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Taking power : women's empowerment and household well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annan, Jeannie; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019
how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121195
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A socioeconomic disaggregation of the World Bank Human Capital Index
D'Souza, Ritika; Gatti, Roberta; Kraay, Aart - 2019
This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121130
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Malaysia's economic growth and transition to high income : an application of the World Bank Long Term Growth Model (LTGM)
Devadas, Sharmila; Guzman, Jorge; Kim, Young Eun; … - 2020
This paper studies economic growth in Malaysia, with the purpose of assessing the potential to attain the status and characteristics of a high-income country. Future economic growth is simulated under a business-as-usual baseline, where the growth drivers follow their historical or recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241371
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The targeting benefit of conditional cash transfers
Bergstrom, Katy; Dodds, William - 2020
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are a popular type of social welfare program that make payments to households conditional on human capital investments in children. Compared to unconditional cash transfers (UCTs), CCTs may exclude some low-income households as access is tied to normal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227985
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Quality education and the efficiency of public expenditure : a cross-country comparative analysis
Miningou, Elise Wendlassida - 2019
Improving access to quality education has been the backbone of several development strategies around the world and … education expenditure would drive better access to quality education despite the inefficiencies plaguing public sectors in … general. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency with which public education spending is translated into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168007
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Education : past, present and future global challenges
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Psacharopoulos, George - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009382468
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Life expectancy at birth and lifetime education and earnings
Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, … - 2020
paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …
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Ethnicity, education, and earnings in Bolivia and Guatemala
Psacharopoulos, George - 1992
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Gender and Poverty : a life cycle approach to the analysis of the differences in gender outcomes
Lokshin, Michael; Mroz, Thomas A. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001854921
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Long-term financial incentives and investment in daughters : evidence from conditional cash transfers in North India
Sinha, Nistha - 2009
preference among parents and encourage investment in daughters' education and health. This study evaluates one such program in …-term savings bond redeemable on the daughter's 18th birthday provided she is unmarried, with additional bonuses for education … attending any school, they may be more likely to continue their education. "--World Bank web site …
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