2013-04-15T02:57:25Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/glick_peter.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000123.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study takes advantage of a unique data set from Senegal that combines test score data for children from the second grade with information on their subsequent school progression from a follow-up survey conducted seven years later.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080932.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This paper considers evidence for the effects of policies on gender gaps in education, distinguishing between policies that are ostensibly gender neutral and those that explicitly target girls. The demand for girls' schooling is often more responsive than boys' to gender neutral changes in school distance, price, and quality, patterns which can be explained in a human capital investment model through assumptions about girls' and boys' schooling costs and returns. Among policies that target girls' enrollments, price incentives to households or schools and the provision of female teachers appear to be effective. Other interventions hold promise but have not been the subject of rigorous evaluation, pointing to an important agenda for future research.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000180.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This paper uses linked household, school, and test score data from Madagascar to investigate the relation of household characteristics and school factors to the cognitive skills of children ages 8 to 10 and 14 to 16.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090429.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors use unique data to estimate the determinants of cognitive ability among 14-17-year olds in Senegal. Closing the schooling gaps between poor and wealthy children will also close most of the gap in cognitive skills between these groups.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1303.html 2013-02-21T17:00:00Z 2013-02-21T17:00:00Z

HelpMeSee Inc. is developing a simulator-based method for rapid cataract surgical training that RAND researchers determined could significantly help to close the backlog of cataract surgical cases, expected to reach 32 million globally by 2020.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50190.html 2011-06-01T12:00:00Z 2011-06-01T12:00:00Z

This study uses novel data to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the demographic and economic circumstances facing HIV-positive individuals who have just entered HIV care in Uganda.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50193.html 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z

There is confusion over which prevention interventions will be effective and in which contexts. This chapter grapples with this issue by surveying what is known (and what remains to be learned) about the effectiveness of HIV-prevention interventions in Africa.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50191.html 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z

This paper examines the complex linkages of poverty, reproductive/sexual health and behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Africa.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50192.html 2011-12-01T12:00:00Z 2011-12-01T12:00:00Z

This article uses household survey data from Madagascar to examine water supply choice and time spent in water collection.