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The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education. Policy Research Working Paper 9106
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Li, Tianshu; Sekhri, Sheetal – World Bank, 2020
Many developing countries use employment guarantee programs to combat poverty. This paper examines the consequences of such employment guarantee programs for the human capital accumulation of children. It exploits the phased roll-out of India's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) to study the effects on…
Descriptors: Employment, Poverty, Child Labor, Human Capital
Taking the School to the Child: An Experiment by Ruchika School Service Wing.
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Khurana, Inderjit – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1992
Describes a basic literacy project targeting deprived children in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. Considers such program features as the use of 35 slum and public utility centers as sites for teaching basic skills, nutrition, and hygiene; flexible schedules including morning classes for slum children and afternoon and evening classes for working…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Children, Developing Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged
LABOR TRAINING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, A CHALLENGE IN RESPONSIBLE DEMOCRACY.
ZACK, ARNOLD – 1964
THIS STUDY DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING NEEDS OF UNIONISTS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING METHODS (OVERSEAS TOURS, REGIONAL COURSES, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS), ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS, CURRICULUM PLANNING, EFFECTS OF SPONSOR OBJECTIVES, THE SELECTION OF STAFF AND PARTICIPANTS,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum, Developing Nations, Educational Needs