, communities and children, including level of education and access to public services,. Public policy has a crucial role in …, particularly the education level of the mother or caregiver. In Peru, despite a dramatic increase in investment in health during … interaction of private assets, such as education, with public services, provided at the community and household level. The authors …

achieving gender parity in many other dimensions of human development. The present study examines the state-wise pattern of … gender bias in child health in India. It uses 21 selected indicators of health outcome (e.g., post-neonatal death, child … Rule and Principal Component Analysis techniques. Children under age three years are the unit of the analysis. The study …

This paper presents our findings on the structural relationship between household income and consumption expenditure in … housing-related items. About 11 percent of income is spent on education. The average propensity to consume is about 63 percent … per capita consumption expenditure. Distribution of income and expenditure over the households is mildly unequal as the …

Prenatal exposure to smoking and alcohol-use is found to be correlated with various adverse consequences for children … relationship between prenatal substance use and children’s behavior problems using data from the Children of the National … Longitudinal Survey (CNLSY). Specifically, we investigate whether prenatal cigarette use and alcohol-use affect children’s behavior …

This study provides an analysis of access to public services of ethnic minority children. The main data sets are from a … sample of the Population and Housing Census 2009. It will provide analysis of ethnic minority children’s welfares including … education, health care services, living conditions and labor, nutrition and leisure. We found that although ethnic minority …

that the best policy responses vary across African countries (depending on their levels of development, endowments …, demography and institutions). Thus, at all stages of development, forcing economic production to spread evenly across areas is … both elusive and expensive. Policy makers should therefore identify and execute strategies that balance development …

second largest economy by 2050. These robust projections have much to do with the demographic profile of the country. India …, in order to utilize this „demographic dividend* effectively, India needs to impart adequate and appropriate skills to its … workforce. The education system churns out students that are not immediately employable and skill up-gradation on the job is low …

A brief and very personal overview of some important issues in the management of development, with particular attention … to Indonesia and education. …

the first to present evidence that inequality of landownership had an adverse effect on the level of public education in … significant adverse effect of land inequality on education in Korea’s colonial period. …