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the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic level) at the district level; and (ii) to …
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Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether adolescent pregnancy is a problem in and of itself or...
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Money for Education, Health, Child Protection not enough for 400 million children’s basic rights …
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The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
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The role of education in economic development has been recognised for quite some time in mainstream economic literature …. Divergence between the private and social rate of return from education is the rationale for intervention by the state in … schooling and better quality of workforce will lead to an increase in the rate of growth, further strengthening the case for …
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Early childhood education is a widely accepted term to describe a program aimed at providing all round development for … profit from schooling during this period. Enriched environment is to be provided for the receptive mind of the child. …
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help overcome remaining demand-side barriers to enrollment. Nonetheless, the quality of education appears very poor across … the developing world, limiting development impact. Thus we should measure and promote learning not schooling. Conditional … the broader environment in which students live, suggesting a learning agenda that stretches far beyond education …
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This paper studies the impact of services trade liberalization under the currently negotiated EU-India FTA on women’s lives in India and tries to delineate the concern areas. Relevant sectors of interest are also studied with the two indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender...
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taking into account the utilization of these available facilities. The study offers an insight into how parental education …
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Using data on sibling pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of having been breastfed on high school graduation, high school grades, and college attendance. Our results suggest that breastfeeding is associated with substantial increases in...
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