Session 6: Evaluating Social Development Programs in Low-Income Countries: New Initiatives

Thursday, March 29 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Wilder 4th floor

Chair: Harsha Thirumurthy, Center for Global Development and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant: Alan de Brauw, Williams College

1.	The Impact of School Meals on School Participation: Evidence from Rural India  •  Farzana Afridi, Syracuse University

2.	Matching the Gold Standard: Evidence from a Social Experiment in Nicaragua  •  John A. Maluccio, Middlebury College; Sudhanshu Handa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3.	Family Planning and Fertility: Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data  •  Claus C. Pörtner, University of Washington; Kathleen Beegle, World Bank Group; Luc Christiaensen, World Bank Group

4.	The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Household Composition, Fertility, and Migration in Central America  •  Paul C. Winters, American University; Guy Stecklov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jessica Todd, American University

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