Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa [0.03%]
破解迷思？作为非洲减贫策略的无条件现金转移应对六种常见看法
Sudhanshu Handa,Silvio Daidone,Amber Peterman et al.
Sudhanshu Handa et al.
This paper summarizes evidence on six perceptions associated with cash transfer programming, using eight rigorous evaluations conducted on large-scale government unconditional cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa under the Transfer Project....
Big Numbers about Small Children: Estimating the Economic Benefits of Addressing Undernutrition [0.03%]
大数字背后的小生命：改善儿童营养不良经济收益评估研究报告摘要
Harold Alderman,Jere R Behrman,Chloe Puett
Harold Alderman
Different approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are ultimately based on evidence from we...
A Angelsen,D Kaimowitz
A Angelsen
The demand for water in rural areas: determinants and policy implications [0.03%]
农村地区的用水需求：决定因素及政策含义
World Bank. Water Demand Research Team
World Bank. Water Demand Research Team
Improving the adequacy and quality of water supplies is a priority for rural development in developing countries. So far, the strategies of governments and international donors for tackling the problem have been supply-driven; the fundament...
P Musgrove
P Musgrove
More than US $1.6 billion is spent annually on 104 programs in 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries to subsidize or provide food for people supposedly at risk of malnutrition. This amount constitutes only 0.2% of these countries gross ...
G S Eskeland,E Jimenez
G S Eskeland
K M Chomitz,K Kumari
K M Chomitz
G Psacharopoulos,Z Tzannatos
G Psacharopoulos
N Birdsall
N Birdsall
"Discussion of the macroeconomic consequences of rapid population growth is organized into three schools: pessimists, optimists, and the recent revisionists. For the revisionists, differing views are presented about the pervasiveness and re...