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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020
intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections …
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Effects of a multi-faceted education program on enrollment, equity, learning, and school management : evidence from India
Delavallade, Clara; Griffith, Alan; Thornton, Rebecca L. - 2019
in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three …
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Using courts to realize education rights : reflections from India and Indonesia : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Rosser, Andrew; Joshi, Anuradha - 2018
This paper examines the role of courts in promoting fulfillment of the right to education in developing country … democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent … years. The paper argues that this litigation has been part of broader struggles over education policy, inequality, and the …
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Addressing educational disparity : using district level education development indices for equitable resource allocations in India
Jhingran, Dhir; Sankar, Deepa - 2009
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How does India’s rural roads program affect the grassroots? : findings from a survey in Orissa
Bell, Clive; Dillen, Susanne van - 2012
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Micro-equity for microenterprises
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2019
Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...
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Interest rate caps : the theory and the practice
Ferrari, Aurora; Masetti, Oliver; Ren, Jiemin - 2018
Ceilings on lending rates remain a widely used policy tool that is intended to lower the overall cost of credit or protect consumers from exorbitant rates. Interest rate caps come in many forms and scopes and, according to their rationale, ceilings can affect a small segment or the overall...
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Financing firms in India
Allen, Franklin; Chakrabarti, Rajesh; De, Sankar; Qian, Jun - 2006
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