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transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …
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"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
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influences on human capital investment. The study finds that inaccessibility of quality education, resulting from a lack of … investigates the causes of South Africa's persistent schooling imbalances, examining education laws and policies, as well as other … illness resulting from the HIV/AIDS epidemic can disrupt the education of adolescents, who might need to leave school to care …
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, children with more biological human capital are less adversely affected by flood, and the rate of investment increases with the …
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income) of investments in agricultural research, roads, and education are found to be large. But unlike Asia, no clear … insufficient public investment in all kinds of regions. Nevertheless, the results show that there is opportunity to improve on the … growth and poverty impacts of total public investment through better regional targeting of specific types of investment. For …
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Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
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and personnel, a vicious cycle of poverty and low-quality education will persist. The worry is that children who do not … receive a sufficiently high quality of education are less likely to engage in regular employment and are more likely to suffer …
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-Black (White, Coloured, and Indian) primary schools. The opportunities for education in public schools are still unequal between …
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vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
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