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Inequality in Income and Access to Education: A Cross-Country Analysis.

Chicchi, D. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1999

works through the access to education. After reviewing this debate, a formal model shows how the imperfection of financial … distribution; and a positive dependence on public resources invested in education and/or on skill premium in the labour market … seem mainly relevant in limiting the access to secondary education. However, when considering gender differences, there is …

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User Fees, Expenditure Restructuring and Voucher Systems in Education.

Appleton, S - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

The analysis of the optimal funding of education is complicated by the numerous and serious market failures which are … likely to characterize a free market for education. Prominent amongst these are the likely external benefits of education …

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Regionalization in East Asia-Pacific? An Elusive Process.

Ojendal, J - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

The aim of the report is to provide a survey of recent literature regarding regionalization and regional cooperation in East Asia in general and in Southeast Asia in particular, and, second, to review a number of historical and contemporary debates in regard to the potential regionalization...

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The Scale and Nature of International Donor Assitance to Housing, Basic Services and Other Human-Settlements Related Projects.

Satterthwaite, D - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1997

This paper describes the scale and nature of development assistance to projects that sought to improve housing and living conditions for low income groups, including housing-related infrastructure and services such as water supply, sanitation and drainage during the period 1980-93.

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Regionalization in Southern Africa.

Oden, B - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1996

The study offers a number of conclusions as to the relevance for southern Africa of the various regionalization models. Both theory and experience show that the trade integration model is badly equipped to be the basis for regionalization in Africa, as the production structure of most African...

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How Does Colonial Origin Matter for Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Agbor, Julius A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

two key channels of transmission, namely education and trade. Thirty-six sub-Saharan African countries during the period …

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Education, skill, and earnings: Further evidence from Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles; Turkson, Festus; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical … literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education …

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Donor coordination for effective government policies? Implementation of the new aid effectiveness agenda in health and education in Zambia

Leiderer, Stefan - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

growth and poverty reduction, but also on intermediate outcomes such as health and education. This paper reviews evidence …

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Does foreign aid in education foster gender equality in developing countries?

Maiga, Eugenie W.H. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on gender equality in education outcomes in developing countries …

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Social transfer programmes and school enrolment in Malawi: A micro-simulation

Nanivazo, Malokele - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of social transfer programmes on school enrolment and child labour in Malawi utilizing a micro-simulation evaluation method. Four hypothetical cash transfer programmes, differentiated in terms of their conditions on chil

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