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Transcending the great foreign aid debate: managerialism, radicalism and the search for aid effectiveness
Gulrajani, Nilima - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
The Great Aid Debate pits those who are radically opposed to foreign aid against those who champion its reform to achieve greater aid effectiveness. This paper offers an analysis of this debate by introducing a heuristic distinction between aid 'radicals' and aid 'reformers'. The radical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744969
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Decentralization and local government in Bolivia : an overview from the bottom up
Faguet, Jean-Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Hundreds of studies have failed to establish the effects of decentralization on a number of important policy goals. This paper examines the remarkable case of Bolivia to explore decentralization's effects on government responsiveness and poverty-orientation. I first summarize econometric results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745204
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Social housing and social exclusion 2000-2011
Tunstall, Rebecca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
By some definitions, social housing, social housing tenants are necessarily socially excluded. In other terms, in 2000, social housing tenants were at greater risk of being socially excluded than owner occupiers and private renters on measures of income, employment, education, health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745809
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Education, equity and social mobility: a summary of three research papers
Utting, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
(forthcoming) - Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. & Vignoles, A. (2013) Widening participation in higher …. 431-457. - Crawford, C. (2012) Socioeconomic gaps in HE participation: how have they changed over time? London: Institute … for Fiscal Studies. - Whitty, G. & Anders, J. (2014) (How) did Labour narrow the achievement and participation gap? LLAKES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126341
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Fueling the gender gap? Oil and women's labor and marriage market outcomes
Maurer, Stephan E.; Potlogea, Andrei - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
labor force participation or has any impact on local marriage and fertility patterns. While our results are consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126482
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Public policy and inequalities of choice and autonomy
Burchardt, Tania; Evans, Martin; Holder, Holly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This article explores the conceptualisation of choice as autonomy using three components – self-reflection, active … decision-making, and quality and range of options - and investigates empirical inequalities in autonomy, using newly … deeper sense of autonomy – has an intrinsic value. The empirical findings indicate that disabled people are most likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746616
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Management of bureaucrats and public service delivery: evidence from the Nigerian civil service
Rasul, Imran; Rogger, Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
the approach of Bloom and Van Reenen[2007]. Management practices matter: a one standard deviation increase in autonomy for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126248
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
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