This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

This paper estimates the causal impact of China's targeted poverty alleviation program on the academic achievement of … nationally designated poor county in China. Using the difference-in-differences approach, we show that targeted poverty … empirical evidence for boys. Our findings suggest that the new anti-poverty program in China has the potential to ameliorate the …

farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … solely to genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Father's nonfarm occupation was complementary to his education in …

Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation … rate remains very low in India. In this paper, we examine the factors responsible for the difference in female labor force …

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …

focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …

Myanmar. In this study, restricting to garment factory neighborhoods, we find that women living near exporting factories are …

mobility in 141 villages in rural Bangladesh. Regression estimates of father-son correlations and analyses of intergenerational …

Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and …

– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …