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Health Reform, Population Policy And Child Nutritional Status In China
Bredenkamp, Caryn - 2008
This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in seven provinces of China during the 1990s, focusing specifically on the role of two areas of public policy, namely health system reforms and the one child policy. The empirical relationship between income and nutritional status,...
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Chapter 72. Population and Health Policies*
Schultz, T. Paul - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4785-4881). 2010
The program evaluation literature for population and health policies is in flux, with many disciplines documenting biological and behavioral linkages from fetal development to late life mortality, chronic disease, and disability, though their implications for policy remain uncertain. Both macro-...
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International handbook of population policies
May, John F. (ed.); Goldstone, Jack A. (ed.) - 2022
This Handbook offers an array of internationally recognized experts' essays that provide a current and comprehensive examination of all dimensions of international population policies. The book examines the theoretical foundations, the historical and empirical evidence for policy formation, the...
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Do health reforms to improve quality have long-term effects? : results of a follow-up on a randomized policy experiment in the Philippines
Quimbo, Stella A.; Wagner, Natascha; Florentino, Jhiedon; … - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 2, pp. 165-177
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Diet Quality, Child Health, and Food Policies in Developing Countries
Bhargava, Alok - 2014
, the Philippines, and Tanzania is summarized. The supply of nutritious foods is appraised from the viewpoint of improving …
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Diet quality, child health, and food policies in developing countries
Bhargava, Alok - 2014
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Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read : a randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - 2011
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Improving reading skills by encouraging children to read : a randomized evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines
Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - 2011
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Philippines Private Provision, Public Purpose : A Review of the Government's Education Service Contracting Program
World Bank - 2011
The Philippines has one of the largest public-private partnership programs in education in the world, serving more than … Philippines explicitly recognizes the complementary roles played by public and private schools in the education system. The …
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Employment and Skills Strategies in the Philippines
OECD; Asian Development Bank - 2017
Skills represent a key driver of development and growth in the Philippines. Educational attainment of the Filipino … skills development programmes in a sample of cities in the Philippines: Taguig City, Cebu City, and Davao City. Local … governments in the Philippines have an active role in the management of employment and skills programmes through Public Employment …
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