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Human capital formation: History, expectations, and challenges in South Africa
Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
investigates the causes of South Africa's persistent schooling imbalances, examining education laws and policies, as well as other … influences on human capital investment. The study finds that inaccessibility of quality education, resulting from a lack of … illness resulting from the HIV/AIDS epidemic can disrupt the education of adolescents, who might need to leave school to care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862824
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The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys covering the period from 1997 to 2011. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132694
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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS
Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595741
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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS:
Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010579133
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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS:
Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277432
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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...
Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the … of contributions to evolving conventional wisdom) on topics including food subsidy programs, nutrition, health, gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996477
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Is PROGRESA working?
Skoufias, Emmanuel; McClafferty, Bonnie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
of PROGRESA on education, health, and nutrition as well as in other areas, such as women's status and work incentives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997135
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Is PROGRESA working?
Skoufias, Emmanuel; McClafferty, Bonnie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
of PROGRESA on education, health, and nutrition as well as in other areas, such as women's status and work incentives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997287
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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
with transportation infrastructure (externalities) implies spatial divergence. Empirical evidence on education and heath …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038141
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Natural disasters, self-Insurance, and human capital investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. Our empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967162