03535oam 22006855 450 991078334460332120200520144314.01-280-19920-297866101992040-8213-6216-X10.1596/978-0-8213-6215-0(CKB)1000000000031577(EBL)459735(OCoLC)61363491(SSID)ssj0000087520(PQKBManifestationID)11990511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087520(PQKBWorkID)10074403(PQKB)10575605(MiAaPQ)EBC459735(Au-PeEL)EBL459735(CaPaEBR)ebr10087052(CaONFJC)MIL19920(The World Bank)2005047500(US-djbf)13943695(EXLCZ)99100000000003157720050427d2005 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIncentives to improve teaching : lessons from Latin America /Emiliana Vegas, editorWashington, D.C. :World Bank,c2005.xv, 435 pages illustrations, map ;23 cmDirections in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6215-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Improving Teaching and Learning through Effective Incentives; Figures; 2 A Literature Review of Teacher Quality and Incentives; 3 Are Teachers Well Paid in Latin America and the Caribbean?; Tables; 4 Teachers' Salary Structure and Incentives in Chile; 5 Educational Finance Equalization, Spending, Teacher Quality, and Student Outcomes; 6 Arbitrary Variation in Teacher Salaries; 7 Teacher and Principal Incentives in Mexico; 8 Decentralization of Education, Teacher Behavior, and Outcomes; 9 Teacher Effort and Schooling Outcomes in Rural Honduras10 Teacher Incentives and Student Achievement in Nicaraguan Autonomous Schools11 Political Economy, Incentives, and Teachers' UnionsLatin America faces tremendous challenges, particularly those of development, poverty, and inequality. Education is widely recognized as one of the most critical means of defeating these challenges. Democratizing education, by improving both its coverage and quality, is critical to overcoming the social and economic inequality that plagues Latin America. Ensuring that all children have the opportunity to learn critical skills at both primary and secondary level is paramount to overcoming skill barriers that perpetuate underdevelopment and poverty. A growing body of evidence supports the intuitDirections in development (Washington, D.C)World Bank e-Library.TeachersSalaries, etcLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesRewards and punishments in educationLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesSchool improvement programsLatin AmericaCross-cultural studiesTeachersSalaries, etc.Rewards and punishments in educationSchool improvement programs331.2/813711/0098Vegas Emiliana1494498World Bank.DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910783344603321Incentives to improve teaching3718049UNINA