on child labor. This paper focuses on a program of unconditional cash transfers in Ecuador. It argues that the effect of …

"This paper provides evidence consistent with elite capture of Social Fund investment projects in Ecuador. Exploiting a …

the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH), a cash transfer program, on enrollment and child work among poor children in Ecuador … enforced or monitored in Ecuador, helps explain the magnitude of program effects. "--World Bank web site …

, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children … from Ecuador and analyze determinants of their scores on the Spanish version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (TVIP … child health and measures of parenting quality are associated with performance on the TVIP. Children with lower hemoglobin …

"Using recently completed "poverty maps" for Cambodia, Ecuador, and Madagascar, the authors simulate the impact on …