Giving power over school management and spending decisions to communities has been a favored strategy to increase school quality, but its effectiveness may depend on local capacity. Grants are one form of such a transfer of power. Short-term responses of a grant to school committees in Niger...

This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention- The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools comprised of a single teacher and a classroom. The operating...

This report's purpose is to help Lao policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. It does this by providing information on ENSO's poverty, economic, and agricultural impacts in Lao PDR and outlining ways forward. The report finds that ENSO's...

This report's purpose is to help Vietnam policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. It does this by providing information on ENSO's agricultural, economic, and poverty impacts in Vietnam and outlining ways forward. The report finds that ENSO's...

This report's aim is to raise awareness on El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events among Myanmar's policy makers and stakeholders. Particularly, the aim is to guide them on preparedness and resiliency building measures. It does this by providing information on ENSO's social, poverty,...

The purpose of this report is to help Cambodia's policy makers and stakeholders prepare for future El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. It does this by providing information on ENSO's poverty, economic, and agricultural impacts in Cambodia and outlining ways forward. The report finds that...

The purpose of this report is to improve the Philippines' preparedness for the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by informing stakeholders of ENSO's agricultural and economic impacts. The report finds that ENSO has detrimental impacts on the Philippine people, economy, poverty levels, and...

"Back to School: Pathways for Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in Education" focuses on a social and global problem--200 million adolescents and youth are out of school, live in adverse life circumstances, and face multiple disadvantages. It analyzes the available evidence for what works,...