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Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000-02-08
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9264180605
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis series of reports examines whether it is possible to develop reliable and effective criteria for evaluation of investments, given the wide range of parameters from planning and cost-effectiveness of buildings to their impact on the performance of the educational system as a whole.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2001-09-12
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9264192506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a compilation devoted to high quality school and university buildings from 21 countries. Full-colour photographs and plans illustrate the 55 educational facilities selected by an international jury.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2006-07-24
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9264014926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis third PEB Compendium features educational institutions from 20 countries selected by an international jury for their exemplary facilities.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-10-22
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9264306706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report on Responsive School Systems is the second in a series of thematic comparative reports bringing together findings from the OECD’s School Resources Review. Evolving educational objectives, changing student needs and demographic developments require school systems.
Author: European Investment Bank
Publisher: European Investment Bank
Published: 2023-05-03
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9286153848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe EIB performs economic appraisals of the projects it considers for investment. Thereby, it ensures that projects add sufficient value to society to merit support. Beyond considerations of financial profitability to investors, the economic appraisal also addresses the wider value generated by the project to society. This comprises benefits and costs to project final users, the taxpayer and third parties, allowing for all applicable market failures, such as environmental externalities. Since the publication of the first edition of this document in 2013, the EIB has been transformed into the EU Climate Bank. The way it values carbon emissions has been updated, as have various other elements of economic appraisal, in keeping with developments in the specialist literature, policy and practice. This second edition of the document gives the reader an updated view of how economic appraisal is currently conducted at the Bank. It also mentions the areas on which the EIB is currently working to ensure that it is at the forefront of economic appraisal practice.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2013-09-02
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9264200193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book suggests strategies for building an education model that could inspire other Mexican states and fuel federal reform efforts.
Author: Walter W. McMahon
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2009-03-18
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0801890535
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe chronic underinvestment in higher education has serious ramifications for both individuals and society. Winner, Best Book in Education, 2009 PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers Winner, Best Book in Education, PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers A college education has long been acknowledged as essential for both personal success and economic growth. But the measurable value of its nonmonetary benefits has until now been poorly understood. In Higher Learning, Greater Good, leading education economist Walter W. McMahon carefully describes these benefits and suggests that higher education accrues significant social and private benefits. McMahon's research uncovers a major skill deficit and college premium in the United States and other OECD countries due to technical change and globalization, which, according to a new preface to the 2017 edition, continues unabated. A college degree brings better job opportunities, higher earnings, and even improved health and longevity. Higher education also promotes democracy and sustainable growth and contributes to reduced crime and lower state welfare and prison costs. These social benefits are substantial in relation to the costs of a college education. Offering a human capital perspective on these and other higher education policy issues, McMahon suggests that poor understanding of the value of nonmarket benefits leads to private underinvestment. He offers policy options that can enable state and federal governments to increase investment in higher education.
Author: Uwe Götze
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-03-18
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 3662458519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an introduction to investment appraisal and presents a range of methods and models, some of which are not widely known, or at least not well covered by other textbooks. Each approach is thoroughly described, evaluated and illustrated using examples, with its assumptions and limitations analyzed in terms of their implications for investment decision-making practice. Investment decisions are of vital importance to all companies. Getting these decisions right is crucial but, due to a complex and dynamic business environment, this remains a challenging management task. Effective appraisal methods are valuable tools in supporting investment decision-making. As organisations continue to seek a competitive edge, it is increasingly important that management accountants and strategic decision-makers have a sound knowledge of these tools.
Author: Maria Fianchini
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-09-11
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 3030196291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book draws on important original transdisciplinary research to address a wide range of issues relating to the remodeling of existing schools for pre-teenagers to fit them to various novel teaching models (e.g. collaborative learning, ICT integration, and out-of-classroom working) and to create effective educational environments for the future. The strong relationship between people’s wellbeing, physical environment and student learning in schools has already been extensively studied in international research. At the same time, a number of different scenarios of possible innovations are now emerging, and these require conscious choices in terms of designing both the ways and the places where educational processes can be developed. The principal focus of this research was the relationship between infrastructure, activities, and school communities. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which discusses conceptual aspects and outlines innovative renewal strategies. The second section describes a participatory research process developed in five case studies of lower-secondary or middle schools with the aim of updating our knowledge about such schools and identifying emerging issues. The last section presents case studies, operational tools, and design strategies that aid decision-making and support interventions to renew school facilities. The book is intended mainly for scholars of architecture and education, but is also of interest to a wider readership, including principals, teachers, designers, decision-makers in school communities, and heads of municipal education departments.
