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    Efficiency analysis of classroom infrastructure for primary education in Bangladesh

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    The Directorate of Primary Education in Bangladesh, under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, is implementing the Third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP 3) from July 2011 over a period of 5 years.
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    Highlighting the evidence gap: how cost-effective are interventions to improve early childhood nutrition and development?

    Oxford Journals, 2014
    There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions to improve the growth and development of children. Although, historically, nutrition and stimulation interventions may have been delivered separately, they are increasingly being tested as a package of early childhood interventions that improve outcomes over the life course.
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    Children’s multidimensional health and medium-run cognitive skills

    Young Lives, 2014
    By recognising the multifaceted nature of health, this paper engages in the lively debate on the effects of health in early childhood on educational outcomes in later life stages, bringing new evidence from four low-and middle-income countries.
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    Targeting girls’ education: effects of gender targeting on enrollment, retention, and learning in rural Rajasthan

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2014
    Using a randomised experiment in rural Rajasthan, India, this paper evaluates the effectiveness of an education program aimed to increase girls’ retention, enrollment and learning. While enrollment and community sensitisation were specifically aimed at promoting girls' education, the learning component of the programme involved and targeted boys and girls equally.
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    Child labor and learning

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2014
    While much is known about the incidence and the determinants of child labor, surprisingly little is known about the consequences of child work on participants.
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    Platinum & passes: the impact of mining investments on education outcomes in South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Platinum mining is a major engine of South Africa’s economy, producing exports and generating employment for many South Africans. It is, however, highly dependent on skilled labour, engineers and technicians, who are drawn from the limited pool of graduates emerging from the weak South African schooling system. Public-private partnerships have been established to address this gap.
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    The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: conditional transfer programmes and the labour market

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    Labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean lost momentum in 2013 compared with the sustained improvements seen over the past 10 years.  Weaker formal and wage employment creation did not provoke broad expansion of the informal sector, as has occurred in the past, thanks to the number of jobs created over the past 10 years, which have pushed up incomes and reduced poverty.
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    "You can't study if you're hungry...": Report of a Parliamentary delegation to Tanzania

    RESULTS UK, 2013
    In November 2013 Mark Williams MP and Cathy Jamieson MP visited nutrition and education programmes in Tanzania, accompanied by staff from RESULTS UK. The aim of the delegation was to assess how Tanzania is addressing major development challenges related to early childhood development including undernutrition and its impact on children’ s ability to learn.
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    Grounded: special report - Brazil

    The Economist, 2013
    A special country-focused edtion of The Economist magazine looks at the following topic areas:
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    West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)

    The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) was established by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) in 2005 to reinforce the capacities of civil society in the sub-region.

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