Over time, the state of Kerala has systematically outperformed the rest of India in terms of literacy outcomes. In this paper, two explanations are considered: one, centred on historical inertia, attributes Kerala’s educational outcomes to investments made in pre-independence times....

We explore the role of research universities in explaining inter-cluster innovation differentials. Drawing on the knowledge production function, our baseline hypothesis is that cluster innovative performance is determined by the cluster's endowment with financial, intellectual, and human...

Russian Abstract: В статье представлен рейтинг субъектов РФ по характеру использования современных образовательных технологий в разрезе четырех групп регионов,...

It is almost unanimously accepted that research and development, innovation and knowledge creation play a major role in regional competitiveness and, furthermore, they largely contribute to progress and economic growth. Although there is not a unique definition and perspective, the concept of...

Can education problems in poor countries be successfully addressed using knowledge economics? The old development model posits that poor countries must follow the route of richer countries, progressing up a scale of development. But an emerging theory of development and collective adaptive...

In this paper, a multilevel analysis is applied to the OECD-PISA2006 data with the aim to compare factors affecting students’ achievement across Italy and Spain. The findings show that both countries are affected by strong internal regional heterogeneity, where some regions have achievement...

Este trabajo es un análisis descriptivo de la educación primaria en la Nueva Granada entre 1835 y 1850, con base en información primaria sobre aspectos de la escuela elemental de la época, tales como el número de estudiantes por establecimiento, la disponibilidad de maestros y recursos, y...

As the Brazilian government incentives participation in political decisions and decentralization, in particular by the implementation of territorial policies, the need to capacitate the actors becomes more visible. In the Northeast of Brazil, a Peasant University was thus created in 2003, to...

O governo brasileiro favorecendo a participação nas decisões políticas e a descentralização, nomeadamente pela instauração de territórios, a demanda de formações para capacitar os atores faz-se mais necessária. No Nordeste do Brasil, uma Universidade Camponesa foi assim instaurada em...