This paper is a study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Science and Technology in Nepal. This study …, identify stakeholders’ perspective towards girls’ access to and participation in Science and Technology Education (STE …

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of expanding access to water infrastructure although in the … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

of identifying its effects on access to care and financial protection. This study exploits the cross-county variation in … access to care, but not increasing financial protection. In addition, we find that NCMS enrollees are sensitive to the …

-based firms. We focus on asymmetric regulation regarding servicebased firms' access to the infrastructure held by a facility … facility-based firm to make upgrades if access prices are not regulated. The existence of rival facility-based firms … effect is significant. Furthermore, if access prices are not regulated, the existence of rival facility-based firms weakens …

livelihood experiences and priorities, and what factors enable, and restrict, their access to resources; (2) how formal and … address and challenge unequal socio-political arrangements, such as access to land rights, that help perpetuate gender …

justice, i.e. who can use and access which resources and services where and when, and what changes arise due to planning …

rates on access and health outcomes for beneficiaries. In this paper, we exploit within-state variation in Medicaid … payment on access to treatment. As Medicaid rates are set by states and vary considerably in generosity, the policy had a … associated with significant increases in doctors' visits, improvements in access measures, better self-reported health, and fewer …

access only to friendly media outlets and denying access to critical ones. While an incumbent prefers positive bias, granting … access improves her re-election probability only if coverage is sufficiently credible in the eyes of the public. Information … gatekeeping can induce a quid pro quo relationship: media provides coverage with positive bias in exchange of future access …