Documents & Reports
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Impact of Financial Incentives and the Role of Information and Communication in Last-Mile Delivery of Textbooks in Zambia (English)
This study investigates the impact of financial incentives and role of information and communication in textbook availability (especially those in local languages) in Zambia. It uses the difference-in-difference...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9305 Document Date: June 29, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hong,Seo Yeon,Cao,Xiaonan,Mupuwaliywa,Mupuwaliywa
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Education sector public expenditure tracking and service delivery survey in Zambia (English)
Zambia’s economy has experienced steady growth over the past years, and the Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education (MESVTEE) continues to maintain the highest share of...
Document Type: Public Expenditure Review Report No.: 103781 Document Date: December 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Saeki,Hiroshi,Hong,Seo Yeon,Gardner,Lauren Marie,Nomura,Shinsaku,Kadiresan,Kundhavi,Bashir,Sajitha
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Education public expenditure review in Zambia (English)
Zambia has seen remarkable improvement in almost all economic sectors as a result of sustained favorable economic policy in the past decade or so. The education sector is one of the sectors that has benefited...
Document Type: Public Expenditure Review Report No.: 103780 Document Date: December 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Saeki,Hiroshi,Hong,Seo Yeon,Gardner,Lauren Marie,Nomura,Shinsaku,Kadiresan,Kundhavi,Bashir,Sajitha
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The heterogeneous effects of a food price crisis on child school enrolment and labor : evidence from Pakistan (English)
Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how food price increase in Pakistan in 2008–2010affects children’s school enrollment and labor. The causal identification relies on thegeographical variations...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 104049 Document Date: November 11, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hou,Xiaohui,Hong,Seo Yeon,Scott,Kinnon
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An assessment of skills in the formal sector labor market in Bangladesh : a technical report on the enterprise-based skills survey 2012 (English)
Education and skill development have played a crucial role in economic growth, poverty reduction and social transformation in Bangladesh, particularly the inclusion of women in the labor force in the last...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 81941 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nomura,Shinsaku,Hong,Seo Yeon,Nordman,Christophe Jalil,Sarr,Leopold Remi,Vawda,Ayesha Y.
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The heterogeneous effects of a food price crisis on child school enrollment and labor : evidence from Pakistan (English)
Using a panel survey, this paper investigates how the increase in food prices in Pakistan in 2008-2010 affected children's school enrollment and labor. The causal identification relies on geographical...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6566 Document Date: August 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hong,Seo Yeon,Hou,Xiaohui
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Long-term impacts of the free tuition and female stipend programs on education attainment, age of marriage, and married women's labor market participation of in Bangladesh (English)
In 1990, the Government of Bangladesh introduced a free tuition policy for female secondary school students and, in 1994; it implemented the Female Secondary School Assistance Program (FSSAP). These policies...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 81061 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hong,Seo Yeon,Sarr,Leopold Remi
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The impact of the food price crisis on consumption and caloric availability in Pakistan : evidence from repeated cross-sectional and panel data (English)
Welfare losses from the 2008 food price crisis in Pakistan are deepening the gap between poor and non poor populations and further increasing inequality between the provinces. To estimate welfare losses...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 66305 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Friedman,Jed,Hong,Seo Yeon,Hou,Xiaohui