Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level...
A large national farm panel from India covering a quarter century (1982, 1999, and 2008) is used to show that the inverse farm size-yield relationship weakened significantly over time, despite an increase...
Rapid population growth in many developing countries has raised concerns regarding food security and household welfare. To understand the consequences of population growth in a general equilibrium setting...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Impacts of an early stage education intervention on students' learning achievement : evidence from the Philippines, conducted...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Economic and social impacts of self-help groups in India, conducted between 2000 and present in India. The study observed...
This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee...
This issue includes the following: Does Urbanization Affect Rural Poverty? Evidence from Indian Districts by Massimiliano Cali and Carlo Menon. Learning versus Stealing: How Important are Market-Share...
This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. The authors find...
This paper examines the long-term impacts of improved school quality at the elementary school stage on subsequent schooling investments and labor market outcomes using unique data from a recent survey...
This paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. It finds that the...
Overview, by Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma. Financial Literacy, by Monique Cohen. Community-Based Financial Organizations : Access to Finance for the Poorest, by Anne Ritchie. Rural Banking...
Overview, by Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Manohar Sharma. Financial Literacy, by Monique Cohen. Community-Based Financial Organizations : Access to Finance for the Poorest, by Anne Ritchie. Rural Banking...
Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is scant. Based on two rounds of a 2,400 household panel, the authors use double differences...
Despite their potential importance and ease of modification, impacts of monitoring and loan recovery arrangements on micro-credit groups' repayment performance have rarely been studied. Data on 3,350 expired...
Although there has been considerable recent interest in micro-credit programs, rigorous evidence on the impacts of forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local...