This paper uses the introduction of preparatory school classes targeting six-year-old children in Romania to study whether universal, compulsory, public care provision could increase female employment. Results from difference-in-difference estimations show that the reform resulted in rising...

Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for women in the world. During the Taliban’s first rule from 1996 to 2001, the country became known for its degrading treatment of women. Since 2001, Afghanistan has made progress in gender equality, but major gaps remain. Although women’s...

This article deals with the relationship between migration and deforestation. Based on the existing literature, it outlines how these factors can interact. It then illustrates these interactions using the example of three countries in South America that have experienced a particularly high...

The Venezuelan refugee crisis is one of the largest in the world. It is the most underfunded diaspora worldwide and stresses the already overstretched social protection systems in developing countries in the Latin American region. Colombia has been the main destination for many, but high poverty...

The pandemic has led to a spike in implementing education technologies around the globe. Now the educational sector might finally catch up with technological advancements in other industries. Do new technologies in the area of learning have the potential to achieve a more equitable education...

Afghanistan ist eins der ärmsten Länder der Welt. 2020 lebte fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung in Armut, 19,1 Millionen Menschen hungerten. Eins von drei Kindern unter fünf Jahren ist unterentwickelt, und sechs von zehn Frauen erleben im Laufe ihres Lebens körperliche und/oder sexualisierte...

Afghanistan ist weltweit einer der gefährlichsten Orte für Frauen. Während der ersten Herrschaft der Taliban von 1996 bis 2001 wurde das Land für die entwürdigende Behandlung von Frauen bekannt. Seit 2001 gab es in Afghanistan zwar Fortschritte bei der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, aber...

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2020, almost half of the population lived in poverty, and 19.1 million people were hungry. One in three children under the age of five is underdeveloped, and six in ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their...

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Migration und Abholzung. Dazu beschreibt er erst allgemein mögliche Wechselwirkungen anhand der vorhandenen Literatur. Dann veranschaulicht er diese am Beispiel dreier Ländern in Südamerika, die in den letzten Jahren eine besonders hohe...

Honduras, already among the poorest countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, experienced weak poverty reduction in 2014-19 compared to other countries in the region. The COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricanes Eta and Iota led to a rise in poverty from 2019 to 2020; it is likely that...