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"The impact of cash transfer programs on the accumulation of human capital is a topic of great policy importance. An attendant question is whether program effects are larger when transfers are "conditioned" on certain behaviors, such as a requirement that households enroll their children in...
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"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school...
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, coordinate and collaborate with affiliated service providers in health, education, and local government services, and continue …
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milestone that opens doors to higher education and in developing countries especially, increases employment opportunities. The …
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research, policy and programming have historically focused on children and adults, there is a growing emphasis on youth as both … to support its incorporating human rights into youth violence programming and policy dialogues in Mexico and South Africa … project. This aims to encourage policy dialogue on youth and violence with the South African government and other stakeholders …
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"The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although …
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, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … farther from schools, and whose adult members experienced negative returns to their own education. This evidence suggests that …
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"While providing the most reliable method of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in industrial and developing countries alike are accompanied by political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the chances of adopting them. Buddelmeyer and Skoufias use a unique data set from...
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