Author: Louise McLarnan
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Targeting Remittances to Boost Students’ Education Spending
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How can money sent by immigrants to their home countries best be an instrument of development?
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Teach the Parent, Help the Kids
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A new report demonstrates the connection between maternal and child education, finding that mothers’ literacy programs boost their children’s math scores and their own sense of empowerment.
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Fighting Tuberculosis with Innovation and Collaboration
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Operation ASHA co-founder and CEO Sandeep Ahuja discusses how his organization is bringing new ideas to the fight against one of the world’s oldest diseases.
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Alleviating Poverty with Pavement?
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Authors investigate the role infrastructure improvement can play in improving outcomes for the developing world’s urban poor
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Incomplete Assistance: Obstacles to Achieving Food Security
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Agricultural micro-lending programs hold great promise, but addressing underlying impediments to production holds the key to sustainability
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Labor Markets, Fertility Decisions and Human Capital Investments
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As women in developing countries gain exposure to the labor market, their attitudes toward marriage, fertility, and professional development change.
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Family Planning and Education: A Case Study in Ethiopia
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Family planning services are most effective in communities with low levels of education.




