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New project to improve learning on a large scale launches research in Vietnam
New project to improve learning on a large scale launches research in Vietnam

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Escaping a Low-Level Equilibrium of Educational Quality

This paper is intended to inform the work of the Intellectual Leadership Team of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme. It draws on data and analysis from the Young Lives project to compare four education systems at various stages of development with respect to the transition from meeting the challenge of providing for ‘mass access’ to that of providing for ‘mass learning’.

Escaping a Low-Level Equilibrium of Educational Quality

This paper is intended to inform the work of the Intellectual Leadership Team of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme. It draws on data and analysis from the Young Lives project to compare four education systems at various stages of development with respect to the transition from meeting the challenge of providing for ‘mass access’ to that of providing for ‘mass learning’.

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Social Protection For All Ages? Impacts of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on Child Nutrition

Highlights An Ethiopian public works program improves child nutrition in the medium term. We do not find significant differences in impact between children aged 5, 8, and 15. Impacts associated with improved household food security and fall in child labor. Height-for-age captures medium-term program impact better than consumption. Abstract

Social Protection For All Ages? Impacts of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on Child Nutrition

Highlights An Ethiopian public works program improves child nutrition in the medium term. We do not find significant differences in impact between children aged 5, 8, and 15. Impacts associated with improved household food security and fall in child labor. Height-for-age captures medium-term program impact better than consumption. Abstract

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Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda
Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda
Young Lives panel data released
Young Lives panel data released
Child marriage and early childbearing: from evidence to action
Child marriage and early childbearing: from evidence to action

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Rural–Urban Child Height for Age Trajectories and Their Heterogeneous Determinants in Four Developing Countries

The large literature on health differentials between rural and urban areas relies almost exclusively on cross-sectional data. Bringing together the demographic literature on area-level health inequalities with the bio-physiological literature on children’s catch-up growth over time, this paper uses panel data to investigate the stability and origins of rural–urban health differentials.

Rural–Urban Child Height for Age Trajectories and Their Heterogeneous Determinants in Four Developing Countries

The large literature on health differentials between rural and urban areas relies almost exclusively on cross-sectional data. Bringing together the demographic literature on area-level health inequalities with the bio-physiological literature on children’s catch-up growth over time, this paper uses panel data to investigate the stability and origins of rural–urban health differentials.

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Socio-economic Status and Early Childhood Cognitive Skills

This article documents differences in cognitive development, as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of early childhood in four developing countries. A large number of potential mediators, such as urban residence, preschool attendance, early nutrition, caregiver’s education, and primary school attendance are discussed.

Socio-economic Status and Early Childhood Cognitive Skills

This article documents differences in cognitive development, as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of early childhood in four developing countries. A large number of potential mediators, such as urban residence, preschool attendance, early nutrition, caregiver’s education, and primary school attendance are discussed.

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Global Youth Forum 2016
Global Youth Forum 2016

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Does access to sanitation and drinking water facilities relate to students’ learning outcomes? Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India

Indian students fall substantially behind students from other countries in academic performance. A majority of students in India also do not have access to usable toilets and drinking water facilities. Some literature suggests that access to sanitation and
drinking water facilities is related to education outcomes, such as school enrollment rates, school attendance rates, and students’ cognitive functions.

Does access to sanitation and drinking water facilities relate to students’ learning outcomes? Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India

Indian students fall substantially behind students from other countries in academic performance. A majority of students in India also do not have access to usable toilets and drinking water facilities. Some literature suggests that access to sanitation and
drinking water facilities is related to education outcomes, such as school enrollment rates, school attendance rates, and students’ cognitive functions.

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