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  • The World Bank economic review 29 (supplement) (English)

    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...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 113054 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ahuja,Amrita,Baird,Sarah Jane,Hamory Hicks,Joan,Kremer,Michael Robert,Miguel,Edward A.,Powers,Shawn Michael,Dixit,Avinash K.,Maskin,Eric,Reinhart,Carmen M.,R. Reinhart,Vincent,Ghatak,Maitreesh

  • Outside funding and the dynamics of participation in community associations (English)

    This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Outside funding and the dynamics of participation in community associations in Kenya. The study observed that the poor and...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81398 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gugerty,Mary Kay,Kremer,Michael Robert

  • Kenya - Decentralization : a cautionary tale (English)

    This brief summarizes the decentralization: a cautionary tale in Kenya. The treatment began in 1995. Uniforms were provided for the next 3 years. Classrooms were built over the course of 5 years. Kenya's...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81230 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kremer,Michael Robert,Moulin,Sylvie,Namunyu, Robert

  • The illusion of sustainability (English)

    This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled The illusion of sustainability, conducted during the time period 1998 to 2001 in Kenya. The study observed that deworming...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81474 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kremer,Michael Robert,Miguel,Edward A.

  • The impact of distributing school uniforms on children's education in Kenya (English)

    This brief summarizes the impact of distributing school uniforms on children's education in Kenya. Uniforms were provided in 2002. The author evaluates the impact of an educational intervention, in which...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81501 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Evans, David ,Kremer,Michael Robert,Ngatia,Irene Muthoni

  • Incentives to learn (English)

    This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Incentives to learn, conducted between March 2001 and March 2002 school year in Kenya. The study observed the impact of merit...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81376 Document Date: August 14, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kremer,Michael Robert,Miguel,Edward A.,Thornton,Rebecca Lynn

  • Behavioral biases and firm behavior : evidence from Kenyan retail shops (English)

    Many subjects in lab experiments show considerable risk aversion in small-stakes gambles. This is counter to the predictions of expected utility theory for any reasonable degree of risk aversion but is...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 92931 Document Date: May 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kremer,Michael Robert,Lee, Jean,Robinson,Jonathan M.,Rostapshova,Olga V.

  • Do vouchers for job training programs help? (English)

    Youth unemployment is a problem in many developing countries, where labor market opportunities may be further squeezed by rapid rural migration into big cities, the cost of higher education and job seekers'...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 65766 Document Date: November 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Marcus, Aliza [editor],Hicks, Joan Hamory,Kremer,Michael Robert,Mbiti,Isaac Mulangu,Miguel,Edward A.

  • Breaking gender barriers : vocational training vouchers and Kenyan youth (English)

    Youth account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy two percent of adolescents in the region live below the $2/day poverty line. Vocational education...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 75561 Document Date: September 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hicks, Joan Hamory,Kremer,Michael Robert,Mbiti,Isaac Mulangu,Miguel,Edward A.

  • The impact of distributing school uniforms on children’s education in Kenya (English)

    The authors evaluate the impact of an educational intervention, in which a Kenyan non-governmental organization distributes school uniforms to children in poor communities. The Nongovernmental organization...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 114092 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Evans, David,Kremer,Michael Robert,Ngatia, Muthoni

  • Education and HIV/AIDS prevention : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Western Kenya (English)

    The authors report results from a randomized evaluation comparing three school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in Kenya: (1) training teachers in the Kenyan Government's HIV/AIDS-education curriculum; (2)...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4024 Document Date: October 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Duflo,Esther Caroline,Dupas,Pascaline Marie,Kremer,Michael Robert,Sinei, Samuel