Education in Africa: What are we learning?

DK Evans, A Mendez Acosta - Journal of African Economies, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we
examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward) on how to increase access to and …

[HTML][HTML] 20 years of the evidence base on what works to prevent child marriage: A systematic review

A Malhotra, S Elnakib - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose This review assesses evaluations published from 2000 to 2019 to shed light on
what approaches work, especially at scale and sustainably, to prevent child marriage in low …

Educational gender inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A long‐term perspective

J Baten, M De Haas, E Kempter… - Population and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To what extent did sub‐Saharan Africa's twentieth century schooling revolution benefit boys
and girls equally? Using census data and a cohort approach, we examine gender gaps in …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating incidence, correlates, and consequences of child marriage among Syrian refugees residing in the south of Lebanon: a cross-sectional study

S Elnakib, G El Khoury, P Salameh, H Sacre… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Research on child marriage has increased in volume but remains scarce in
humanitarian settings. This study aimed to investigate rates, correlates, and consequences …

How does female education reduce adolescent pregnancy and improve child health?: Evidence from Uganda's universal primary education for fully treated cohorts

K Masuda, C Yamauchi - The Journal of Development Studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the impact of female education on adolescent fertility, the health status
of their children, and the mechanism through which education affects these outcomes. To …

Digital collateral

P Gertler, B Green, C Wolfram - The Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
A new form of secured lending using “digital collateral” has recently emerged, most
prominently in low-and middle-income countries. Digital collateral relies on lockout …

Adolescents sexual and reproductive health: A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

I Abdul-Wahab, AM Nungbaso, RN Nukpezah… - 2021 - udsspace.uds.edu.gh
Background/Introduction: Good knowledge, attitudes and skills on sexual and reproductive
health are important conditions to promote the well-being of adolescents. The study …

Interventions to prevent unintended pregnancies among adolescents: a rapid overview of systematic reviews

S Mohamed, MG Chipeta, T Kamninga… - Systematic …, 2023 - Springer
Risks associated with unintended pregnancy include unsafe abortions, poor maternal health-
seeking behaviour, poor mental health, and potentially, maternal and infant deaths …

Socioeconomic factors associated with the number of children ever born by married Ghanaian females: a cross-sectional analysis

D Boateng, FB Oppong, EK Senkyire, DD Logo - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Most studies in Ghana on determinants of children ever born (CEB) are often
conducted among all females of reproductive age and do not adequately report patterns …

Adolescent girls' safety in and out of school: evidence on physical and sexual violence from across Sub-Saharan Africa

DK Evans, S Hares, PA Holland… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study characterises rates of physical and sexual violence against adolescent girls and
compares rates of violence against girls who are enrolled versus unenrolled in school, to …