Abstract
Primary school enrollment rates in Pakistan are far lower than in countries facing similar economic circumstances. The problem is particularly severe for girls in poor families and rural areas;To address this problem, the Balochistan Education Foundation with technical support from World Bank launched the Urban Girls' Fellowship program in 1994, and the Community Support Program (CSP) in 1992. These programs were instituted in Balochistan Province, the poorest, the least populous, least educated province of Pakistan. The main object of the pilot programs was to increase the enrollment rate for girls;This study evaluates the two programs using experimental and quasi-experimental methods. This study shows that those programs had a positive effect not only on girls' enrollment but also on boys' enrollment, as its possibility was predicted in theory. In addition, those estimates were not sensitive to the methods based on different assumptions. Based upon those results, it can be concluded that the success of expanding those programs is promising.
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