Children in developing countries have deep deficits in math and language. Personalized coaching for teachers has been proposed as a way of raising teacher quality and child achievement. The authors designed...
The World Bank Economic Review is a professional journal used for the dissemination of research in development economics broadly relevant to the development profession and to the World Bank in pursuing...
We estimate the impact of changes in unearned income on the height and weight of young children in a developing country. As a source of income variation we use a change in the eligibility criteria for...
This brief summarizes the impact of cash transfers on school enrollment: evidence from Ecuador for the year 2003. This paper presents evidence about the impact on school enrollment of a program in Ecuador...
This paper presents evidence about the impact on school enrollment of a program in Ecuador that gives cash transfers to the 40 percent poorest families. The evaluation design consists of a randomized experiment...
Afro-descendents in Latin America represent about one-fifth of the total population of the region, and next to the indigenous population, are the poorest of the continent. In spite of national efforts...