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Impact of sectoral allocation of foreign aid on gender equity and human development

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Peer effects identified through social networks : evidence from Uruguayan schools

Melo, Gioia de - 2014

This paper represents the first application of a novel strategy to estimate peer effects in education in a developing …

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Bauer, Michal (contributor); Chytilová, Julie (contributor) - 2008

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This paper evaluates how Vietnam's Escuela Nueva (VNEN) program, an educational reform for primary schools supported by the World Bank, affected the cognitive (mathematics and Vietnamese) and non-cognitive (socioemotional) skills of students in that country. We use propensity score matching to...

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Does parental absence harm children's education? : evidence from Vietnam

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"Sanitation" in the top development journals : a review

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What explains Vietnam's exceptional performance in education relative to other countries? : analysis of the 2012 and 2015 Pisa data

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Despite being the poorest or second poorest participant, Vietnam performed much better than all other developing countries, and even ahead of wealthier countries such as the U.S. and the U.K., on the 2012 and 2015 PISA assessments. We provide a rigorous investigation of Vietnam's strong...

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A North-South agent based model of segmented labour markets : the role of education and trade asymmetries

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of the education level they are able to provide. Education is modeled as a national-level policy differently targeting … in terms of both requested education level and offered wages. To address the role of trade and education, we experiment … with different education-policy and trade settings. Ultimately, we are interested in understanding the coupling effects of …

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Learning inequalities during COVID-19 : evidence from longitudinal surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa

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, followed by those targeting households, communities, and regions. Households with higher education levels or living standards …

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