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Development and the next generation / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Conference Name:
- Berlin Workshop (8th : 2005)
- Series:
- Berlin Workshop series 1813-9442 ; 2007.
- Berlin Workshop series, 1813-9442 ; 2007
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth development--Congresses.
- Youth development.
- Education--Congresses.
- Education.
- Youth--21st century--Congresses.
- Youth.
- Youth in development--Congresses.
- Youth in development.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Bonn, Germany] : InWEnt/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2007]
- Summary:
- The Berlin Workshop Series is a forum for the discussion of issues in development that are likely to have enduring relevance for research and policymaking. These discussions are the building blocks to develop the framework which shapes the World Development Report. It brings together key decision makers and researchers from the United States, Europe, and developing countries to discuss and brainstorm on development challenges.
- Contents:
- Economics of youth demography in developing countries / David Lam
- New ways of capturing the demographic and education dynamics of the global youth cohort / Wolfgang Lutz
- Schooling and education spending over the life course / Nicholas Barr
- Schooling : an African perspective / William M. Lyakurwa
- Education and the next generation : implications from some case studies / Yasuyuki Sawada
- The "youth bulge" in developing economies : can this be an advantage in the labor market? / Anjini Kochar
- Migration and the youth : immigrants and the children of immigrants / Christian Dustmann
- Forming families / Jere R. Behrman
- Delayed household formation as a development issue / Stephan Klasen
- Is religion an obstacle to development in the Middle East? / Jean-Philippe Platteau
- Transitions within a transition : youth in a changing political world / Philippe C. Schmitter
- Some notes on beliefs and development / Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch.
- Notes:
- "Presents a selection of papers from meetings held September 12-13, 2005 at the eighth annual Berlin Workshop"--P. 1.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780821368336
- 0821368338
- OCLC:
- 144216924
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