An impact evaluation of education, health, and water supply investments by the Bolivian social investment fund

作者: John Newman , Menno Pradhan , Laura B Rawlings , Geert Ridder , Ramiro Coa

DOI: 10.1093/WBER/16.2.241

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摘要: This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled An education, health, and water supply investments by Bolivian social investment fund, conducted between 1994 1998 in Bolivia. The study observed small-scale rural infrastructure projects water, education financed fund on project beneficiaries control or comparison groups school level, health clinic student individual level. improved quality infrastructure; however it has little outcomes. fund's interventions clinics raised utilization rates were associated with reduction under-five mortality. Prenatal checkups significantly reduced under-age five Funding for derived from Impact Evaluation Social Funds.

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