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Uncorrected vision may present a significant barrier to educational mobility in poor communities in low and middle income countries. Focusing on the case of rural Northwest China, we analyze the Gansu Survey of Children and Families (2,000 children; 100 rural villages) and the Gansu Vision...
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show that income uncertainty reduces several educational outcomes, including enrollment, education expenditures, and years … of education completed. The findings suggest that income uncertainty has larger welfare costs in terms of human capital …
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analyzes whether land titling for women led to improvements in child health and education. Results indicate that female …
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programmatic emphases on health and education. These findings have important implications for leaders seeking to attract investment …
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Many countries have emphasized hierarchical control or different exit and voice mechanisms to increase accountability of educational systems. We build a framework for understanding accountability reforms and develop three illustrative Latin American cases representing distinct approaches (Chile,...
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Education is widely perceived to be a tonic for the rising inequality that often accompanies development. But most … developing-country governments tilt their education spending toward higher education, which disproportionately benefits elites … toward higher education, our analysis suggests that efforts that concentrate only on expanding mass education, such as the UN …
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This paper examines recent studies that estimate the impact of education on economic growth. It explains why cross …-country regressions face formidable econometric problems. Recent studies are reviewed: some show strong impacts of education on economic … shows that education quality in Sub-Saharan Africa is much lower than in other developing countries. Estimates from three …
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This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes in Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, using the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-International (IPUMS-I) database. Using an estimation method analogous to difference-in-differences, the paper finds...
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The world’s poorest pay for professional services and thus are in a “market,” whether the services are provided in the public or private sectors. The associated problems of unequal information are particularly acute in undergoverned countries, where state regulation is weak. We...
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Redress procedures are important for basic fairness. In addition, they can help address accountability problems in the implementation of social policies and provide information to policy makers regarding policy design. To function effectively, a system of redress requires a well-designed and...
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