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    Scholarships: the impact and effectiveness for disadvantaged children and girls
    Helpdesk Report
    March 27, 2014

    This report outlines a number of different scholarship, stipend and cash transfer programmes (CCTs). Evidence on the effectiveness and impact is mixed. Most programmes increase enrolments but the impact on learning is less clear. Programmes that aimed to get girls into schools were successful in that aim. Scholarship programmes that target the poor generally have… Read more

    demand-side incentives, Scholarships
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    Girls’ Education in Islamic Countries
    Helpdesk Report
    May 24, 2011

    This report provides information on which methods have worked well to improve access to education for girls in Islamic countries.  The report covers the following areas: Conditional cash transfers to girls- Evaluation results from programes include examples from Bangladesh, Punjab, Yemen and Nigeria.  All showed increased female enrolment. Women teachers increasing girls’ attendance- Information was… Read more

    Afghanistan, Attendance, Bangladesh, Conditional Cash Transfers, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sanitation, Saudi Arabia, Scholarships, School Based Management, Somalia, Transport
    Education
    Demand-Side School Incentive Programmes
    Helpdesk Report
    February 1, 2011

    This report reviews the impact of demand side school incentives programmes.  It presents articles and case studies on: Cash (or in-kind) transfer programmes Vouchers Scholarships Operationalising incentive schemes Cash transfer programmes in Bangladesh showed evidence of being effective including that enrolment increased by 35% on average, attendance improved and female enrolment growth was almost twice… Read more

    Asia, Bangladesh, CCTs, Conditional Cash Transers, Demand Side, Education, Educational Performance, Female Secondary School Assistance Project (FESP), Food for Education (FFE), Incentive, Retention, Scholarships, School, Uptake, Vouchers

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