, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … (young) adults who worked as children. The authors find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, they … paper--a joint product of the Investment and Growth and Poverty Teams, Development Research Group--is part of a larger …

Kenya's economy has been hit hard by COVID-19, severely affecting incomes and jobs. The economy has been exposed …) contracted by 0.4 percent in H1 2020 year-on-year(y/y), compared to growth of 5.4 percent in H1 of 2019. This reflects a worse …

Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2003 to uncover the impact of staying one more year in school on teenage fertility … mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college …. To get around the endogeneity issue between schooling and fertility preferences, the analysis uses the 1985 Kenyan …

progressivity of health care financing. Kenya's government is committed to improving equity and financial protection in health by … implementing the Second National Health Sector Strategic Plan (NHSSP II). Kenya spends 4.3 per cent (2009) of its gross domestic … an average of 6.5 per cent (2009) of their GDP on health. The functions of the health system in Kenya have historically …

"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon … variations in affecting environmental conditions at the time of birth and determining the health outcomes of young children in …

health issues, including the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (2) examination of institutional structures responsible for population and … reproductive health issues; (3) the performance of the population program since the 1984 Mexico Conference, and during the 10 years …

Reproductive health (RH) problems account for a significant part of the burden of disease suffered by poor people in … reproductive health including increasing girls' education, preventing and managing sexually transmitted disease, providing … contraception to avoid abortion, improving pre-natal and delivery care, increasing the number of skilled providers of health care …

(health providers, educators, religious, and community leaders) were conducted to validate quantitative data and to explore … understanding of reproductive health issues, quality of life, and rural poverty--primarily as it affects women--and providing policy … recommendations for addressing reproductive health issues in rural poverty alleviation strategies. The study also explored, albeit on …

-specific interventions, but also exploring costs for a selected number of nutrition-sensitive interventions implemented outside of the health … health, social protection, education, and agriculture sectors. …