In developing countries, rising incomes, increased demand for more skilled labor, and
government investments of considerable resources on building and equipping schools and …

Improvements in empirical research standards for credible identification of the causal impact
of education policies on education outcomes have led to a significant increase in the body of …

* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use
money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts* Team authored by …

Una de las principales constataciones que emergen de la reflexión impulsada por la CEPAL
en los últimos años es que el desarrollo económico y el desarrollo social están íntimamente …

Nearly a third of the world's rural population does not live near a paved road, and it is widely
believed that this limits their access to economic opportunities. Using a natural experiment …

This article discusses the experience of six conditional cash transfer programmes in Latin
America, a model of social safety‐nets which has grown to dominate the social protection …

We study long-term and intergenerational effects of the 1970s Indonesian school
construction program. Exploiting variation across birth cohorts and districts in the number of …

Household-and district-level determinants of primary school enrollment are studied for
220,000 children in 340 districts of 30 developing countries using multilevel analysis …

What is the best way to improve access and learning outcomes for girls? This review brings
together evidence from 267 educational interventions in 54 low-and middle-income …

Social protection has become one of the pillars of social development strategies. But,
lacking a consistent standard for social protection, the issue has been approached in …