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on human health. Air pollution emitted from various activities in the energy supply chains is the main risk factor to … human health, along with accidental and occupational risk exposures. Estimates of premature deaths are over four million per … nexus between the energy supply chain and human health. Yet, the negative implications for human health from energy use …
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Early life health and net nutrition shape childhood and adult cognitive skills and human capital. In poor countries …
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health and education, including: increased children's height; decreased risky behaviors among adolescents, including the … helping children and youth build human capital through better health and education, which has led to positive returns in the …
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education and health in Africa in order to track progress in and across countries over time. It seeks to enhance effective and … Africa. The main perspective adopted by the Delivering Service Indicators index is one of citizens accessing services and … Card on education and health. However, unlike traditional citizen report cards, it assembles objective information from …
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This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa … for economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, skilled labor seems to be the strongest determinant of participation in backward and … policies to improve Sub-Saharan Africa?s integration in manufacturing global value chains should target: shifting from …
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In many low-income countries, teachers do not master the subject they are teaching, and children learn little while attending school. Using unique data from nationally representative surveys of schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper proposes a methodology to assess the effect...
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This study examines the asset gains to households in Kerala, India, from two types of labor migration: moving overseas …
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Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan have all experienced substantial out-migration of workers and an …
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This paper presents the first evidence on the efficacy of a major program designed to encourage the return migration of … is no significant treatment effect for those who apply without a job offer. The estimated migration elasticity with …
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their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further … important implications are sketched. Third, the national gatekeepers for skilled migration and broad differences in approaches …
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