Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP25711 Document Date: OCT 18, 2019

Author: D K Saxena Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Over the past decade, China's transition rate from lower secondary education to higher secondary education has increased significantly, from 80.5 to 93.7 percent. ... See More + In light of this impressive progress, the Chinese government aimed at raising the gross enrollment rate in senior high schools to above 90 percent by 2020. Quality and relevance in vocational and academic high school education could be a key bottleneck in further expansion. The way tracking operates between academic and vocational streams could itself be a distortion for the sector's further expansion. Looking ahead, reforms in upper secondary education are imperative, given increasing demand for a highly skilled labor force and China's fast demographic change as the young population cohorts decline. The paper examines the sector's key constraints in access, financing, tracking, and informed decisions and recommends how the quality of the general and vocational education tracks can be further improved.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9042 Document Date: OCT 15, 2019

Author: Chen,Dandan; Fu,Ning - HEAED; Pan,Yilin Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP24575 Document Date: SEP 18, 2019

Author: D K Saxena Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0025249 Document Date: SEP 08, 2019

Author: Vemuri,Vinaya Vittal Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23535 Document Date: AUG 19, 2019

Author: Keshab Prasad Dahal Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP23209 Document Date: AUG 06, 2019

Author: Sidy Mohamed Konte Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Completion Report Review Report No.: ICRR0021714 Document Date: JUL 30, 2019

Author: IEG Review Team Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0021746 Document Date: JUL 07, 2019

Author: Vemuri,Vinaya Vittal Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0021988 Document Date: JUL 07, 2019

Author: Pene Neves,Sheila Lucrecia Francisco Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Ratings of Energy Sector Capacity Building Project (ESCBP) for Tanzania were as follows: outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was modest. ... See More + Some of the lessons learned include: (i) the process of opening up the power sector to foreign investment through Public Private Partnership (PPPs) is both technically and politically challenging; (ii) complex projects with many components and many implementing agencies, such as this project, need to have a strong project management unit (PMU) in all of its major implementing agencies; (iii) efficient training programs need to be based on the recommendations of a needs assessment and analysis; (iv) technical assistance projects should consider limiting the number of participating institutions and focus on their core objective; and (v) based on the experience of implementation of ESCBP, a stand-alone technical assistance (TA) requires strong government ownership (championship), clear mandate, and focused support for a defined activity in the sector’s operations.  See Less -

Document Type: Implementation Completion and Results Report Report No.: ICR4784 Document Date: JUN 27, 2019

Disclosure Status: Disclosed