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Measurements of inequalities in access to higher education: Case of the Russian Federation
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
index (DI) to measure income and education inequalities. The DI, the weighted DI, and the share weighted DI allow capturing … changes in inequalities in income distribution, concentration of wealth, or access to higher education more precisely than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836912
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Introducing Vouchers and Standardized Tests for Higher Education in Russia: Expectations and Measurements
Osipian, Ararat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
inequalities in access to higher education. The initiative with the vouchers has failed and by now is already forgotten while the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621663
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Oil spills: are corporations responsible for protecting the environment? USA and Africa
Wrigley, Eric - In: African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 3 (2014) 3, pp. 237-253
responsibility, corporate social irresponsibility, regulations, self-governance, protection of the environment, inequalities in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944906
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The continuity of 'autocratic presidency' in Africa's democratisation project
Igwe, Dickson Ogbonnaya - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 180-194
Africa beyond national boundaries is located within the network of neo-colonial institutional gamix over the colonised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670217
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Underdevelopment and Democratization in Africa
Branco, Manuel Couret - Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e … - 2008
democratization in Africa is carried out, its main conclusion being that underdevelopment decisively contributes to the difficulties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005687817
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Braving the waves: the role of time and risk preferences in illegal migration from Senegal
M'BAYE, Linguère; ARCAND, Jean-Louis - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2013
urban Senegal, we evaluate a measure of time and risk preferences through the individual's intertemporal discount rate and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010883845
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Diffusion of information among small-scale farmers in Senegal: the concept of Farmer Field Schools
Pemsl, Diemuth E.; Waibel, Hermann; Witt, Rudolf - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2006
-trained farmers. Based on a study in Senegal this paper hypothesizes that the question of the project placement strategy is vital when … analyzing knowledge diffusion effects of FFS in Africa. Results show that the share of trained farmers in a community is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082695
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The Structure of Government Intervention in African Agriculture
Lopez, R.; Hathie, I. - In: Journal of Development Studies 37 (2000) 1, pp. 57-72
This article examines the determinants of various rates of agricultural subsidies (output, input, exchange rate distortions, and aggregate) using commodity-level data from eight African countries in the 1980s. Econometric results indicate that structural adjustment policies were more effective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009224497
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Combating Deforestation? - Impacts of Improved Stove Dissemination on Charcoal Consumption in Urban Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011
deforestation. This paper evaluates the impacts of an ICS dissemination project in urban Senegal implemented by Deutsche … households, we examine the effects of the intervention on charcoal consumption. Given a complex cooking behavior in urban Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226357
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Is it all about Money? A Randomized Evaluation of the Impact of Insurance Literacy and Marketing Treatments on the Demand for Health Microinsurance in Senegal
Bonan, Jacopo; Dagnelie, Oliver; LeMay-Boucher, Philippe; … - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2012
In Senegal mutual health organizations (MHOs) have been present in the greater region of Thiès for years. Despite their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421537