This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped focus the discussion on the importance of...

This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped focus the discussion on the importance of...

The New Zealand Treasury policy agenda seeks to initiate a regime in which educational research (however controversial, subjective and unreliable) is to be interpreted by state officials and used by state agencies to determine in close detail what happens daily in all state classrooms and,...

In the United States, employment rates among individuals with disabilities are persistently low but vary substantially. In this study, we examine the relationship between employment outcomes and features of the state and county physical, economic, and policy environment among a national sample...

Each discipline has its own framing and conventions. Economics emphasises the identification of key variables and relationships and their estimation using quantitative research methods, with common reliance on econometrics. The approaches shape what is observed and any resulting policy...

Undergraduate accounting students can have a difficult time conceptualizing manufacturing processes, the associated physical inventory flows, and the accompanying accounting cost flows. Traditional methods of teaching this material within managerial and cost accounting classes heavily stress the...