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Slavin, Robert E. – Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education (NJ3), 2009
In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in financial incentives to encourage students to attend school and to improve their academic achievement, graduation rates, and other outcomes. Conditional cash transfer programs in developing countries, especially PROGRESA in Mexico, have found positive effects on attendance in large-scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Financial Support
Institute of International Studies (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1973
A survey is presented of the scope of the program of the Agency for International Development in the field of educational assistance to certain developing countries. The survey revises and updates previous surveys completed annually since 1966. The regions of the world in which A.I.D. operates--Africa, the Near East and South Asia, Latin America,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Mitchell, James M.; Luikart, F. W. – 1971
The feasibility of creating independent research and education centers that deal with public policy issues in developing countries is assessed. Countries that were surveyed include Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, South Korea, Philippines, Pakistan, and Nepal. For each country, a report describes the social and political climate…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Service Centers, Financial Support, Foreign Countries