Young Lives Working Papers: August 2006

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WP33: Childhood Poverty, Basic Services and Cumulative Disadvantage: An international comparative analysis (PDF file 1782 KB) by Minna Lyytikäinen, Nicola Jones, Sharon Huttly, and Tanya Abramsky.

WP32: Exploring Linkages between Maternal Social Capital and Children's Nutritional Status in Andhra Pradesh (PDF file 2402 KB) by Shaik Galab, Piush Antony, Ian Wilson, Nicola Jones, Anne McCoy, D. Sree Rama Raju, P. Prudhvikar Reddy.

WP31: Maternal Social Capital and Child Wellbeing in Comparative Perspective (PDF file 717 KB) by Trudy Harpham, Mary De Silva, Nicola Jones, Cathy Garlick.

WP23: How Pro-poor is Ethiopia's Education Expansion? A benefit analysis of education since 1995/96 (PDF file 1217 KB) by Tassew Woldehanna and Nicola Jones.

[Abstract of WP23: An important component of the Ethiopian government’s poverty reduction strategy is investment in human capital. Using government audited accounts and Ministry of Education data, this paper presents the findings of a benefit incident analysis of the Ethiopian education sector, in order to assess how pro-poor public expenditure on education has been since 1995/96. Unlike prior benefit incident studies on Ethiopia, our results present a dynamic picture of changes in benefit accrued to different sub-populations over time (rural/urban location, regional states, girls and boys) at both the primary and secondary level. The paper finds that the Education Sector Development Policy has been pro-poor, pro-rural and has significantly narrowed the gender gap at the primary school level. However, in order to make further inroads into tackling wealth, gender, and regional disparities in educational access, the conclusion highlights a number of key policy challenges.]