This book challenges conventional wisdoms both about economic performance and about
policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking …

In rounds 4 and 5 (2013 and 2016), the survey evolved to cover issues that were relevant to
the age of the cohorts including higher education, labour market participation and economic …

Ethiopia has one of the youngest populations in the world, with over half of its citizens under
20 years of age. Over the past two decades, it has made remarkable progress in increasing …

This commentary draws on the body of multidisciplinary research produced using the Young
Lives Dataset, a 20+ year, mixed-method longitudinal cohort study in four countries in the …

Public works programs have long been a popular policy tool to reduce poverty and build
productive infrastructure. Although an extensive literature has documented the effect of …

Many low-and middle-income countries have introduced public works programs (PWPs) to
fight poverty. This paper provides the first evidence that children from families who benefit …

We investigate the role of productive safety net program (PSNP) and its modes of benefit
transfer in vulnerability to nutritional outcomes in rural households of Ethiopia. We model a …

Childhood cognitive outcomes are an important indicator of future human capital potential
and a predictor of economic development in low-and middle-income countries. Recent …

Given the conventional wisdom that poverty and associated income shocks are the
fundamental causes of child labour, from a policy perspective, there is a perception that …

School closures impact children's attainment adversely, but understanding the effects of
closures on children's attainment in lower‐income countries is still limited. Addressing this …