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Education and health for inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, Halsey; … - 2021
improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518777
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Vietnam's development success story and the unfinished SDG agenda
Baum, Anja - 2020
's success story, highlighting crucial policies in education and electricity sectors. It undertakes a forward-looking costing … exercise that focusses on five sectors - education, health, roads, water, and electricity infrastructure. Achieving the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177601
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Intrahousehold Allocation of Resources : The Bolivian Family
Inchauste, Gabriela - 2001
the education of mothers is important to improve child welfare, over and above the benefits of cash transfer schemes …. Parental education campaigns should accompany child welfare programs, particularly among indigenous families. Children fare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403814
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What is Different About Family Businesses?
Chami, Ralph - 2001
Family businesses make up forty percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the US, generate about two-thirds of the German GDP, employ about one-half of the labor force in Britain, and account for the majority of the private economies in developing countries. This paper develops a theory of family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399982
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Epidemics, gender, and human capital in developing countries
Fabrizio, Stefania; Gomes, Diego Braz Pereira; … - 2021
.6 and 2.1 percentage points in primary and lower secondary education respectively, with girls more severely affected than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796214
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Social spending in Mexico : needs, priorities and reforms
Ahmed Hannan, Swarnali; Cuesta Aguirre, Juan Pablo; … - 2021
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The agricultural exodus in the Philippines : are wage differentials driving the process?
Cerutti, Eugenio M.; Li, Yiliang - 2021
from agriculture, whilst the lack of post-primary education and the presence of agricultural clusters hinder such outflows … and wage differentials, our results emphasize the roles of education as well as transport infrastructure in facilitating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796816
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Effects of COVID-19 on regional and gender equality in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Nigeria and Ethiopia
Aoyagi, Chie - 2021
The labor structure in sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by a high share of informal employment in the rural agricultural sector. The impact of COVID-19 on female employment may not appear to be large as the share of such employment is particularly high among women. Nevertheless, widespread...
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Intergenerational social mobility in Africa since 1920
Ouedraogo, Rasmane; Syrichas, Nicolas - 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has a severe impact on education and employment and exposed the many social inequities that make … on education, social protection coverage, natural resource endowments, and countries' fragility are strong predictors of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605120
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Understanding export diversification : key drivers and policy implications
Giri, Rahul; Quayyum, Saad Noor; Yin, Rujun Joy - 2019
diversification, followed by improving education outcomes at the secondary level and financial sector development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021886