Do larger interventions improve longer run outcomes more cost effectively? And should poverty traps motivate increasing intervention size? This paper considers two approaches to increasing intervention...
School feeding is the provision of breakfast, lunch, or both to children while they are in school. Some programs provide complete meals, while others provide nutritious snacks or high-energy biscuits...
School feeding is the provision of breakfast, lunch, or both to children while they are in school. Some programs provide complete meals, while others provide nutritious snacks or high-energy biscuits...
The May newsletter focuses on how historical conflicts and large shocks have led to institutional legacies that shape modern development outcomes. The research highlighted looks at the development of state...
In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later...
The health and nutrition of adolescents are critical to human resource development due to their beneficial impact on cognitive development and productivity. Even though Bangladesh has achieved significant...
Eighteen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone African countries (FPACs). The cumulative impact of...
Madagascar’s multi-sectoral efforts have helped to reduce the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTD), which has declined from 5,975 disability adjusted life years (DALYs) per 100,000 people in 1990...
The development objectives of the Second Phase of Education Sector Reform Project for Chad are to: (i) improve teaching and learning conditions in primary and upper secondary schools in selected areas;...
This factsheet surveys multisectoral nutrition assessment in Sri Lanka's estate sector where malnutrition is an issue of public health concern; under nutrition in children under five years and among pregnant...
The May newsletter focuses on early childhood development. Recent papers cover topics such as the factors related to learning gaps in school; the benefits of mass deworming; the impact of a conditional...