The importance of social protection measures in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2010, para. 27
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In some cases, investment in infrastructure through public-works projects increases access to and the quality of educational facilities. Such projects can take the form of the building of schools or of roads or bridges improving access to them. Several studies demonstrate the contributions of such investments to higher school enrolment rates and to the total number of years of accumulated education in the communities concerned.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights