Showing 1 - 10 of 217
We apply this method to a World Bank development project in Kenya. Our evidence is consistent with higher levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477260
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393336
This book constitutes one of the main outputs of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI). The initiative, launched in 2005 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, was designed to support countries in maintaining and accelerating progress toward universal primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012561180
paper exploits this feature of the data for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, and Tanzania. The analysis yields two … surprising findings about the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic which have important implications for policy. First, at least two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522106
female genital mutilation are often associated with sexual behaviors, practices, and knowledge related to AIDS. This might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522216
populations) with HIV prevention efforts', with an ultimate goal of helping Kenya make more effective HIV/AIDS-related decisions … ongoing efforts to understand the epidemic and response in Kenya and thus help the country improve the scope (doing the right … directed. This study describes the epidemiology of HIV in Kenya over time: trends in HIV prevalence and incidence, magnitude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550810
I use a randomized experiment to test whether information can change sexual behavior among teenagers in Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463940
HIV/AIDS, but very little is known about the impact of this intervention on the welfare of children in the households of … household survey data collected in collaboration with a treatment program in western Kenya. We find that children's weekly hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465971
A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls' dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The government's HIV curriculum, which stresses abstinence until marriage, does not reduce pregnancy or STI. Both programs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457882
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907356