school enrollment and deter youth from dropping out of school. However, despite evidence of these programs´ positive impact … on school enrollment and attendance, little is known about their impact on school achievement. Thus, using data from the … school achievement. It found that the program does have a positive effect on school achievement for children aged 7 to 12 …

in school and take them for health checks. While there is significant evidence showing that they have positive impacts on … school participation, little is known about their long-term impacts on human capital. In this paper we investigate whether … school and performed better in academic tests at the end of high school. Identification of programimpacts is derived from two …

The effects of decentralization on public sector outputs is much debated but little agreed upon. This paper compares … the remarkable case of Bolivia with the more complex case of Colombia to explore decentralization´s effects on public … education outcomes. In Colombia, decentralization of education finance improved enrollment rates in public schools. In Bolivia …

This paper separately evaluates how devolution and accountability, two distinct aspects of the decentralization reforms … implemented in Indonesia in the year 2001, influenced the public provision of water services. Using household level data it is …