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"A family preference for sons over daughters may manifest itself in different ways, including higher mortality, worse … developing world, namely the likelihood of continued childbearing given the gender composition of existing children in the family …
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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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work. The increased chore hours could also account for the results on marriage for girls. "--World Bank web site …
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Education Global Practice at the World Bank on the role of law to end child marriage. The discussions took place within the … and social costs of child marriage with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment …
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"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
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of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …
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overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with … feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …
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