reveal that teachers are absent at high rates in countries such as India, Indonesia, Uganda, Ecuador, and Zambia, reducing … performance and reduce avoidable absenteeism. It concludes with policy options for developing countries to explore as they work to …

absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure of these shocks they find large impacts: A 5 percent increase in the … achievement likely reflects both the direct effect of increased absenteeism and the indirect effects of less lesson preparation …

resource allocations to schools. The study explores how absenteeism correlates with a wide range of potential determinants of …

decentralization in India, summarizes the current fiscal situation of district, block and village panchayats, identifies the main … the rest of India. There is a hierarchical arrangement of center-state-local governance. The 73rd Amendment to the … Constitution made India one of the most politically decentralized countries in the developing world. By the Constitution and in …

This paper summarizes the findings of a study in rural load segregation for lighting rural India. The study focused on … guidance note for a national action plan on rural load segregation. Traditionally, power supply to agriculture in India has … is in this context that several states in India have undertaken programs of rural feeder segregation which involve …

The year 2012 marked the close of the Government of India's (GoI's) Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). The program was …