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Do Scholarships Help Students Continue Their Education?

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T11:41:12Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T11:41:12Z
dc.date.issued2010-10
dc.description.abstractThe World Bank is committed to assisting developing countries raise their educational standards, part of the United Nations millennium development goals. The work includes supporting projects that explore how best to support children staying in school. One recent project was in Cambodia, where boys and girls from poor families were offered scholarships if they continued beyond primary school. The project's evaluation, which ran over two school years, showed that scholarships worked as a way of getting children to stay in school. But it also found that children who were offered scholarships did not do measurably better on vocabulary or math tests than peers who were not offered scholarships-despite the fact that the former group had higher enrollments and attendance. Cambodia has had numerous scholarship programs funded by the government and outside donors. One project, funded by the Japan fund for poverty reduction, tried to keep girls in school by giving their families annual cash 'scholarships'-which could be used for any purpose- during the first three years of secondary school. The project covered the 2003- 2006 school years and raised school attendance rates by 20 to 30 percentage points. Building on that experience, a government program supported by the World Bank's Cambodia education sector support project was launched in such a way as to test the optimal scholarship amount and measure the effect on both boys and girls.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/13039061/scholarships-help-students-continue-education
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/10474
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/10474
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFrom Evidence to Policy
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectATTENDANCE RATES
dc.subjectBETTER LEARNING
dc.subjectDISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subjectEDUCATION BEYOND PRIMARY
dc.subjectEDUCATION EXPERTS
dc.subjectEDUCATION REFORM
dc.subjectEDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subjectEDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subjectELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATE
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGIRLS IN SCHOOL
dc.subjectHIGHER ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectJOB OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectLEARNING ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectLEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLITERACY RATE
dc.subjectLITERACY RATE FOR MALES
dc.subjectLOWER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
dc.subjectLOWER SECONDARY
dc.subjectLOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectMATH TEST
dc.subjectNET ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectQUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectRESEARCHERS
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIPS
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSCHOOL DROPOUT
dc.subjectSCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectSCHOOL ENTRY
dc.subjectSCHOOL VISITS
dc.subjectSCHOOL YEAR
dc.subjectSCHOOL YEARS
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectSTUDENT ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectTEACHER
dc.subjectTEACHER QUALITY
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTEST SCORES
dc.subjectTUTORS
dc.titleDo Scholarships Help Students Continue Their Education?en
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okr.date.disclosure2010-11-08
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:32:44.569911Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/13039061/scholarships-help-students-continue-education
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.guid886251468015068578
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000356161_20101109003137
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum13039061
okr.identifier.report57783
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryCambodia
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicTertiary Education
okr.topicSecondary Education
okr.topicTeaching and Learning
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.unitChief Economist's Office (HDNCE)
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