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The Academic Consequences of Early Childhood Problem Behaviors

Turney, Kristin; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012

Non-cognitive skills in childhood and adolescence are associated with a host of outcomes in adulthood, including educational and occupational attainment. One explanation for these associations is that poor non-cognitive skills in early childhood interfere with the development of cognitive skills...

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A Poverty Profile of Cambodia.

Prescott, N.; Pradhan, M. - World Bank Group - 1997

This discussion paper constructs a consistent, nationwide poverty profile of Cambodia to support the government …'s effort to strengthen the design of poverty reduction policies. Basic data are given on the level and distribution of living … (SESC) of 1993-94 to estimate poverty measures and make poverty comparisons for Cambodia. …

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Attacking Extreme Poverty. Learning from the Experience of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.

Woden, Q. - World Bank Group - 2001

This report consists of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. The first part of the report deals with what it … means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poor, through programs, and interventions, and how to make private … poverty, and human rights. …

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Developing the Nonfarm Sector in Bangladesh. Lessons from Other Asian Countries.

Yusuf, S.; Kumar, P. - World Bank Group - 1996

In this paper we attempt to answer three questions. Using conventional indicators as a guide what are Bangladesh's prospects in sharply accelerating growth? What lessons can be derived from the experience of East Asian countries especially with repect to nonfarm development? Can these lessons be...

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The Contribution of Income Components to Income Inequality in South Africa. A Decomposable Gini Analysis.

Leibbrandt, M.V.; Woolard, C.D.; Woolard, I.D. - World Bank Group - 1996

much new work has been devoted to deriving and extending decomposable inequality and poverty measures which bridge the … gap between description and analysis by throwing light on the processes undergirding inquality and poverty. For example …

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A Dynamic Analysis of Human Welfare in a Warming Planet

Llavador, Humberto; Roemer, John E.; Silvestre, Joaquim - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2008

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have caused atmospheric concentrations with no precedents in the last half a million years, inducing serious uncertainties about future climates and their effects on human welfare. Recent climate science supports the view that the climate...

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First-Year Maternal School Attendance and Children’s Cognitive Abilities at Age 5

Golann, Joanne W. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011

Although there has been extensive research on the effects of early maternal employment on children’s outcomes, there have been surprisingly few studies examining the relationship between early maternal school attendance and children’s well-being, despite the fact that a large percentage of...

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EDUCATION AND ITS RELATION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY, AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION - PAST EVIDENCE AND FURTHER ANALYSIS.

TILAK, J.B.G. - World Bank Group - 1989

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Promoting Rural Cooperatives in Developing Countries.

Braverman, A.; Guasch, J.L.; Huppi, M. - World Bank Group - 1991

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