Working Paper

The level of income can be directly inferred from the level of education, making education an important variable as a key determinant of better livelihoods and poverty alleviation. However, in most developing countries education is not accessible to...

• Education
• Education reform
• Microsimulation

Working Paper

In this study, we assess formal education as a causal determinant of women’s malaria preventive behaviour, as well as children’s risk of malaria infection. For identification, we rely on exogenous variation in educational attainment generated by...

• Health behaviour
• Malaria
• Education reform

Working Paper

Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced legislation and adopted conventions on child labour. But child exploitation continues, including use of forced labour by the military and...

• Myanmar
• Child labour
• Education reform

Research Brief

• Education
• Education reform
• Microsimulation

Working Paper

In this study, we investigate the relationship between education reform, institutional legacies of inequality, and changing political institutions in a poor, conflict-affected country. Burundi experienced a dramatic change in ethnic power relations...

• Education reform
• Difference-in-differences
• Inclusive institutions