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  • Educating Africa’s Leaders of Tomorrow : Ashesi University - Creating a Center of Excellence in Ghana (Inglés)

    In the 1990s, Ghana’s education system was in crisis; underfunded infrastructure was deteriorating, and capacity could not meet rising demand. Of the approximately 26,000 students who passed Ghana’s university...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 147685 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bishop,Ann Josephine Louise,Mignano,Kathleen Gaertner,Caballero,Alejandro,Sterlin,Elena J.,Kandri Rodi,Salah-Eddine,Oluwasegun, Funto,Casanova,Ann Marie,Marcus,Aliza

  • Malawi - Can steps to improve child centers help boost child development? (Inglés)

    Children in disadvantaged families living in poor areas face numerous challenges, from lack of access to quality health care to insufficient nutrition and stimulation. By the time these children are supposed...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 122161 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • Nepal - Can information and cash improve children's development (Inglés)

    In Nepal, researchers supported by the World Bank's Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund worked with the government to develop a program to inform pregnant women and mothers of young children on how to best...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 117762 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Berman,Daphna,Marcus,Aliza

  • Pakistan - Does sharing test scores with parents improve student learning? (Inglés)

    In Pakistan, researchers sought to measure the impact of providing families with information about their child’s test scores and about the test scores in the other schools of the village. The evaluation...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 110997 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Burke,Laura Erin,Marcus,Aliza

  • Indonesia - Can community preschools improve poor children’s development? (Inglés)

    In Indonesia, researchers evaluated a project to expand access to early childhood services in the country’s poorest areas by giving communities grants for preschools and providing teacher training and...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 105171 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • India - Do kids in private schools learn more? (Inglés)

    Primary school education is a basic building block for children’s development, preparing them for success later in life. But in many countries, poor children often don’t finish school even if it’s available...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 105178 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • Senegal - Do hygiene and handwashing make for better brain development? (Inglés)

    Poor hygiene is a particular problem when it comes to children because they are more susceptible to diarrhea and repeated or severe episodes can harm their health and development. Every year, 800,000 children...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 104787 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza,Berman,Daphna

  • What’s so hard about improving access to water and sanitation? (Inglés)

    Globally, some 630 million people lack access to safe drinking water and some 2.4 billion people—about one third of the world’s population, do not have access to a toilet. Lack of clean water affects children...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 104143 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza,Berman,Daphna

  • Uganda - Does information matter? (Inglés)

    Uganda has made important progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals, including halving its poverty rate to around 20 percent from more than 50 percent in the early 1990s. But healthcare...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 101159 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • Indonesia - How to get parents’ attention (Inglés)

    A growing number of countries are reforming how schools are managed and are working to involve parents and com¬munities more directly into the school management process. The idea behind school-based man¬agement...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 99471 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • Kenya - Do infants benefit when older siblings are dewormed? (Inglés)

    Early childhood is a crucial window of opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for policymakers and development experts knows which programs give children’s development the best boost and how to...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 99207 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza

  • Haiti - Can non-public schools fill the gap for poor children? (Inglés)

    Worldwide, some 57 million primary school age children don't have the chance to go to school. Many factors hold these children back: poverty, poor health and overcrowded or faraway facilities. The problem...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 94784 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Adelman,Melissa Ann,Holland,Peter Anthony,Marcus,Aliza

  • If you give people cash, does it help? (Inglés)

    In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention...

    Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 82633 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Marcus,Aliza