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Bildungspolitik und Systemtransformation in Zentraleuropa
Slodowicz, Jan - 2005
Es wird untersucht, auf welche Weise die Länder Litauen, Polen und Ungarn ihre Bildungssysteme vor dem Hintergrund der politischen und ökonomischen Transformation reformiert haben. Hierbei wird auf die unterschiedlichen Ausgangssituationen und Ziele eingegangen und untersucht, ob die gesetzten...
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Schulqualität und institutionelle Ausgestaltung des Schulsystems
Huber, Kathrin - 2007
In der vorliegenden Diplomarbeit wird die Hypothese, dass nicht eine Ausweitung der Ressourcenausstattung im bestehenden Schulsystem, sondern vielmehr eine leistungsfördernde Reformierung der institutionellen Ausgestaltung des Systems die Schulqualität langfristig verbessern kann, auf der...
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Education, Innovation, and Growth - Critical Appraisal and Cliometric Analyses with Implications for Present Economic Policy
Müller, Normann - 2009
The author’s interest in the design of economic policy regarding education and innovation has motivated his research as a doctoral candidate. Four independent projects have emerged, each of which deals with basic research problems of education and innovation economics. All but the first take a...
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Five essays on early education and workplace training
Mühler, Grit - 2010
With its recently announced strategy "Europe 2020", the European Union picks up two major challenges: transforming the economy into a knowledge society with innovation as the main driver of economic growth and cohering a population whose workforce is shrinking and aging. Two benchmarks of this...
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International Trade Openness and Gender Gaps in Pakistani Labor Force Participation Rates Over 57 Years
Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R - 2011
rates in broad occupational categories in Pakistan. The method used controls for average gender differences in these …
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Identifying Asset Poverty Thresholds – New methods with an application to Pakistan and Ethiopia
Naschold, Felix - 2005
is whether such threshold points exist in Pakistan and Ethiopia and, if so, where they are located. Methodologically, the … growth. Moreover, the dynamic asset equilibria are very low. In Pakistan it is below the average asset holdings of the poor … insufficient for rural households in Pakistan and Ethiopia to escape poverty. …
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Remittances and Economic Development in India and Pakistan
Ballard, Roger - 2005
The document contains a chapter of a World Bank report on remittances, its development impact as well as future prospects. It was published in 2005. The articles originated in 2003 during a conference organized by the Department for International Development, IMF, and World Bank, in London.
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The Implementation of Value Transfers in an Era of Financial Volatility: meeting the logistical challenge
Ballard, Roger - 2008
Presented at a workshop at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, this document explores the logistical solutions deployed within contemporary Hawala-style value transmission systems. It suggests that those frustrated by the lack of an effective global payments system for retial...
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Macroeconomic Determinants of the Happiness of the Poor: A Case Study of Pakistan
Shahbaz, Muhamm; Aamir, Naveed - 2008
time in Pakistan. Inflation influences the purchasing power of poor segments of population and definitely affects the … happiness of poor individuals in a small developing economy like Pakistan. Trade-openness improves happiness rankings of poor …
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A comparison of market entry strategies adopted by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firms from major and emerging software exporting nations
Kelly, Stephen J; Harrison, Jennifer L - 2009
This study examines the market entry practices of Australian and Pakistani Information and Communication Technology (ICT) firms and the proposition that Local Software Economy (LSE) maturity affects the selection of market entry practices. The question is significant as it is focused on an...
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