| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 165 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Berlin Workshop series, 1813-9442 ; 2007 |
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Berlin Workshop series ; 2007. 1813-9442
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| 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 |
| Summary |
The Berlin Workshop Series 2007 presents selected papers from meetings held September 6??8, 2004, at the 7th Annual Forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank's World Development Report. This volume presents papers from the sessions on Equity and Development, covering issues relating to the role of governments in the promotion of equity, equity-enhancing social transformations, building efficient welfare states, reducing global inequalities, and integration and inequality in the new Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education -- Congresses.
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Youth development -- Congresses.
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Youth in development -- Congresses.
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Youth -- History -- 21st century -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun.
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Pleskovic, Boris.
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| LC no. |
2007300364 |
| ISBN |
0821368346 (electronic bk.) |
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9780821368343 (electronic bk.) |
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