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Navigating Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor

Recommended Readings on Key Development Issues in Central America’s Dry Corridor.

Education and Training

Alfaro Víquez, Helen. 2022. "Costa Rican Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Readiness to Teach." International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 17 (2). http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1336134.pdf.

Edwards, D. Brent, M. Moschetti, and A. Caravaca. 2023. "Globalization and privatization of education in Honduras—Or the need to reconsider the dynamics and legacy of state formation." Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 44 (4): 635-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2020.1852181.

Gimenez, Gregorio, and Beatriz Barrado. 2020. "Exposure to crime and academic achievement: A case study for Costa Rica using PISA data." Studies in Educational Evaluation 65: 100867. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191491X20301152.

Kroll, Jonathan, and Manuel Moreno. 2022. "Training Leadership Trainers: Cultivating the Next Generation of Leadership Educators in Nicaragua." Journal of Leadership Education 21 (3). https://journalofleadershiped.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/21_3_Kroll.pdf.

Murphy-Graham, Erin, Diana Pacheco Montoya, Alison K. Cohen, and Enrique Valencia Lopez. 2021. "Examining school dropout among rural youth in Honduras: Evidence from a mixed-methods longitudinal study." International Journal of Educational Development 82: 102329. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059320304880.

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2020. Education at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators: Costa Rica Country Note. OECD Publishing. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/862130f9-en.pdf.

Schrei, Erik André, Juan Pablo Mellado Arana, and Gabriela Rivas-Mariño. 2021. Including gastronomy in the School Feeding Programme: A necessary change to guarantee children's right to healthy, tasty and waste-free food. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). https://www.fao.org/3/cb3430en/cb3430en.pdf.

Simons, Cassandra, Susan Sonnenschein, Brook Sawyer, Peggy Kong, and Amber Brock. 2022. "School Readiness Beliefs of Dominican and Salvadoran Immigrant Parents." Early Education and Development 33 (2). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10409289.2021.1930747.

Székely, Miguel, and Jonathan Karver. 2021. "Youth Out of School and Out of Work in Latin America: A Cohort Approach." International Journal of Educational Development 80: 102294. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059320304533.

Torres-Samuel, Maritza, Carmen Luisa Vásquez, Marisabel Luna, Nunziatina Bucci, Amelec Viloria, Tito Crissien, and Jessica Manosalva. 2020. "Performance of Education and Research in Latin American Countries through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)." Procedia Computer Science 170: 1023-1028. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050920305160.

 

 

 

 

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