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An Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Access in Bangladesh's Community Health Clinics
Joseph, George - 2019
conditions in health facilities. Using data collected through a census of all community health clinics in Bangladesh, this paper … presents an analysis of the state of WASH in Bangladesh's rural, public health facilities highlighting that the lack of …
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The Next Frontier in Water Supply Service Delivery : An Assessment of the Performance of Water Sector Service Providers in Pourashavas in Bangladesh
Bahuguna, Aroha - 2019
sector in pourashavas (municipalities) in Bangladesh provides an analysis of the trends in the water sector development over … the rest of Bangladesh and the world. This analysis finds that although pourashavas perform on the lower end of the … spectrum compared with the rest of Bangladesh on many indicators, the top 20 percent of the pourashavas are globally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865462
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The Benefits of Solar Home Systems : An Analysis from Bangladesh
Samad, Hussain A. - 2017
The Government of Bangladesh, with help from the World Bank and other donors, has provided aid to a local agency called … role of the subsidy; the factors that determine the adoption of the systems in rural Bangladesh; and the welfare impacts of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973680
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Does a Wife's Bargaining Power Provide More Micronutrients to Females : Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Rahman, Aminur - 2017
Using calories in a unitary framework, previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie adequacy ratio, the disparity is prominent among children, adolescents, and adults...
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Rainfall Variability, Occupational Choice, and Welfare in Rural Bangladesh
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit - 2017
Bangladesh as an autonomous and proactive adaptation strategy against ex ante local rainfall variability risks. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975122
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Assessing the Impacts of Mais Educacao on Educational Outcomes : Evidence between 2007 and 2011
Almeida, Rita - 2017
To address the educational gap, many Latin American countries are focusing on extension of the school day and enrichment of the curriculum. In Brazil, a nationwide policy -- Mais Educa??o -- was implemented in 2008 with this objective. This paper explores the nationwide rollout of the program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969488
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The Impact of an Accountability Intervention with Diagnostic Feedback : Evidence from Mexico
De Hoyos Navarro, Rafael E. - 2017
In 2009, the Mexican state of Colima implemented a low-stakes accountability intervention with diagnostic feedback among 108 public primary schools with the lowest test scores in the national student assessment. A difference-in-difference and a regression discontinuity design are used to...
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Delivering Education : A Pragmatic Framework for Improving Education in Low-Income Countries
Andrabi, Tahir - 2017
Even as primary-school enrollments have increased in most low-income countries, levels of learning remain low and highly unequal. Responding to greater parental demand for quality, low-cost private schools have emerged as one of the fastest growing schooling options, challenging the monopoly of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971696
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Benchmarking Public Policy : Methodological Insights from Measurement of School Based Management
Parandekar, Suhas - 2017
This working paper presents a benchmarking analysis of School Based Management (SBM) using empirical data from the Philippines. School based management is widely used as a policy tool in many countries that seek to improve the quality of service delivery through decentralization. School based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973068
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Improving Educational Quality Through Enhancing Community Participation : Results from a Randomized Field Experiment in Indonesia
Pradhan, Menno Prasad - 2017
This study evaluates the effect of four randomized interventions aimed at strengthening school committees, and subsequently improving learning outcomes, in public primary schools in Indonesia. All study schools were randomly allocated to either a control group receiving no intervention, or to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975770