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December 17, 2009
I am pleased to share with our readers at Owen’s request this discussion of Cash on Delivery Aid, which appeared yesterday on his blog, Owen Abroad.
Linking Aid to Results: Why Are Some Development Workers Anxious?
By Owen Barder
The Center for Global Development is working on an id...
Oct
21
2009
12:00—1:30 PM
October 08, 2009
Abstract: We conduct a randomized evaluation to assess the causal effect of distance on children's academic participation and performance. Based on estimates from a sample of 31 villages and over 1,500 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan, the program significantly increases enrollment and tes...
Oct
7
2009
10:00—11:30 AM
September 29, 2009
Join us as we launch CGD's newest report, Start With A Girl: A New Agenda For Global Health. The report, supported by the Nike Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is a complement to the 2008 publication, Girls Count: An Action and Investment Agenda, and is part of a series of publica...
Sep
15
2009
12:00—1:30 PM
September 08, 2009
Abstract: In order to contest elections in Pakistan in 2002, all candidates for Member of National Assembly had to file proof of graduating with a Bachelors degree or higher with their candidacy papers. This policy experiment had the effect of disqualifying 60 of the 207 MNAs elected in the 1997 el...