could also improve their education outcomes. Given the importance of education for economic development, this link could be …Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … less developed countries also complete far fewer years of schooling, and learn less per year of schooling, than do children …

Immigration officials in rich countries are being asked to become overseas development officials, charged with … compassionate and political sentiments without clear evidence that the regulations achieve the desired development goals and avoid …

the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) poverty line and trends recorded in Benin is still considerable, especially in …

invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some … determinants of the demand for education and then go on to consider what we know about how microcredit affects this demand. I find …