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Educator incentive system reduces dropout rates in primary school in Uganda por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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The impact of a farmer business school program on incomes of smallholder farmers: Insights from central Malawi por Chilemba, Joanna, Ragasa, Catherine

“…This study used a multi-stage sampling procedure to collect data from 455 smallholder farmers: 162 FBS graduates, 84 FBS dropouts, and 209 non-participants. Using propensity score matching and difference-in-difference techniques, crop incomes from two groups of farmers were evaluated; FBS participants and FBS non-participants as well as FBS graduates and FBS dropouts. …”
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B 221 - Marathoner's cure for bowel related problems? por Köhlerstrand, Martin

“…The study did not reach the planned number of 200 study subjects and also encountered problems with dropouts. The number of study subjects was 55 on the day of the marathon. …”
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The Food For Education program in Bangladesh: an evaluation of its impact on educational attainment and food security por Ahmed, Akhter, del Ninno, Carlo

“…The goals of this program are to increase primary school enrollment, promote attendance, reduce dropout rates, and enhance the quality of education. …”
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The Food For Education program in Bangladesh: an evaluation of its impact on educational attainment and food security por Ahmed, Akhter, del Ninno, Carlo

“…The goals of this program are to increase primary school enrollment, promote attendance, reduce dropout rates, and enhance the quality of education. …”
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A qualitative study of factors influencing initiation and adherence to micronutrient supplementation among women of reproductive age in Vietnam por Nechitilo, Meredith, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Webb-Girard, Aimee, Conzalez-Casanova, Ines, Martorell, Reynaldo, DiGirolamo, Ann, Ramakrishnan, Usha

“…This study examines factors influencing initiation of supplement use and continued adherence among women participating in PRECONCEPT, a double-blind randomized controlled trial of preconception micronutrient supplementation.In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 participants during different periods (prepregnancy [n = 15], pregnancy [n = 8], postpartum [n = 8], and dropouts [n = 8]). We examined participants’ knowledge about nutritional needs and micronutrient deficiencies, individual experience with nutritional supplements, and perceived benefits and side effects of supplements. …”
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Economy-wide implications of increasing school enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa por Elnour, Zuhal, Siddig, Khalid, Grethe, Harald

“…However, it increases dropouts from post-primary education and vocational training. …”
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Factors affecting adoption of legume technologies and its impact on income of farmers: The case of Sinana and Ginir Woredas of Bale Zone por Tegegne, Y.

“…The adoption typology of the farmers can be categorized in to four in relation to their current adoption status as tech-oriented, tech-fledglings, tech-adopters, and tech-dropouts. Based on the findings, the study suggests that strengthening the promotion of full scale technology adoption will have crucial role towards improving the livelihood of households in the study area. …”
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Policies, multi-stakeholder approaches and home-grown school feeding programs for improving quality, equity and sustainability of school meals in Northern Tanzania por Roothaert, Ralph L., Mpogol, Hosea, Hunter, Danny, Ochieng, Justus, Kejo, Dyness

“…It has been shown that school meals can reduce school absenteeism, improve concentration in class and reduce early dropouts. In Tanzania, successful home-grown school feeding programs are localized in few areas but have not been scaled-out. …”
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Evaluating landscape management interventions in Ethiopia: insights from local and scientific knowledge por Tegegne, Desalegn, Sieber, S., Uckert, G., Girma, R., Moges, A., Mekuria, Wolde

“…Changes in human behaviour have put pressure on land resources, causing environmental, social, and economic shifts, including ecosystem degradation, food insecurity, migration, school dropouts, loss of human life and livestock, and increased poverty. …”
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Informal sector employment, food security and vulnerability of households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia por Seleshi, S., Alemu, B.A., Hanjra, Munir A.

“…Results suggest that the daily life of the majority of migrants in Addis Ababa (most of them are young school dropouts) is highly connected with street-based informal economic activities such as marketing, vending and lottery selling, etc. …”
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Elektroniska övervakningssystem inom fiskeri por Häberle, Zoé Marina

“…De elektroniska övervakningssystemen kunde dessutom dokumentera ett större antal dropouts än observatören ombord. Dropout är fisk som ramlar ur nätet innan den kommit överbord. …”
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Sustainable school feeding innovations in Kigali: Baseline survey report por Munyangeri, Yvonne, Mutua, Mercy, Rurangwa, Edouard, Ngabire, Sam, Dusabimana, Emmanuel, Tuyishime, Omar, Rubyogo, Jean Claude, Birachi, Eliud A

“…The survey also found that the school feeding program contributes to attendance, reduced dropouts, completion of studies and ultimately improved nutrition of school children. …”
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Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools por Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kasirye, Ibrahim, Lucas, Adrienne M., Neal, Derek

“…This Pay for Percentile (PFP) incentive scheme did not improve overall P6 math performance, but it did reduce dropout rates. PFP treatment raised attendance rates a full year after treatment ended from .56 to .60. …”
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Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools por Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Kasirye, Ibrahim, Lucas, Adrienne M., Neal, Derek

“…In low-income countries, primary school students often fall far below grade level and primary dropout rates remain high. Further, in some countries, educators encourage their weaker students to drop out before reaching the end of primary school. …”
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Advancing the agency of adolescent girls por Edmonds, Eric, Feigenberg, Ben, Leight, Jessica

“…We find the intervention causes a 25% decline in school dropout that persists from seventh grade through the transition to high school. …”
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Rwanda High Iron Bean (HIB) Impact Assessment Survey por HarvestPlus, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli, Katungi, Enid Mbabazi

“…An impact assessment (IA) study was conducted in Rwanda in 2015 to determine the adoption and diffusion rates of high iron beans (HIB) varieties after eight seasons of active dissemination; understand HIB adoption and diffusion patterns across varieties and over time (the percentage of farmers currently planting, the percentage rate of addition, the percentage rate of dropout, the percentage of bean area currently under HIB, and so forth); and assess the socioeconomic and nutrition impacts resulting from HIB adoption. …”
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Progressing through PROGRESA: an impact assessment of a school subsidy experiment por Behrman, Jere R., Sengupta, Piyali, Todd, Petra E.

“…This paper uses a Markov schooling transition model applied to the experimental data to assess the impact of the educational subsidy program along several dimensions, including effects on initial ages of school entry, dropout rates, grade repetition rates, and school reentry rates. …”
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social por Maluccio, John, Flores, Rafael

“…Based on the Mexican government’s successful PROGRESA program, Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social (RPS) sought to supplement household income, reduce primary school dropout rates, and increase the health care and nutritional status of children under the age of five. …”
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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social por Maluccio, John, Flores, Rafael

“…Based on the Mexican government’s successful PROGRESA program, Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social (RPS) sought to supplement household income, reduce primary school dropout rates, and increase the health care and nutritional status of children under the age of five. …”
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