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Education in Rwanda : Rebalancing Resources to Accelerate Post-Conflict Development and Poverty Reduction

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

Rwanda's recent history was marred by genocide in 1994, in which at least ten percent of the population lost their lives. Rebuilding the stock of human capital is an important part of the rehabilitation process, where the government has made efforts to broaden access to education, and enhance...

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Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015 : A Chance for Every Child

Bruns, Barbara; Mingat, Alain; Rakotomalala, Ramahatra - Economics Research, World Bank Group

A number of countries committed themselves to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aimed at eradicating extreme poverty, and improving the welfare of people by the year 2015. The book assesses whether universal primary education can be achieved by 2015. The study focuses on the largest...

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Secondary Education in Brazil : Time to Move Forward

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2000

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Efectos de los ingresos no reportados en el nivel y tendencia de la pobreza laboral en México

Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2013

The proportion of wage workers with missing labor income has recently increased in Mexico. In this article, I correct the missing labor income through imputation methods. The official measurement of labor poverty indicates an increase from 42 to 53% in the 2005-2012 period, but poverty measured...

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Bangladesh : Education Sector Review, Volume 3

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2000

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Gender differences in social framing effects

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Mollerstrom, Johanna - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 3, pp. 470-472

In a one-shot Prisoners’ dilemma experiment, female participants are highly sensitive to the social frame. Male participants are not.

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Effect of class size on girls' academic performance in Science, Mathematics and Technology subjects

Musau, Lydia M.; Migosi, Joash A. - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 4 (2013) 3, pp. 285-295

There has been unsatisfactory academic performance in Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT) subjects especially among girls over the years. The strategy of free basic education which aims at attaining education for all goals has led to enrolment of more girls in school resulting to...

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Engendering the Evidence Base: A Critical Review of the Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Gender-Responsive Interventions for Girls’ Delinquency

Kerig, Patricia K.; Schindler, Sheryl R. - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 244-282

gender differences in the risk factors that are associated with delinquency. Moreover, the call has been made for the … implementation of gender-specific or gender-responsive interventions in order to effectively divert girls from an antisocial course …. However, questions have been raised about three key assumptions underlying the gender-responsive approach to girls involved in …

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Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? A Longitudinal Study of Women’s Progress on French Corporate Boards

Dang, Rey; Nguyen, Duc Khuong; Vo, Linh-Chi - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014

In this article, we conduct a longitudinal study of women’s progress on French corporate boards of directors. We particularly focus on the extent to which women directors have circumvented the glass ceiling. Using a sample of SBF 120 companies over a 10-year period from 2000 to 2009, our...

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Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment

Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - CESifo - 2014

Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...

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