Impact evaluations are studies that attempt to measure the causal impact of a project, program, or policy on one or more outcomes. This book provides a comprehensive exposition of how to conduct impact...
Given its modest position as a lower-middle income country, Vietnam stands out from the rest of the world with its remarkable performance on standardized test scores, school enrollment, and completed years...
Given its modest position as a lower-middle-income country, Vietnam stands out from the rest of the world with its remarkable performance on standardized test scores, school enrollment, and completed years...
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...
The authors estimate the impact of international child sponsorship on adult income and wealth of formerly sponsored children using data on 10,144 individuals in six countries. To identify causal effects...
This research estimates the impact of international child sponsorship on adult income and wealth of formerly sponsored children using data on 10,144 individuals in six countries. To identify causal effects...
This paper examines two education programs in Sri Lanka, the program for school improvement (PSI), which decentralizes decision-making power, and the school report card program (SRCP), which was designed...
One of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is that all children in developing countries should complete primary education. Much progress has been made toward this goal, but completing primary...
Computers were provided to randomly selected districts participating in a household survey in Vietnam to assess the impact on data quality of entering data within a day or two of completing the interview...
The invention of agriculture that occurred around 10,000 years ago heralded a shift from nomadic hunting and gathering to more managed forms of food, feed and fiber production. Since then, agricultural...
One of the eight millennium development goals is that all children in developing countries should complete primary education. Much progress has been made toward this goal, but completing primary school...
Viet Nam is an economic success story - it transformed itself from a country in the 1980s as one of the poorest in the world, to a country in the 1990s with one of the world's highest growth rates. With...
越南在90年代高速经济增长期间大大增加了越南家户的收入, 这使得贫困大幅度下降。在同一期间, 越南儿童营养不良率(以5岁以下儿童身高低于年龄应达到的正常高度)来衡量, 从1992至1993年的50%,下降到1997-1998年的34%。不过在不同的地区、城市和农村地区、少数民族、收入分位区之间存在不平衡。在经济高速增长时期儿童营养大幅度改善表明,更高的家户收入使得营养改善。Glewwe、Koch 和...
This article uses longitudinal data from the Philippines to examine whether the timing of malnutrition in early childhood is a critical factor in determining subsequent cognitive development. Although...
Circumstance and choice: the role of initial conditions and policies in transition economies; by Martha de Melo, Cevdet Denizer, Allan Gelb and Stoyan Tenev. Multi-tier targeting of social assistance:...
The objective of this book is to provide detailed advice on how to design multi-topic household surveys based on the experience of past household surveys. The book will help identify define objectives...
The objective of this book is to provide detailed advice on how to design multi-topic household surveys based on the experience of past household surveys. The book will help identify define objectives...
The objective of this book is to provide detailed advice on how to design multi-topic household surveys based on the experience of past household surveys. The book will help identify define objectives...
在1992年至1998年间,越南在减轻贫困方面取得了惊人的成就,该国令人瞩目的增长还涉及相当广阔的范围。受益最多的家庭包括教育水平较高的家庭、城市家庭和白领家庭,而受益最少的则是农业工人、少数民族、以及生活在较贫困地区的人。 Glewwe,Gragnolati和Zaman评估了1990年代越南经济飞速增长时,贫困减轻的程度。他们还考查了造成某些家庭的收益大于其它家庭的因素。 根据两次家计调查资料,即1992年至1993年间和1997年至1998年间的“越南生活水平调查”(VNLSS),他们表明,在1992年至1998年间,越南在减轻贫困方面取得了惊人的成就,该国令人瞩目的增长所涉及的范围也相当广阔。...
Vietnam's development since 1985 provides important lessons for economic and social policy. Among the world's 40 poorest countries in 1985, Vietnam has since had the fastest growth rate. This volume examines...