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    Cash Transfers after Ebola in Guinea : Lessons Learned on Human Capital (2022)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (42 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mavridis, Dimitris Cash Transfers after Ebola in Guinea: Lessons Learned on Human Capital
    Keywords: Cash Transfers ; Early Child and Children's Health ; Ebola ; Ebola Awareness Campaign ; Education ; Education For All ; Effect of Ebolaepidemic On Children ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Immunizations ; Learning Assessment ; School Health ; Social Development ; Street Children
    Abstract: This paper evaluates the effects of a program that transferred different amounts of cash to poor households in rural Guinea. The program's aim was to improve children's schooling and health outcomes in the immediate aftermath of the Ebola pandemic. In treated villages, households received cash conditional only on attending trainings promoting good health practices and schooling. The program randomized at two levels. The first level was between treated and control villages. The second level was within treated villages. Households were randomly distributed in three treatment arms: (i) no cash transfer, (ii) a cash transfer of 8 USD/quarter/child over two years, and (iii) a cash transfer twice as large as in group (ii). School enrollment increased nationwide and rapidly in the aftermath of Ebola. The authors find that it increased significantly more in treated villages. From a low baseline of around 40 percent of primary-school-age enrollment, treated villages increased their school enrollment by more than 11 percentage points compared to control villages. The effect is higher for larger cash transfers compared to those with no cash transfers in treated villages. School enrollment also increased among untreated households in treated villages, probably due to a combined effect-which cannot be differentiated-from spillovers and from the information campaigns. Despite the massive increase in school enrollment, there is no evidence of effects on learning measures. Health inputs such as vaccination deteriorated overall in Guinea in the aftermath of Ebola, and the program did not mitigate this fall
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-9989
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    The Determinants of HIV Infection And Related Sexual Behaviors : Evidence From Lesotho (2007)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (46 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Corno, Lucia The Determinants of HIV Infection And Related Sexual Behaviors
    Keywords: AIDS ; Sexualität ; Lesotho ; AIDS HIV ; Condom ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Gender ; Gender and Health ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Hiv ; Hiv Infection ; Human Development ; Married Women ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Public Services ; Sexual Behaviors ; Vulnerability ; AIDS HIV ; Condom ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Gender ; Gender and Health ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Hiv ; Hiv Infection ; Human Development ; Married Women ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Public Services ; Sexual Behaviors ; Vulnerability ; AIDS HIV ; Condom ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Gender ; Gender and Health ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Hiv ; Hiv Infection ; Human Development ; Married Women ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Population Policies ; Public Services ; Sexual Behaviors ; Vulnerability
    Abstract: This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey. The authors find that in Lesotho education appears to have a protective effect: it is negatively associated with HIV infection (although not always significantly) and it strongly predicts preventive behaviors. The findings also show that married women who have extra-marital relationships are less likely to use a condom than non-married women. This is an important source of vulnerability that should be addressed in prevention efforts. The paper also analyzes HIV infection at the level of the couple. It shows that in 41 percent of the infected couples, only one of the two partners is HIV infected. Therefore, there are still opportunities for prevention inside the couple
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    Armed Conflict And Schooling : Evidence From The 1994 Rwandan Genocide (2008)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (38 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Akresh, Richard Armed Conflict And Schooling
    Keywords: Armed Conflict ; Civil war ; Conflict and Development ; Education ; Education for All ; Genocide ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household surveys ; Human Development ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Primary Education ; Progress ; Public Services ; War ; Youth and Government ; Armed Conflict ; Civil war ; Conflict and Development ; Education ; Education for All ; Genocide ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household surveys ; Human Development ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Primary Education ; Progress ; Public Services ; War ; Youth and Government ; Armed Conflict ; Civil war ; Conflict and Development ; Education ; Education for All ; Genocide ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Household surveys ; Human Development ; Policy ReseaRch ; Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR ; Population Policies ; Post Conflict Reconstruction ; Primary Education ; Progress ; Public Services ; War ; Youth and Government
    Abstract: To examine the impact of Rwanda's 1994 genocide on children's schooling, the authors combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The identification strategy uses pre-war data to control for an age group's baseline schooling and exploits variation across provinces in the intensity of killings and which children's cohorts were school-aged when exposed to the war. The findings show a strong negative impact of the genocide on schooling, with exposed children completing one-half year less education representing an 18.3 percent decline. The effect is robust to including control variables, alternative sources for genocide intensity, and an instrumental variables strategy
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