Documents & Reports
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Family planning and health (English)
The World Bank's World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health, the sixteenth in the World Development Report series, examined the interplay between human health, health policy, and economic development...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 95458 Document Date: April 9, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Merrick,Thomas W.
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Egypt : recent changes in population growth (English)
This paper examines the determinants and consequences of population growth in Egypt in the recent past and the near future. Since slowing the growth rate of population has long been the objective of Egyptian...
Document Type: Human Capital Working Paper Report No.: 13987 Document Date: February 28, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Massiah, Ernest E.
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Does better access to contraceptives increase their use? Key policy and methodological issues (English)
The effect of community characteristics, in general, and access to family planning services, in particular, on contraceptive use has received considerable attention for several reasons. First, from a policy...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS728 Document Date: July 31, 1991 Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Gibney, Laura
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Fertility in sub-Saharan Africa : analysis and explanation (English)
This paper presents a detailed analysis of fertility in 10 sub - Saharan African countries for which World Fertility Survey data are available. These data and similar data from other developing countries...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP43 Document Date: April 30, 1989 Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Farid, Samir M.
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The effects of education, health, and social security on fertility in developing countries (English)
This paper analyzes the effects of education, health and social security on fertility in developing countries. Spending on education does not necessarily reduce fertility. For example, with small amounts...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS93 Document Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Cochrane, Susan H.
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The educational participation of Egyptian children (English)
The determinants of participation of children in school need to be studied in order to design policies to achieve a country's educational goals. Although characteristics of the educational system have...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: EDT45 Document Date: December 31, 1986 Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Mehra, Kalpana,Osheba, Ibrahi
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The effects of education on fertility and mortality; and The effects of education and urbanization on fertility (English)
This paper discusses the effects of education on fertlity and mortality. It states that the higher the level of the parents' education, the lower the mortality of their children. The effect of education...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: EDT26 Document Date: May 31, 1986 Author: Cochrane, Susan H.
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Fertility in sub-Saharan Africa : analysis and explanation (English)
This paper presents a detailed analysis of fertility in 10 sub - Saharan African countries for which World Fertility Survey data are available. These data and similar data from other developing countries...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: PHN8513 Document Date: April 30, 1986 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Farid, Samir M.
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Development consequences of rapid population growth : a review from the perspective of sub-Saharan Africa (English)
The purpose of this paper is to review Africans' perceptions of the relationship between population growth and economic development in sub - Saharan Africa. To accomplish this purpose, the paper attempts:...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: PHN8508 Document Date: July 31, 1985 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cochrane, Susan H.
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Educational attainment and achievement in rural Thailand (English)
Modernization of developing nations always includes the spread of education, but factors influencing the rate and consequences of its spread remain poorly understood. This paper examines data recently...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: REP396 Document Date: September 30, 1982 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cochrane, Susan H.,Jamison,Dean T.