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/urban groups. While there has been an improvement in horizontal inequality in education, this paper shows little change in other …
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-discrimination measures in education. An analysis of trends in inequalities in human development is used to identify three countries that have … education has been taken up politically. …
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This study examines the rise and fall in income inequality in Ecuador over the past two decades. Falling income equality during the 2000s partly coincides with the rise to power of a new leftist government, but the trend was already set early in the decade. The recent trend is mainly associated...
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higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a … the woman opposes her partner’s violence, the higher her education and body mass index, among female children, and in …
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despite strong economic performance. It is widely held that education can rescue households from various types of poverty … working poor in acquiring education. From a field study conducted in Bangladesh, this paper provides invaluable insights for … though social deviance in acquiring education can throw subjects into abject poverty. In particular, the paper examines the …
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New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women. [WOrking Paper No. 41]. URL:...
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infrastructure, such as health and education. Also, there have been significant changes in the structure of the economy. [Working …
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This note examines recent trends in the labor market and employment situation in Bangladesh and draws some policy …
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This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri...
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The report is a rich source with qualitative and quantitative data on the status of children in India from authentic and established sources. [HAQCRC report]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/CRC20BS_Vol%20I_1.pdf].
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