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Thailand’s vocational training and upward mobility: impact heterogeneities and policy implications 泰国的职业培训和向上流动:影响异质性和政策含义

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-06-21 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2089199

Patima Chongcharoentanawat, F. Gassmann, P. Mohnen

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Improving microcredit and firm performance in Jamaica: a case study of the development bank of Jamaica 改善牙买加小额信贷和企业绩效:以牙买加发展银行为例

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2078859

J. Novignon

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Providing academic opportunities to vulnerable adolescents: a randomised evaluation of privately managed tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay 为弱势青少年提供学习机会:对乌拉圭私立免学费中学的随机评估

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-05-20 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2070236

A. Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Ana Laura Zardo

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Stuck in the middle school rut: can anything improve academic achievement in rural Chinese middle schools? 中学墨守成规:有什么办法能提高中国农村中学的学习成绩吗?

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2067890

Fei Qin, Huanmin Hu, Prashant Loyalka, Sarah-Eve Dill, S. Rozelle

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Building community engagement and teacher support in education: qualitative findings from process evaluations in two exceptional settings 在教育中建立社区参与和教师支持:两种特殊情况下过程评估的定性发现

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-04-27 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2067889

A. Coombes, Oriana Ponta

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A social network analysis to determine success factors of food security innovations in Tanzania 确定坦桑尼亚粮食安全创新成功因素的社会网络分析

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-04-14 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2063363

Ernestine Mefor, B. Schröter, F. Graef, Estephania Delgadillo

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Do conditional cash transfers improve antenatal care outcomes in Senegal? Combining non-experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations 有条件现金转移是否改善了塞内加尔的产前保健结果?结合非实验和准实验评估

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2047764

Frieda Vandeninden, F. Fecher

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Measuring non-monetary poverty in the coffee heartlands of Laos and Rwanda: comparing MPI and EDI frameworks 衡量老挝和卢旺达咖啡中心地区的非货币性贫困:比较MPI和EDI框架

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2047765

Patrick Illien, E. Birachi, Maliphone Douangphachanh, Saithong Phommavong, Christoph Bader, Sabin Bieri

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Harnessing cost data to improve early grade reading: cost evidence from a large-scale literacy initiative in Pakistan 利用成本数据提高低年级阅读水平:来自巴基斯坦大规模扫盲行动的成本证据

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-03-07 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2034915

E. Byrne, Caitlin Tulloch, Naeem Sohail, Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns

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The State of Cost-Effectiveness Guidance: Ten Best Resources for CEA in Impact Evaluations 成本效益指导的现状:影响评价中CEA的十大最佳资源

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Journal of Development Effectiveness Pub Date : 2022-02-11 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2022.2034916

D. Glandon, Sam Fishman, Caitlin Tulloch, Radhika Bhula, G. Morgan, Shahana Hirji, Liz Brown

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