Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help? Read more about Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help? Learn how early life health environment affects human capital accumulation in developing countries.
Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help? Read more about Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help? University of Hawaii professor Teresa Molina presented recent work examining whether policy interventions, such as conditional cash transfer programs, can help reduce the disadvantages by those hit by negative early life health shock, relative to those who are unaffected. It is well documented that children who are hit by negative health shocks can suffer long-term disadvantages, in terms of health, education, and labor outcomes.
Social Sectors: Education and Health Read more about Social Sectors: Education and Health In the area of education, benefit valuation is based on incremental earnings. Valuation of health benefits however is highly controversial due to the complexity of assigning monetary values on lives saved or health improved.
Wilson Villones Keywords education freedom of information Check my School Read more about Wilson Villones Wilson Villones is also a Goalkeeper Youth Action Accelerator Awardee of the CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. He was Project Coordinator of Affiliated Networks for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific and writer and researcher at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
Janaka Ekanayake Keywords education engineering innovation infrastructure energy wind power generation Read more about Janaka Ekanayake Prof.Janaka Ekanayake joined University of Peradeniya (from 1st April 2013) as a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Institute of Energy at Cardiff University, UK. Prior to joining Cardiff in 2008, he has been attached to the University of Peradeniya and was promoted to Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2003.
Andreas Dernbach Keywords education k-12 Read more about Andreas Dernbach Andreas Dernbach is the project coordinator of the K to 12 Plus Project in the Philippines.
Alain Roy Keywords education Read more about Alain Roy VP, International Partnerships, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). Passionate about international education and cooperation.
Nathan Hart Keywords education capacity development skills training Read more about Nathan Hart Nathan Hart has more than 10 years of experience coordinating skills training projects in Asia-Pacific countries for the private sector and UN agencies. He was Program Manager at Sinergi in Indonesia.
Mae Chu Chang Keywords education capacity development energy renewable energy Read more about Mae Chu Chang Mae Chu Chang is the former Head of Human Development and Lead Education Specialist at the World Bank Indonesia. She has more than 30 years of experience in international development across three continents.