Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Introduction 1
4. Volume Introduction 5
5. I. Health
6. 1. Evaluating the Effects of Large- Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative 13
7. 2. Prevention of Mother- to- Child Transmission of HIV and Reproductive Behavior in Zambia 59
8. 3. Stimulating Demand for AIDS Prevention: Lessons from the RESPECT Trial 85
9. 4. Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms: Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso 113
10. II. Gender Issues
11. 5. Girl Power: Cash Transfers and Adolescent Welfare: Evidence from a Cluster- Randomized Experiment in Malawi 139
12. 6. Comparing Economic and Social Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Central and Southern Africa 165
13. 7. Family Ties, Inheritance Rights, and Successful Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Ghana 215
14. III. Education
15. 8. The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children’s Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea- Bissau (Comprehensive Review of Education Outcomes) 255
16. 9. Success in Entrepreneurship: Doing the Math 281
17. 10. The Returns to the Brain Drain and Brain Circulation in Sub- Saharan Africa: Some Computations Using Data from Ghana 305
18. Contributors 347
19. Author Index 351
20. Subject Index 357