Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

This paper conducts a large, narrative literature review of interventions that seek to (1) increase educational attainment, (2) delay childbearing, and/or (3) delay marriage for adolescent girls in developing countries. Using 104 interventions from...

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Main Authors:	Bergstrom, Katy, Ozler, Berk
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	MARRIAGE FERTILITY EDUCATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/127361635787281327/Improving-the-Well-Being-of-Adolescent-Girls-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36478

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spelling	okr-10986-364782021-11-05T05:10:42Z Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries Bergstrom, Katy Ozler, Berk MARRIAGE FERTILITY EDUCATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT This paper conducts a large, narrative literature review of interventions that seek to (1) increase educational attainment, (2) delay childbearing, and/or (3) delay marriage for adolescent girls in developing countries. Using 104 interventions from 70 studies, predominantly in developing countries, the paper summarizes the performance of 16 categories of interventions in improving each of the three outcomes of interest. It then provides high-level policy strategies to improve each outcome, informed by this review. Finally, the paper discusses several promising future research avenues to help close knowledge gaps and, thus, improve policy guidance for enhancing the well-being of adolescent girls in developing settings. 2021-11-04T16:11:56Z 2021-11-04T16:11:56Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/127361635787281327/Improving-the-Well-Being-of-Adolescent-Girls-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36478 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9827 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9827
description	This paper conducts a large, narrative literature review of interventions that seek to (1) increase educational attainment, (2) delay childbearing, and/or (3) delay marriage for adolescent girls in developing countries. Using 104 interventions from 70 studies, predominantly in developing countries, the paper summarizes the performance of 16 categories of interventions in improving each of the three outcomes of interest. It then provides high-level policy strategies to improve each outcome, informed by this review. Finally, the paper discusses several promising future research avenues to help close knowledge gaps and, thus, improve policy guidance for enhancing the well-being of adolescent girls in developing settings.
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author	Bergstrom, Katy Ozler, Berk
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title	Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
title_short	Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
title_full	Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
title_sort	improving the well-being of adolescent girls in developing countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/127361635787281327/Improving-the-Well-Being-of-Adolescent-Girls-in-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36478
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Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

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