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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
framework that will guarantee the attainment of the United Nations millennium development goals(as well as the capacity to live …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556956
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Women, Microfinance, and Savings: Lessons and Proposals
Vonderlack, Rebecca; Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001
already use, the paper proposes two savings services designed to address the development issues that confront women. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062414
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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR:NIGERIA
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
FRAMEWORK THAT WILL GUARANTEE THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS(AS WELL AS THE CAPACITY TO LIVE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408428
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The Long Walk to School: International education goals in historical perspective
Clemens, Michael A. - EconWPA - 2004
of these, the Millennium Development Goals, call for universal primary schooling and full gender parity by 2015. This …Raising school enrollment, like economic development in general, takes a long time. This is partly because, as a … nevertheless adopted a litany of utopian international goals for universal school enrollment and gender parity in education based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407681
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Greed and Grievance in Civil War
Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - EconWPA - 2004
We investigate the causes of civil war, using a new data set of wars during 1960-99. We test a `greed’ theory focusing on the ability to finance rebellion, against a`grievance’ theory focusing on ethnic and religious divisions, political repression and inequality. We find that greed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407738
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NATURAL RESOURCE ABUNDANCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISITED
Stijns, Jean-Philippe - EconWPA - 2001
Data on energy and mineral reserves suggest that natural resource abundance has not been a significant structural determinant of economic growth between 1970 and 1989. The story behind the effect of natural resources on economic growth is a complex one that typical growth regressions do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118731
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AN EVALUATION OF POST-INDEPENDENCE AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA(1960 - 1987}
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005
AGRICULTURE IN ITS COMMON PARLENCE INCLUDES PRODUCTION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE FIELDS OF CROPS, FORESTRY, FISHING AND LIVESTOCK. NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW FARM INCOMES; LOW CAPACITY LEVEL TO SATISFY FOOD AND FIBRE NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY, AND PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES OF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118780
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Human Capital Composition, Growth and Development in an R&D Endogenous Growth Model
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The effect of human capital on growth and development has been somewhat neglected in economic literature. However … and development are concerned. We also show that the decentralized equilibrium leads to less investment in high-techs than …. When compared to data, the model does well in explaining the rate of growth and the level of development (less robustly) as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412820
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Human Capital Composition, R&D and the Increasing Role of Services
Sequeira, Tiago; Reis, Ana Balcão - EconWPA - 2004
of a negative effect of technological development on the accumulation of high-tech human capital. Under this new and … capital composition and the transition across stages of development are endogenously determined. We relate an increasing R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118667
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High-Tech Human Capital: Do The Richest Countries Invest the Most? (working-paper)
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
Research and Development (R&D) endogenous growth models predict and most evidence show that investment in R&D increases … with economic development. We consider the type of human capital mainly used in research labs and show that the richest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561343