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Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Education and Nutrition Outcomes for Poor Children in Bangladesh? Evidence from a Pilot Project
Ferre, Celine - 2017
There is an increasing recognition that investment in human development at an earlier age can have a significant impact on the lifetime earnings capacity of an individual. This notion is the basis for the popularity of conditional cash transfer programs to help boost child health and education...
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The Impact of Early Childhood Education on Early Achievement Gaps : Evidence from the Indonesia Early Childhood Education and Development (Eced) Project
Jung, Haeil - 2017
This paper assesses whether the Indonesia Early Childhood Education and Development project had an impact on early … across Indonesia. The study begins by documenting the intent-to-treat impact of the project. It then compares the achievement … many dimensions. By contrast, in non-project villages, this gap either increased or stayed constant. Given Indonesia …
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Investing in Indonesia's Education : Allocation, Equity, and Efficiency of Public Expenditures
Arze del Granado, F. Javier - 2016
What are the current trends and main characteristics of public education spending in Indonesia? Is education spending … insufficient? Are expenditures in education efficient and equitable? This study reports the first account of Indonesia's aggregated … education enrollment. It concludes that the current challenges in Indonesia are no longer defined by the need of additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747633
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Labor Migration and Economic Growth in East and Southeast Asia
Walmsley, Terrie Louise - 2017
East and Southeast Asia face major demographic changes over the next few decades as many countries' labor forces will start to decline, while others will experience higher labor force growth as populations and participation rates increase. A well-managed labor migration strategy presents itself...
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On the Impact of Demographic Change on Growth, Savings, and Poverty
Cruz, Marcio - 2017
Changing population age structures are shaping the trajectories of development in many countries, bringing opportunities and challenges. While aging has been a matter of concern for upper-middle and high-income economies, rapid population growth is set to continue in the poorest countries over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968199
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China and the Knowledge Economy : Challenges and Opportunities
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua - 2017
The rapid pace of economic growth in China has been unprecedented since the start of economic reforms in late 1970s. It has delivered higher incomes and made the largest single contribution to global poverty reduction. Measured by international poverty lines, from 1978-2004, the absolute poor...
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Economic Growth, Education, and Aids in Kenya : A Long-Run Analysis
Bell, Clive - 2016
The AIDS epidemic threatens Kenya with a long wave of premature adult mortality, and thus with an enduring setback to the formation of human capital and economic growth. To investigate this possibility, the authors develop a model with three overlapping generations, calibrate it to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747960
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Effects of a Multi-Faceted Education Program on Enrollment, Equity, Learning, and School Management : Evidence from India
Delavallade, Clara - 2019
The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three objectives simultaneously, in rural India. Using an experiment...
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Progress and Challenges of Upper Secondary Education in China
Chen, Dandan - 2019
Over the past decade, China's transition rate from lower secondary education to higher secondary education has increased significantly, from 80.5 to 93.7 percent. In light of this impressive progress, the Chinese government aimed at raising the gross enrollment rate in senior high schools to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859494
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Employer Voices, Employer Demands, and Implications for Public Skills Development Policy Connecting the Labor and Education Sectors
Cunningham, Wendy - 2017
Educators believe that they are adequately preparing youth for the labor market while at the same time employers lament the students' lack of skills. A possible source of the mismatch in perceptions is that employers and educators have different understandings of the types of skills valued in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969924