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Aid, education policy, and development
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2015
This paper discusses the recent history of education aid policy. It highlights an important shift in policy thinking in the international aid architecture that has dominated the global education aid agenda since the early 1990s. It argues that Rawlsian principles of social justice, human rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411144
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What works to improve the quality of student learning in developing countries?
Masino, Serena; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2015
We conducted a systematic review to identify policy interventions that improve education quality and student learning in developing countries. Relying on a theory of change typology, we highlight three main drivers of change of education quality: first, supply-side capability interventions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496119
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The return of the prodigy son : do return migrants make better leaders?
Mercier, Marion - 2013
of democracy in his country during his tenure. This effect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …
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Economic resilience in developing countries : the role of democracy in the face of external shocks
Trabelsi, Mohamed Ali; Ahmed, Salah - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012661080
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Democracy and growth in pre-industrial countries
Bresser-Pereira, Luiz Carlos - In: Brazilian journal of political economy 37 (2017) 1, pp. 88-107
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Democracy and militarization in developing countries : a panel vector autoregressive analysis
Dizaji, Sajjad Faraji; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2020 - This version: 17.08.2020
This study examines the dynamic relationship between democracy and the military in more than 40 developing countries … from 1990 to 2017. We investigate the dynamic interaction between democracy and military institutions using a panel vector … autoregressive model and impulse response functions as well as variance decomposition analyses. We show that democracy plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012542722
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Prospects for grid-connected solar photovoltaic in Kenya : a systems approach
Rose, Amy; Stoner, Robert J.; Pérez-Arriaga, Ignacio - 2014
sources such as solar and wind. We use a system-level model for Kenya to evaluate the potential of using grid-connected solar … unit commitment model whereby Kenya's extensive reservoir hydro-system compensates for solar intermittency. Results show …
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Are we there yet? : improving solar PV economics and power planning in developing countries ; the case of Kenya
Ondraczek, Janosch - 2013
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Future research directions for collective entrepreneurship in developing countries : a small and medium-sized enterprise perspective
Ratten, Vanessa - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small business 22 (2014) 2, pp. 266-274
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Nutrition effects of the supermarket revolution on urban consumers and smallholder farmers in Kenya
Qaim, Matin; Andersson, Camilla I. M.; Chege, Christine … - 2014
understanding. Reviewing recent evidence from Kenya, we show that buying food in supermarkets instead of traditional outlets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430779