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The 2014-15 Ebola epidemic took a devastating human and economic toll on three West African countries, of which Liberia … societies remain poorly understood. To study these mechanisms in the context of rural Liberia, this paper links a geographically …
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) program in Nimba County, Liberia. GE seeks to help 13 to 14 year-old girls make healthy life choices and decrease their risk …
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The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to eight weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy,...
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-scale national household surveys conducted in Liberia in 2007 to explore alternative methodologies to estimate poverty indirectly …
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(EPAG) project in Liberia. The EPAG project was launched by the Liberian Ministry of Gender and Development in 2009 with the … preliminary results provide strong evidence for further investment and research into young women's livelihood programs in Liberia …
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and human development, the priority areas in Liberia's 2013-2017 "Agenda for Transformation" and for its national vision …, Liberia Rising 2030. The simulations are carried out with a Liberian version of MAMS (Maquette for Millennium Development …
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firms in the iron ore mining sector in Liberia between 1951 and 1985 under a system where royalties were levied on the per … supply behavior of mining companies in Liberia over the period 1951-1985 cannot be ruled out …
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"opportunity incidence analysis" to six pilot countries: Liberia, Cote d?Ivoire, Zambia, Tajikistan, Thailand, and Paraguay. Three …
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The objective of this paper is to inform Liberia's medium-term growth and development strategy for 2012-17 and its … National Vision: Liberia Rising 2030, both of which are under preparation. The analysis is based on MAMS (Maquette for MDG … central case for the evolution of Liberia's economy up to 2030) is compared to a set of non-base scenarios that introduce …
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opportunity policies in education. Four simulations are conducted in Liberia, a country devastated by a civil war, with serious … groups of children in Liberia …
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