge for raising Brazil's growth potential  is to improve labour utilisation by reducing informality and fostering human capital accumulation on and off the job. Economics Department Working Paper 533.

Boosting innovation performance in Brazil

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14-Dec-2006

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz and Luiz de Mello

Brazil’s main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity?enhancing innovative activities. Economics Department Working Paper 532.

Economic survey of Brazil 2006: Boosting innovation performance

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24-Nov-2006

Brazil’s main challenge in innovation policy is to encourage the business sector to engage in productivity enhancing innovative activities. At 1% of GDP, R&D spending (both public and private) is comparatively ...

Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development - reports on Brazil

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02-Nov-2006

View reports relating to a review of higher education institution support of regional development.  These reports focus on the North Paraná region, Brazil.

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Better targeting government social spending

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01-Mar-2005

Government social spending is estimated to be mildly progressive in terms of its impact on income inequality, but this masks important differences in the incidence of spending on particular social programmes. ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2005: Strengthening social policies and expenditure

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01-Mar-2005

This chapter discusses the main weaknesses and strengths of Brazilian financial markets. Low credit ratios, high intermediation costs, and financial exclusion contrast with the expansion of the institutional ...