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We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a regression discontinuity design around the eligibility cutoff for a program that delivered monthly...
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We study the effects of conditional cash transfers to pregnant women on stillbirths and child survival in Bolivia. Payments are conditional on compliance with medically recommended prenatal care and skilled birth attendance. At a value equivalent to just 1% of monthly household consumption, the...
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This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party. Evidence is found that voters reward the mayor's party for the central benefit to their constituencies,...
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To study the causal impact of oil royalties on human capital, we exploit quasi-experimental variation arising from a law in Ecuador that transfers resources to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties increase the likelihood of students completing primary...
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In 1997, the Mexican government designed the conditional cash transfer program Progresa, which became the worldwide model of a new approach to social programs, simultaneously targeting human capital accumulation and poverty reduction. A large literature has documented the short and medium-term...
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. However, such concern has been largely missing as far as the future workforce is concerned. This paper discusses India … preprimary education. In conclusion, India will have to focus, inter alia, on early health and preschooling (soft skill …
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India's TVET system, by international standards, is at a very rudimentary level of development. TVET was a relatively … neglected subject in India's educational planning, at least until the beginning of 2007. However, this changed with the 11th … found to be not different than India's. Finally, the paper reviews briefly efforts of the government to expand TVET at …
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Globally, there is a clamour for creating a more inclusive world and India is also a frontrunner. Government of India … / schemes and actions have been implemented at the national level. In this context, this paper analysis India's current position … information. A comparative analysis of India’s inclusive growth position is done with that of the selected countries through a …
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India is seen as a key developmental partner to Nepal with the latter being one of the first receipts of development … aid from India. Development aid from India to Nepal has not only been associated with creation of infrastructure in the … training for skill development have been the focal points of India's development cooperation programme. Development aid has …
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