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Impact of Sectoral Allocation of Foreign Aid on Gender Equity and Human Development
Pickbourn, Lynda; Ndikumana, Léonce - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2013
lagging behind in important goals such as education, health, nutrition and access to clean drinking water and improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691896
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Internal Migration, Selection Bias and Human Development: Evidence from Indonesia and Mexico
Deb, Partha; Seck, Papa - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to measure the returns to migration using non-experimental data taking both observed and unobserved characteristics into account. A significant challenge related to migration research and the issues of unobserved heterogeneity is that the standard 2stage least squares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008507006
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Determinants of Multilateral Official Development Assistance: Evidence from a Panel Study of Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Hlavac, Marek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
education levels. One way intended to promote better living standards in this region has been through development aid. This … health levels, education and institutional quality as explanatory variables. My analysis yields some evidence, especially in … panel regressions with time-fixed effects, in support of the hypothesis that countries with poorer health and education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493026
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HDR 1997 - Human Development to Eradicate Poverty
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
Eradicating poverty everywhere is more than a moral imperative - it is a practical possibility. That is the most important message of the Human Development Report 1997. The world has the resources and the know-how to create a poverty-free world in less than a generation. The Report focuses not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467213
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HDR 2010 - The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008837640
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The Potential of Digital Games for Empowerment and Social Inclusion of Groups at Risk of Social and Economic Exclusion: Evidence and Opportunity for Policy
Stewart, James; Bleumers, Lizzy; Centeno - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013
opportunities and challenges for deployment of digital games and gaming in fields such as wellness and aging, education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011169907
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Human Factors: Spanning the Gap between OM & HRM
Dul, Jan; Neumann, Neumann, W.P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
Purpose: This paper examines the claim that the application of human factors (HF) knowledge can improve both human well-being and operations system performance. Methodology: A systematic review was conducted using a general and two specialist databases to identify empirical studies addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731109
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Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Growth in Albania
Tsaneva, Magda - 2007
analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second … health. Only the higher education of poor urban households seems to have affected prospects for growing out of poverty, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474975
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Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Growth in Albania
Tsaneva, Magda - 2007
analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second … health. Only the higher education of poor urban households seems to have affected prospects for growing out of poverty, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474985
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General equilibrium basic needs policy model, (updating part).
A, Kouwenaar - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1985
participation, labour supply, wages, income distribution, profit rates, capital ownership, etc.; examines nutrition, education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966002