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, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …
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Children need a safe, nurturing, healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach their full potential. But millions of children living in poverty don't receive enough stimulation or good nutrition in their first years of life, and poverty also makes them more likely to experience...
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"The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes, health care utilization, and non-medical household consumption. The use of panel data collected before and after the insurance program's introduction allows them to eliminate any...
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"There is an extensive literature on violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread violence. This paper studies the demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and...
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"For Rwanda, one of the poorest countries in the world, trade offers the most effective route for substantial poverty … reduction. But the poor in Rwanda, most of whom are subsistence farmers in rural areas, are currently disconnected from markets … diagnostic study of constraints to trade in Rwanda. It provides a number of indicative simulations that show the potential for …
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-employed individuals in rural Rwanda have significantly higher earnings than farm workers and nonfarm formal employees. Second, they show …
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