surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children … for older than younger children, and there is greater dispersion in scores among older children. They find that household … socioeconomic characteristics, in particular wealth and parental education, are "protective"-children from wealthier households with …

"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …

Children need a safe, nurturing, healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach their full potential. But … millions of children living in poverty don't receive enough stimulation or good nutrition in their first years of life, and … addressed in programs promoting young children's development, which also typically focus on mothers, with little attention on …

recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment …Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of Congo. Despite the economic … institutional environment that is not fully supportive of employment creation. Action needs to be taken now to promote inclusive …

segmentation or unemployment will likely dominate the welfare and equity implications of a carbon tax for South Africa. This being …