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Accounting for regional differences in mother and child health : Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand

Dasgupta, Susmita; Wheeler, David - 2019

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Evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in the Republic of Yemen

Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019

The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...

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Why are so many children stunted in the Philippines?

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of stunting in the Philippines, using data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey. Potential drivers are analyzed … associations with stunting. The results point to a series of policy priorities to reduce stunting: supporting the nutrition and …

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Increasing women's participation in the primary school teaching force and teacher training in Nepal

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Comprehensive private school model for low-income urban children in Mexico

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Intervening at home and then at school : a randomized evaluation of two approaches to improve early educational outcomes in Tonga

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Parental human capital and effective school management : evidence from the Gambia

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Teacher performance pay : experimental evidence from Pakistan

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The spillovers of employment guarantee programs on child labor and education

Li, Tianshu; Sekhri, Sheetal - 2020

Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...

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