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Kaum eine Bildungsreform der vergangenen Jahre ist umstrittener als die G8-Reform zur Verkürzung der Gymnasialschulzeit. Obwohl es bisher nur sehr wenige verlässliche empirische Befunde zur Wirkung der G8-Reform gibt, erwägen mehrere Bundesländer bereits eine Rückkehr von der zwölf- zur...
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developing economies from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Senegal’s Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) provides a data point in … this discussion. Senegal and international donors invested in agricultural supply chains starting in 2012 to facilitate the … emergence of commercial agriculture for peanuts, rice, and vegetables. This study focuses on these investments in the Senegal …
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endogenous switching model for the case of Senegal’s manufacturing formal sector and find, consistently with our theoretical …
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A number of researchers and policymakers have revealed the short- and medium-term impacts of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs; however, accumulation of full-scale evaluations of their long-term impact is ongoing. To contribute to filling the gap, this study empirically examines the...
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We studied the impact of distributing nutritional information in the conditional cash transfer program on intrahousehold food expenditure allocation in the Philippines. Using the original randomized controlled trials dataset, which was collected 2 months after a social experiment to teach...
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We analyze the impact of public water infrastructure and water handling technologies on the water quality and water handling behavior of households in rural Benin using both quasi-experimental and experimental household-level panel data. We find that the installation of improved village-level...
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and history. The Casamance rice sector in Senegal is an interesting case; while the region is endowed with a 3,000-year …
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Human capital accumulation is one of the key drivers of economic growth especially in developing countries that are trying to catch up in per capita income with the developed world. A high dropout rate of children from school can significantly impede growth. This paper presents evidence on...
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