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What drives parental investments in early childhood? Experimental evidence from a video intervention in Rwanda
Justino, Patricia; Leone, Marinella; Rolla, Pierfrancesco; … - 2023
This paper investigates the causal impact of a randomized video intervention designed to study the determinants of parental time investments in early childhood among low-income parents. We designed and screened a video that provided information and conveyed persuasive messages about the...
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Needs vs expediency: Poverty reduction and social development in post-conflict countries
Addison, Tony; Gisselquist, Rachel; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2015
Conflict depletes all forms of human and social capital, as well as supporting institutions. The scale of the human damage can overwhelm public action, as there are many competing priorities and resources are often insufficient. What then should be the priorities for 'post-conflict' policy?...
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The economics of malaria in Africa
Berthélemy, Jean-Claude; Thuilliez, Josselin - 2014
Malaria still claims a heavy human and economic toll, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa. Even though the causality between malaria and poverty is presumably bi-directional, malaria plays a role in the economic difficulties of the region. This article provides an analysis of the economic...
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Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economies
Witter, Sophie; Jakobsen, Maja - 2017
This paper examines a broad range of opportunities for addressing the pressing human development needs of low-income countries by using new oil, gas, and mineral discoveries. It assesses how much of an impact can be made on the funding gaps for health and education by new oil and gas revenues,...
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Improving parenting practices for early child development: Experimental evidence from Rwanda
Justino, Patricia; Leone, Marinella; Rolla, Pierfrancesco; … - 2020
This paper investigates the short- and medium-term impact of a randomized groupbased early child development programme targeting parents of children aged six to 24 months in a poor, rural district of Rwanda. The programme engaged parents through sessions that included a radio show and...
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Empowering youth: The impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy in Ecuador
Aguirre, Kamila; Carrión-Yaguana, Vanessa D. - 2023
This paper analyses the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy rates in Ecuador, specifically examining its implementation in schools. The inclusion of sex education as a mandatory cross-cutting theme in the updated and strengthened educational curriculum of 2010 provides a...
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The progressivity and regressivity of aid to the social sectors
Baulch, Bob - 2013
This paper analyses the distribution of total aid and aid to the social sectors between 2009 and 2011. Its key findings are four-fold. First, despite the stated objectives of donors, total aid disbursements are broadly neutral, favouring neither the most deprived nor relatively well-off...
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Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?
Mveyange, Anthony; Skovsgaard, Christian; Lesner, Tine - 2015
Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418634
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Does project-level aid for water and sanitation improve child health outcomes? Evidence from household panel data in Uganda
Pickbourn, Lynda; Caraher, Raymond; Ndikumana, Léonce - 2022
Empirical studies on the effectiveness of aid to the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector (WASH aid) have focused primarily on access to these services as the benchmark for evaluating the effectiveness of aid in this sector. Given the importance of WASH services for public health outcomes, the...
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The Negotiated Politics of Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hickey, Sam - 2018
Social assistance programmes proliferated and expanded across much of the global South from the mid-1990s. Within Africa there has been enormous variation in this trend: some governments expanded coverage dramatically while others resisted this. The existing literature on social assistance, or...
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