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School health : a key component of education for all
Bundy, Donald A. P. (contributor) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393600
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The elimination of Madagascar's vanilla marketing board, ten years on
Cadot, Olivier - 2006
spectacularly narrowed down, but this effect is dwarfed by that of world-price volatility. A counterfactual analysis based on a … contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522083
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Labor supply, school attendance, and remittances from international migration : the case of El Salvador
Acosta, Pablo - 2006
, while adult male labor force participation remains unaffected on average. The results signaling that the additional income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522157
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Child labor, school attendance, and indigenous households : Evidence from Mexico
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2005
"The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico--PROGRESA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522711
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Mozambique : Poverty and Social Impact Analysis, Primary School Enrollment and Retention, The Impact of School Fees
World Bank - 2012
Though the national education system, including primary education, is neither compulsory, nor free in Mozambique, the school network has witnessed an impressive expansion since the signing of the Peace Agreement in 1992. Enrollments in lower primary education (Ensino Primario do Primeiro Grau or...
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Distribution of primary school enrollments in Eastern Africa
Maas, Jacob van Lutsenburg - 1982
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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns
Kuegler, Alice - 2009
"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394114
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394151
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INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and Complementary Services : Status Report
World Bank - 2013
ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …
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