The WHO has recently debated whether to reaffirm its long-standing recommendation of mass drug administration (MDA) in areas with more than 20 percent prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (hookworm...
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...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention : evidence from...
This brief summarizes worms: identifying impacts on education and health in the presence of treatment externalities in Kenya for the period 1998-99. Intestinal helminthes includes hookworm, roundworm...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Long-term consequences of secondary school vouchers : evidence from administrative records in Colombia, conducted during...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Outside funding and the dynamics of participation in community associations in Kenya. The study observed that the poor and...
This brief summarizes the decentralization: a cautionary tale in Kenya. The treatment began in 1995. Uniforms were provided for the next 3 years. Classrooms were built over the course of 5 years. Kenya's...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled The illusion of sustainability, conducted during the time period 1998 to 2001 in Kenya. The study observed that deworming...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled School meals, educational achievement, and school competition : evidence from a randomized evaluation, conducted between...
This brief summarizes the impact of distributing school uniforms on children's education in Kenya. Uniforms were provided in 2002. The author evaluates the impact of an educational intervention, in which...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Vocational education voucher delivery and labor market returns: a randomized evaluation among Kenyan youth, conducted during...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Incentives to learn, conducted between March 2001 and March 2002 school year in Kenya. The study observed the impact of merit...
The brief summarizes the spring cleaning: rural water impacts, valuation, and property rights institutions. The first two rounds of spring protection occurred in January-April 2005 and August-November...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil-teacher ratios : experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools, conducted...
Many subjects in lab experiments show considerable risk aversion in small-stakes gambles. This is counter to the predictions of expected utility theory for any reasonable degree of risk aversion but is...
Youth unemployment is a problem in many developing countries, where labor market opportunities may be further squeezed by rapid rural migration into big cities, the cost of higher education and job seekers'...
Youth account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education...
The authors evaluate the impact of an educational intervention, in which a Kenyan non-governmental organization distributes school uniforms to children in poor communities. The Nongovernmental organization...
The millennium development goals call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because clean water was seen as...
The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2)...