importance of commonly cited factors, such as mother's education and age, household wealth, and child birth order. However, the …, the results for Jharkhand state in India and Barisal province in Bangladesh indicate that controlling for those commonly … cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …

. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more working-age adults are likely to grow faster than cities with more children … ratios, that is, with more children and/or seniors per working-age adult, grow significantly slower. Such effects are … particularly pronounced for cities with high shares of children. This result appears to be driven mainly by the direct, negative …

challenges and offers policy recommendations to ensure inclusivity in education for children with disabilities …This study seeks to examine gender gaps and disability issues in education in Indonesia, and to suggest policy actions … outcomes and educational achievement for all children. Secondary data analysis shows that Indonesia has demonstrated great …

in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using pseudo-panel data for children ages six to nine years in …-a difference of 8 to 10 percentage points-for children ages six to seven. It is also strong in rural areas. The results are …

-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends … household; perceived social norms; and an outcome of household bargaining: investments in her children. The analysis instruments …

Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper … of catch-up growth across the four Young Lives countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam). In addition, the paper …