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Low-fee Private Schooling in India. More Questions than Answers?

This paper seeks to draw attention to two important, but less researched areas regarding low fee private school provision in India. Firstly, the paper evaluates the impact of fees on household debt burden and decision making; and secondly highlights the dynamic interplay between the private and government sub-sectors and the potential consequences this may have for educational delivery. The paper attempts to provide an overview of the historic growth, extent and performance of low fee private schools and private tutoring.

Low-fee Private Schooling in India. More Questions than Answers?

This paper seeks to draw attention to two important, but less researched areas regarding low fee private school provision in India. Firstly, the paper evaluates the impact of fees on household debt burden and decision making; and secondly highlights the dynamic interplay between the private and government sub-sectors and the potential consequences this may have for educational delivery. The paper attempts to provide an overview of the historic growth, extent and performance of low fee private schools and private tutoring.

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The Role of Headteachers in School Effectiveness

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Palo y Zanahoria: La Administración como Fuente de efectividad en la escuela

The Role of Headteachers in School Effectiveness

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Palo y Zanahoria: La Administración como Fuente de efectividad en la escuela

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The Carrot and the Stick: The Role of Headteachers in School Effectiveness

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Palo y Zanahoria: La Administración como Fuente de efectividad en la escuela

The Carrot and the Stick: The Role of Headteachers in School Effectiveness

Thesis published in Spanish:

Palo y Zanahoria: La Administración como Fuente de efectividad en la escuela

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Beyond the Girl Summit: creating a legacy of health, education and empowerment
Beyond the Girl Summit: creating a legacy of health, education and empowerment

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Child Marriage and FGM: Evidence from Ethiopia

Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and common traditions in Ethiopia. Commitment to end them has been expressed by the African Union and Ethiopia has taken a strong stand through legislation, campaigns and concerted action by government, international organisations and civil society.

Child Marriage and FGM: Evidence from Ethiopia

Child marriage and female circumcision are linked practices that are prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa and common traditions in Ethiopia. Commitment to end them has been expressed by the African Union and Ethiopia has taken a strong stand through legislation, campaigns and concerted action by government, international organisations and civil society.

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The Importance of Household Size and Composition in Constructing Poverty Profiles: An Illustration from Vietnam

The calculation of income–poverty profiles should allow for household size and composition, but rarely does so. Failure to do this means that the poverty profile will be distorted. The appropriate adjustments are straightforward, requiring simple assumptions which, whilst arbitrary, are better than ignoring the problem. Not making these adjustments distorts not only the relationship between household size and poverty, but all aspects of the poverty profile correlated to household size.

The Importance of Household Size and Composition in Constructing Poverty Profiles: An Illustration from Vietnam

The calculation of income–poverty profiles should allow for household size and composition, but rarely does so. Failure to do this means that the poverty profile will be distorted. The appropriate adjustments are straightforward, requiring simple assumptions which, whilst arbitrary, are better than ignoring the problem. Not making these adjustments distorts not only the relationship between household size and poverty, but all aspects of the poverty profile correlated to household size.

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Children’s Multidimensional Health and Medium-Run Cognitive Skills

This paper engages in the debate on the effects of children's health on their education in later life stages in low- and middle-income countries. Using three rounds from the rich panel data of the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, it endorses a multidimensional approach to health (and poverty in general).

Children’s Multidimensional Health and Medium-Run Cognitive Skills

This paper engages in the debate on the effects of children's health on their education in later life stages in low- and middle-income countries. Using three rounds from the rich panel data of the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, it endorses a multidimensional approach to health (and poverty in general).

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Beyond Urban Relocation: Expectations and Concerns of Children and Caregivers

With the rapid expansion of Addis Ababa and other major Ethiopian cities, whole areas are being cleared to make way for urban development and business investment. At the same time low-cost condominium apartments are being constructed by the government, mainly in the suburbs, to re-house the people who will be relocated from the city centres. This summary reports on a study carried out with families in three urban communities that are due to be resettled when redevelopment of these parts of the city centres starts.

Beyond Urban Relocation: Expectations and Concerns of Children and Caregivers

With the rapid expansion of Addis Ababa and other major Ethiopian cities, whole areas are being cleared to make way for urban development and business investment. At the same time low-cost condominium apartments are being constructed by the government, mainly in the suburbs, to re-house the people who will be relocated from the city centres. This summary reports on a study carried out with families in three urban communities that are due to be resettled when redevelopment of these parts of the city centres starts.

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Changing Schools in Andhra Pradesh: Findings from the Young Lives School Survey

Moving from one school to another is a significant event for children, marked by new experiences and challenges. Changing schools can be difficult in terms of the curriculum, language, physical facilities in the school, change of friendships and adjusting to new teachers. On the other hand, selecting a school in many cases is not about a single decision made by parents at the point their child starts pre-school or primary. Instead, an increasing number of parents make multiple, successive choices, even during their children's earliest schooling.

Changing Schools in Andhra Pradesh: Findings from the Young Lives School Survey

Moving from one school to another is a significant event for children, marked by new experiences and challenges. Changing schools can be difficult in terms of the curriculum, language, physical facilities in the school, change of friendships and adjusting to new teachers. On the other hand, selecting a school in many cases is not about a single decision made by parents at the point their child starts pre-school or primary. Instead, an increasing number of parents make multiple, successive choices, even during their children's earliest schooling.

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Achievement Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Peru

In Peru, indigenous children obtain lower scores on academic tests, on average, than non-indigenous children. In this study, we investigate whether a test score achievement gap is found by the age of 5 and whether this gap increases by the age of 8. While the literature has focused on the underlying family and children determinants of achievement gaps, we use an extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder technique to include community sorting effects and heterogeneity in community impact effects.

Achievement Gap between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Peru

In Peru, indigenous children obtain lower scores on academic tests, on average, than non-indigenous children. In this study, we investigate whether a test score achievement gap is found by the age of 5 and whether this gap increases by the age of 8. While the literature has focused on the underlying family and children determinants of achievement gaps, we use an extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder technique to include community sorting effects and heterogeneity in community impact effects.

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