predicted to induce increased school enrollment for children whose families wish to optimally invest in their children’s future …. However, low incomes and the obligation to meet immediate needs may forestall such investment. Studies suggest that school … under-enroll their children. …

how these analyses could valuably inform educational access initiatives like school construction and transportation … investments, and outline a variety of analytic extensions to gain deeper insight into the state of school access across a given … majority of Guatemalan population lives within 3 km of a public primary school, indicating a generally low incidence of …

cash transfer (CT), in Lesotho. We show that the poorest households do not increase investment in children's human capital … CTs might not be always effective to support the investment in children's human capital of the poorest households. Beside …

In an ideal world, primary education would be universal and publicly financed, and all children would be able to attend … school regardless of their parents’ ability or willingness to pay. In many poor countries, however, governments lack either … cost of their children’s education. This paper explores the pros and cons of user payments …