Product Description: The Policy Analysis of Child Labor examines the conditions which lead to child labor in Bolivia, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Philippine and uses the findings to recommend a new policy approach toward its eradication. The researchers found that many children's days involve both work and schooling, so many of the current policy approaches, such as bans on child labor, are not optimal because they view child work and schooling as mutually exclusive alternatives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Demand-side financing is a pragmatic choice for introducing needed reforms according to the resources available, the local situation, and particular needs. This paper reviews World Bank education projects that became active in 1993-96 and that included demand-side financing components such as stipends, community financing, targeted bursaries, vouchers, student loans, community grants, and public assistance to private schools...read more

Product Description: Demand-side financing is a pragmatic choice for introducing needed reforms according to the resources available, the local situation, and particular needs. This paper reviews World Bank education projects that became active in 1993-96 and that included demand-side financing components such as stipends, community financing, targeted bursaries, vouchers, student loans, community grants, and public assistance to private schools...read more

Product Description: As part of the restructuring of the educational system in 1989, the Vietnamese government implemented policy changes such as promoting the establishment of people's and community educational institutions, permitting the establishment of private institutions and transforming public institutions into private ones...read more

Product Description: Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from severe and widespread poverty. They are more likely than any other groups of a country's population to be poor. This study documents their socioeconomic situation and shows how it can be improved through changes in policy-influenced variables such as education...read more