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Financing Investments in Young Children Globally Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, and The Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi (2015) / Chapter Skim
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6 Cash Transfers and Affordability
Pages 37-42

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... Work on Uganda, for example, shows that while the country has implemented free universal primary and lower secondary education, preprimary education is provided mostly by private organi 1  This section summarizes information presented by Quentin Wodon, the World Bank.
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... Financing for Muso came in part from a global Rotary grant managed by the Rotary Club of Washington, DC, with 24 dozen Rotary Clubs in 11 countries across 4 continents coming together to support the project. A HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM WITH CASH TRANSFERS AND QUALITY SERVICES2 Amarjeet Sinha of the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar emphasized the importance of ensuring quality in services.
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... Sinha proposed that a common platform for human development takes a more holistic approach to incorporate such mechanisms as cash transfers to support children and their caregivers. In the state of Bihar, Sinha pointed to a cabinet committee on human development with 16 to 18 indicators on child development, such as education, health, and age at marriage.
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... CASH TRANSFERS, SOCIAL CARE, AND HIV PREVENTION3 Lucie Cluver of Oxford University shared a set of findings on the impact of cash transfers on HIV risk behavior. Using propensity school matching4 to simulate a randomized control trial, her team compared 6,000 adolescents whose families received a small child support grant from the South African government against those who did not (Cluver et al., 2013)
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... Studies conducted in Latin America and South Africa show positive links between early child support grants and parenting programs on HIV risk reduction. But in order to maintain the most success out of a cash plus care program, Cluver stated, it needs to start early and be sustained throughout childhood.
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