Documents et rapports
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Long-Term and Intergenerational Effects of Education : Evidence from School Construction in Indonesia (anglais)
This paper studies the long-term and intergenerational effects of the 1970s Indonesian school construction program, which was one of the largest ever conducted. Exploiting variation across birth cohorts...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9559 Date du document: 2 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,Halim,Daniel Zefanya,Kleemans,Marieke
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Evidence from a randomized evaluation of the household welfare impacts of conditional and unconditional cash transfers given to mothers or fathers (anglais)
This study conducted a randomized control trial in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on education, health, and household welfare outcomes. The two-year...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7730 Date du document: 27 juin 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Kazianga,Harounan
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Alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms : impacts on routine preventative health clinic visits in Burkina Faso (anglais)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms : impacts on routine preventative health clinic visits in Burkina Faso, conducted...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 81196 Date du document: 14 août 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Kazianga,Harounan
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Cash transfers and child schooling : evidence from a randomized evaluation of the role of conditionality (anglais)
The authors conduct a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on education. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6340 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Kazianga,Harounan
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Can cash transfers help children stay healthy? (anglais)
Societies have a stake in ensuring that their youngest populations receive regular health check-ups and proper medical care when needed. Children whose health is protected and nurtured have a better chance...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 69658 Date du document: 1 mai 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Marcus, Aliza [editor],Akresh,Richard,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Kazianga,Harounan
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Child labor, schooling, and child ability (anglais)
Using data collected in rural Burkina Faso, this paper examines how children's cognitive abilities influence households' decisions to invest in their education. To address the endogeneity of child ability...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5965 Date du document: 1 février 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,Bagby,Emilie,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.,Kazianga,Harounan
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Alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms : impacts on routine preventative health clinic visits in Burkina Faso (anglais)
The authors conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of two alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5958 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,Kazianga,Harounan,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.
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Health and civil war in rural Burundi (anglais)
This paper combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of armed conflicts to examine the impact of Burundi's civil war on children's health status. The identification strategy...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4500 Date du document: 1 janvier 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bundervoet,Tom,Verwimp,Philip,Akresh,Richard
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Civil war, crop failure, and child stunting in Rwanda (anglais)
Economic shocks at birth have lasting effects on children's health several years after the shock. The authors calculate height for age z-scores for children under age five using data from a Rwandan nationally...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4208 Date du document: 1 avril 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Akresh,Richard,Bundervoet,Tom,Verwimp,Philip