The Living Conditions of Children

This paper summarizes the socioeconomic conditions of children around the world. It explores solutions to the main problems, along with a summary of the costs and benefits of some of the solutions. Emphasis is on the results from rigorous studies, impact evaluations, and randomized experiments. Although the cost-evidence literature is scarce, a good case for early interventions and key quality-enhancing education interventions exists.

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Main Author: Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-06
Subjects:ABUSE, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENT RATES, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, ADOLESCENTS, AGED, ARMED CONFLICT, ARMED CONFLICTS, AVERAGE SCHOOLING, BASIC EDUCATION, BLACKBOARDS, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD LABOR, CHILD LABOUR, CHILDREN START PRIMARY SCHOOL, CLASS SIZE, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, COGNITIVE SKILLS, COMPLETION RATES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST PER CHILD, COST PER STUDENT, CRIME, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISEASES, DRINKING WATER, DROPOUT RATE, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS, EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY INTERVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTIONS, ECONOMIC STATUS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION ECONOMICS, EDUCATION EXPENDITURE, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATE, ENROLLMENT RATES, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXCLUSION FROM EDUCATION, FAMILIES, FAMILY SIZE, FEMALE YOUTH, FORMAL SCHOOLS, FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAP IN PRIMARY, GENDER PARITY, GIRLS, GRADE REPETITION, GRADE RETENTION, HEAD START, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGHER GRADE, HIGHER LEARNING, HOME VISITS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYGIENE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING, LEARNING LEVELS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALARIA, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIOS, MEASLES, MIDDLE EAST, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, NORTH AFRICA, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS, ORPHANS, PAPERS, PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKING PROCESS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLICY-MAKING PROCESS, POPULATION DISCUSSION, POSTCONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, PRIMARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY-SCHOOL, PROGRESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUPIL SPENDING, RATES OF RETURN, READING, READING SKILLS, REFUGEES, REMEDIAL EDUCATION, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL DROPOUT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL FAILURE, SCHOOL FINANCE, SCHOOL INDICATORS, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL STUDENTS, SCHOOL SUPPLY, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL YEARS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SKILLED PEOPLE, SOCIAL COMPETENCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TEACHER, TEACHER INCENTIVES, TEACHER QUALITY, TEACHER TRAINING, TEEN, TEEN PREGNANCY, TEST SCORES, TETANUS, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOK PROVISION, TEXTBOOKS, TUBERCULOSIS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, WAR, WORKING CHILDREN, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/7711518/living-conditions-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7403
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