school network has witnessed an impressive expansion since the signing of the Peace Agreement in 1992. Enrollments in lower … teachers, and the number of school shifts and of daily hours of instruction, have improved only marginally. Given that … informal school fees, and on the potential impact of a fee reduction, or the elimination of fees on the demand for schooling …

Worms infect more than one third of the world's population, with the most intense infections in children and the poor …. In the poorest countries, children are likely to be infected from the time they stop breast-feeding, and to be … continually infected and re-infected for the rest of their lives. Only rarely does infection have acute consequences for children …

"Using data from Indonesia, Newhouse and Beegle to evaluate the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior … secondary school students (grades 7-9). Students that graduate from public junior secondary schools, controlling for a variety …

Education is central to giving children the building blocks for a life free of poverty. When schools fail to deliver … quality education, children are left without the skills and knowledge they need to realize their capabilities and become …

"This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their … household, and their school participation using 11 household surveys from nine developing countries. Between 1 and 2 percent of … almost always substantially less likely to start school, and in some countries have lower transition rates resulting in lower …

negative effects on school participation and educational attainment, but also find substantially higher earnings for those … (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 …