India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women … reservations ; gender ; NREGA ; India …

, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less … schooling. Analysis of data from the World Bank's 1997-98 Survey of Living Conditions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar yields the …' grade progression. -- early childhood development ; less developed country ; India ; schooling …

accorded priority by the policymakers in Bihar. -- education ; enrollment ; out-of-school ; Bihar ; India …This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates …

We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in …

institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a …

participation in and the impact of one of these programs (DDUJKY) located in rural Bihar, one of India's poorest states. The …In a number of countries, youth unemployment is a pressing economic and political concern. In India, 54 percent of the … youth employment, the Government of India has launched a number of skills training programs. This paper deals with …

can improve their placement outcomes. The study setting is the vocational training programme DDU-GKY in India. We find …