From Evidence to Policy: New Research inaugurates Human Development Perspectives Series
The newly launched Human Development Perspectives series presents key research in the field of human development. The series will help developing countries and their partners get more mileage and impact out of their investments in human capital.
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Human Rights and Development: A Debate
Does the World Bank need to incorporate human rights based approaches and analyses in its poverty reduction work in order to be effective? To watch the debate sponsored by the Chief Economist's office in collaboration with the Nordic Trust Fund, Click here
Impact Evaluation in Practice (New)
Impact Evaluation in Practice presents a non-technical overview of how to design and use impact evaluations to build more effective human development programs. View Site
Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys to Monitor Projects and Small-Scale Programs/A Guidebook
This guidebook, designed to lead users through the public expenditure tracking survey process, provides a starting point for civil society groups and researchers who want to take a closer look at government spending processes. 
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STEPPING UP SKILLS for more jobs and higher productivity
This report presents a framework - Skills Toward Employment & Productivity (STEP) - that provides a simple yet comprehensive way to look at skills development. View Report
Measuring Provider Absenteeism: A New Guidebook
Tracking whether teachers, nurses, doctors and other service providers are at work when they should be is one way to measure the quality of service delivery. A new guidebook provides advice on how to carry out surveys of provider attendance and absence in the education and health fields. To read and download manual, click here.
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