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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of the most challenging goals for most developing economies. Using Panel Least Square with Regional Dummies (LSDV) for a sample of Developing countries over the period 1990 to 2014,...
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This paper will attempt to provide a comprehensive answer to the complex issue of development in sub-Saharan Africa by identifying an FDI reliance-rejection paradox emanating from the incompatibility between colonial legacies and Structural Adjustment Programmes. Since the 1980s, international...
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Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern central Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world … Zambia and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. The rural transportation network is largely undeveloped and …
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production in Kagera, Tanzania, reducing total factor productivity. We also quantify how much this negative effect contributes to …
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production in Kagera, Tanzania, reducing total factor productivity. We also quantify how much this negative effect contributes to …
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human capital have a disequalizing relationship with income...
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"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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persistence of poverty and possible aggregate economic inefficiencies. We propose a microeconomic formalization of one possible … definition of poverty and of the behaviour of poor and rich agents. Poverty is defined as lack of or low societal participation …, which is source of both a direct private benefit and an indirect gain. Analysing poverty under the individual rational …
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In the period before the onset of demographic transition, when fertility rates were positively associated with income levels, Malthusian pressure gave an evolutionary advantage to individuals whose characteristics were positively correlated with child quality and hence higher IQ, increasing in...
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Education has long been recognized as a central element in development. The human capital formation is receiving increased attention from policy makers and scholars in different parts of the world particularly in developing countries. Eritrea is a newly born nation in Africa and is striving hard...
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