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Students’ non-cognitive skills in times of crisis: COVID-19 in Mexico

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on Mon, 2023-12-11 17:25

EfD Authors:

The COVID-19 pandemic caused serious disruptions in the school systems throughout the world. In this work we look at the effect that the pandemic had in non-cognitive skills of students in Mexico. Few studies have looked at this relationship and the studies available have looked at the effects on children in high-income countries. Our results show that growth mindset declined, while social awareness and self-management improved during the pandemic.

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Analysis of opportunities for the introduction of fiscal instruments that incentivize the decarbonization of the waste management sector in Costa Rica

Submitted by Marianela Arguello on Mon, 2023-12-11 15:46

EfD Authors:

Madrigal-Ballestero, Roger

Alpizar, Francisco

This document seeks to analyze the context of the waste sector in the country, including the management of the wastes, their emissions, the environmental and social externalities, the actors, the relevant regulations, and the advances of the action plan of the sector, among other aspects; second, review the literature regarding the use and the impact of the fiscal instruments in the managing sector in different countries. This provides lessons that can be useful for the adaptation of similar instruments in this sector for decarbonization and green recuperation in Costa Rica.

Other Publications

Climate Change, Covid-19, Land, Policy Design, Waste

Climate change, livestock dynamics, and poverty: Spatial panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Livestock production plays an important role both globally and in Africa. Ethiopia has the highest livestock population in Africa. However, despite the huge potential of the sector both to the

Mon, 2023-12-11 12:36 | Agriculture, Climate Change | Ethiopia

A Randomized Control Trial (RCT) on the Adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Cooking Technology among Fast Food (Chapati) Vendors in Uganda

Biomass is predominantly the energy used for cooking by households and food vendors in Sub-Saharan Africa. Relying on biomass energy leads to deforestation and is associated with negative health and

Mon, 2023-12-11 12:31 | Climate Change, Energy | Uganda

Environmental and Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns in India

This project has three main objectives:(i)to use state-level variation in the timing and severity of the lockdowns and the generosity of social transfer programs within India to understand how the

Mon, 2023-12-11 12:24 | Climate Change, Covid-19 | India

Gender Differences in Access to Agricultural Productive Resources, Food Security and Adaptation to COVID-19 Shock: Experiences from East Africa

Agriculture remains the backbone of households and economies of most sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, different shocks including climate related and now the COVID-19 pandemic can have advance and

Mon, 2023-12-11 12:04 | Covid-19, Gender | Uganda, Tanzania

Coping with water scarcity, preferences and willingness to pay for water supply in Enugu Nigeria

Water scarcity continues to pose serious problems to households in Africa. This is very critical in Nigeria especially in some States like Enugu State where over half (2.37 million) of the residents

Mon, 2023-12-11 11:37 | Policy Design, Water | Nigeria

COVID-19, Access to Energy and Food security in Ethiopia: Panel Data Evidence

This proposal will examine two key research objectives that have not been well explored: First, it will examine the role of access to electricity on household’s food security and the nutritional

Mon, 2023-12-11 11:04 | Energy, Gender | Ethiopia

The short-run impacts of reducing water collection times on time use, well-being and education in rural Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on Sat, 2023-12-09 11:55

EfD Authors:

Cook, Joseph

Kabubo-Mariara, Jane

Abstract

Peer Reviewed

Water

Investment case for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: A case study of Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on Sat, 2023-12-09 11:35

EfD Authors:

Mwai, Daniel

Abstract

Background

Primary healthcare (PHC) systems attain improved health outcomes and fairness and are affordable. However, the proportion of PHC spending to Total Current Health Expenditure in Kenya reduced from 63.4% in 2016/17 to 53.9% in 2020/21 while external funding reduced from 28.3% (Ksh 69.4 billion) to 23.9% (Ksh 68.2 billion) over the same period. This reduction in PHC spending negatively affects PHC performance and the overall health system goals.

Methods

Peer Reviewed

Health

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