Human capital

The Best Buy? From Global Evidence to Government Practice
Can governments translate evidence on “what works” into learning gains in public schools? Morocco combined targeted …
Hosam Ibrahim, Andreas de Barros, Sarah Deschênes, Paul Glewwe
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Developing Socioemotional Skills in Early Adolescence: Experimental Evidence from Morocco's Public Schools
We investigate a government-delivered socioemotional support intervention in Morocco’s public lower-secondary schools. The …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandra Campos Quintero, Paul Glewwe, Nikhil Kumar, Laure Lépine
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Beyond Basics: Whole-School Reform and Early Adolescent Development
This study investigates whether a government-led, whole-school reform in public lower secondary schools can simultaneously reduce …
Andreas de Barros, Alejandra Campos Quintero, Najiba El Amrani Mida, Paul Glewwe, Nikhil Kumar, Laure Lépine
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Targeting Foundational Skills at Scale: Skill Specificity and Transfer
Whether targeted foundational instruction yields broad, long-term human capital gains is central to education policy but largely …
Andreas de Barros, Theresa Lubozha
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