Worldwide patterns of linear growth faltering, based on data from many lowand middle-
income countries (LMICs)(Victora and others 2010), indicate deterioration of child nutritional …

Investment in the capabilities of the world's 1· 2 billion adolescents is vital to the UN's
Sustainable Development Agenda. We examined investments in countries of low income …

Reduction in the proportion of undernourished people worldwide has been achieved
despite global population increase. However, the achievement of reducing …

While extant research has focused on the causes and consequences of corruption at the
macro-level, less effort has been devoted to understanding the micro-foundation of …

The conventional wisdom on firm dynamics, productivity growth, and job creation in
developing countries is based on data that, by design, excludes a vast number of micro-and …

We undertake two calculations, one for all developing countries, the other for 34 developing
countries that together account for 90% of the world's stunted children. The first asks how …

In this paper we examine how policymakers and practitioners should interpret the impact
evaluation literature when presented with conflicting experimental and non-experimental …

This article studies intergenerational socioeconomic mobility in Mexico comparing men and
women. In contrast to most sociological work that uses individual-level measures to proxy …

Purpose This study sets out to identify effective interventions to reduce child marriage,
estimate their economic benefits achieved through enhanced productivity, and undertake a …

Abstract In 1975 Theodore W. Schultz suggested that the returns to human capital are
highest in economic environments experiencing unexpected price, productivity, and …