A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria

This policy brief is exploring the state of the human capital in Bulgaria by positioning the HCI as a baseline for analyzing the differences and gaps with respect to other comparator countries in the region. The document proposes a focused discussi...

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Main Authors:	Gortazar, Lucas, Kuznetsova, Dessislava
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX POVERTY REDUCTION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION TEACHER RETENTION LABOR MARKET EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876831565715171852/A-Policy-Agenda-to-boost-Human-Capital-in-Bulgaria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32305

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spelling	okr-10986-323052021-05-25T09:27:22Z A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria Gortazar, Lucas Kuznetsova, Dessislava HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX POVERTY REDUCTION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION TEACHER RETENTION LABOR MARKET EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES This policy brief is exploring the state of the human capital in Bulgaria by positioning the HCI as a baseline for analyzing the differences and gaps with respect to other comparator countries in the region. The document proposes a focused discussion on education policy outcomes identified as key area of policy investments that can significantly boost the productivity and human potential together with improvements in required health outcomes. Education policy actions are needed in several areas: expanding access and improving quality of preschool education, rethinking the student tracking functions of the education system to provide better opportunities for all, strengthening education financing, promoting school improvement policies to target learning, and investing in teacher policies. 2019-08-21T20:17:16Z 2019-08-21T20:17:16Z 2019-03 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876831565715171852/A-Policy-Agenda-to-boost-Human-Capital-in-Bulgaria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32305 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Bulgaria
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topic	HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX POVERTY REDUCTION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION TEACHER RETENTION LABOR MARKET EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES
spellingShingle	HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX POVERTY REDUCTION EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR BETTER EDUCATION RESULTS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT EDUCATION TEACHER RETENTION LABOR MARKET EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES Gortazar, Lucas Kuznetsova, Dessislava A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
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description	This policy brief is exploring the state of the human capital in Bulgaria by positioning the HCI as a baseline for analyzing the differences and gaps with respect to other comparator countries in the region. The document proposes a focused discussion on education policy outcomes identified as key area of policy investments that can significantly boost the productivity and human potential together with improvements in required health outcomes. Education policy actions are needed in several areas: expanding access and improving quality of preschool education, rethinking the student tracking functions of the education system to provide better opportunities for all, strengthening education financing, promoting school improvement policies to target learning, and investing in teacher policies.
format	Policy Note
author	Gortazar, Lucas Kuznetsova, Dessislava
author_facet	Gortazar, Lucas Kuznetsova, Dessislava
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title	A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
title_short	A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
title_full	A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
title_fullStr	A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
title_full_unstemmed	A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria
title_sort	policy agenda to boost human capital in bulgaria
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876831565715171852/A-Policy-Agenda-to-boost-Human-Capital-in-Bulgaria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32305
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A Policy Agenda to Boost Human Capital in Bulgaria

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