cash transfers to students on the basis of attendance and scores, school choice, decentralization combined with published … test results, and teacher pay based on attendance and performance may help. But learning outcomes are primarily affected by … the broader environment in which students live, suggesting a learning agenda that stretches far beyond education …

education are important determinants of obesity in Russia. Empirical results strongly support our model for production of health …This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors … contributing to rising obesity in Russia during the transition from a planned to a market economy. Recent individual level data …

The recent global financial crisis reflects numerous breakdowns in the prudential discipline of financial firms. This … paper discusses ways to strengthen micro- and macroprudential supervision and restore credible market discipline. The …

controversial, transport history. Such a strategy would not merely bring the discipline into line conceptually and methodologically …

. From each school/centre 10 beneficiary students (5 boys and 5 girls) and their respective parents were selected. Further a …

being made for this intervention is helping the students in improving their learning outcomes. This would then serve as a …