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African Successes, Volume II : Human Capital.
Studies of African economic development frequently focus on the daunting challenges the continent faces. From recurrent crises to ethnic conflicts and long-standing corruption, a raft of deep-rooted problems has led many to regard the continent as facing many hurdles to raise living standards. Yet A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: I. Health
- 1. Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative / David N. Weil
- 2. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Reproductive Behavior in Zambia / Nicholas Wilson
- 3. Stimulating Demand for AIDS Prevention: Lessons from the RESPECT Trial / Rose Nathan
- 4. Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso / Harounan Kazianga
- II. Gender Issues
- 5. Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare: Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Experiment in Malawi / Berk Ozler
- 6. Comparing Economic and Social Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Central and Southern Africa / Giulia Ferrari
- 7. Family Ties, Inheritance Rights, and Successful Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Ghana / Randall Morck
- III. Education
- 8. Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea-Bissau (Comprehensive Review of Education Outcomes) / Zhaoguo Zhan
- 9. Success in Entrepreneurship: Doing the Math / Olga Rostapshova
- 10. Returns to the Brain Drain and Brain Circulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Computations Using Data from Ghana / Yaw Nyarko.