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surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …
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"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility …
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"This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public...
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"There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in … development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes …
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"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living … influences. The nonrandom placement of children is controlled by including the educational attainment of the absent biological …
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Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs is maximized when the interventions are targeted to children from disadvantaged …
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Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) of the 2000s, which were implemented as annually rolled-over Priority Action Programs, focused on four pillars: a) accelerating broad based growth; b) expanding access to social services for the poor; c) increasing employment and...
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be realized from investing in pre-primary education ranging from promoting children s school readiness to equalizing …
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