Documents et rapports
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Saving for Dowry : Evidence from Rural India (anglais)
The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9453 Date du document: 26 octobre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lnu,Anukriti,Kwon,Sungoh,Prakash,Nishith
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When Goal-Setting Forges Ahead but Stops Short (anglais)
This paper reports the results of an at-scale randomized controlled trial among 18,000 secondary students in Zanzibar (Tanzania) to examine the effects of personal best goal-setting on student outcomes...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9406 Date du document: 21 septembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Islam,Asad,Kwon,Sungoh,Masood,Eema,Prakash,Nishith,Sabarwal,Shwetlena,Saraswat,Deepak
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Educator Knowledge of Early Childhood Development : Evidence from Eastern Nepal (anglais)
Early childhood is a crucial period for the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and language development of children. Of the 200 million children who do not reach their developmental potential worldwide...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9381 Date du document: 3 septembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Buck,Lindsey,Fiala,Nathan V.,Prakash,Nishith,Sabarwal,Shwetlena,Saraswat,Deepak,Shrestha,Deepika
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Zanzibar : Can Goal-setting and Incentives Improve Student Performance? (anglais)
The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that measured how two different incentive approaches affected the academic performance of grade 9 students...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 135295 Date du document: 1 février 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Asadul, Islam,Kwan, Sungoh,Masood,Eema,Prakash,Nishith,Sabarwal, Shwetlana