Female Education and Child Marriage
Review of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 1032-1047, May 2026.ABSTRACT We examine why the education of young girls has historically lagged behind that of young boys across different countries. Using data from 105 countries during 1990–2020, we discover some evidence that is consistent with the idea that parents in many traditional societies reduce investments in the primary schooling of their daughters after they
Hasan A. Faruq
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Does the real GDP per capita convergence hold in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa? [PDF]
This article examines the convergence of real GDP per capita in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) during the period 1950-2003. Income departures across countries were evaluated from several panel data unit root tests, especially ...
Amélie Charles +2 more
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Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Volume 73, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan +1 more
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Concurrent Acquisition of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Diverse Influenza H5N1 Clade 2.2 Sub-clades [PDF]
, 2008 Highly pathogenic Influenza A H5N1 was first identified in Guangdong Province in 1996, followed by human cases in Hong Kong in 1997 1,2. The number of confirmed human cases now exceeds 300 and the associated Case Fatality Rate exceeds 60% 3.
Abdel-Satar Arafa +10 more
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Assessing the Consequences of the Economic Partnership Agreement on the Ethiopian Economy [PDF]
The results presented indicate that a free trade area would reinforce the linkages between Ethiopia and European countries, including traditional partners such as Italy, with implications for the regional integration arrangements that Ethiopia is ...
Ben Hammouda, Hakim +4 more
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A"research"database on infrastructure economic performance [PDF]
The authors present an infrastructure database that was assembled from multiple sources. Its main purposes are: (1) to provide a snapshot of the sector as of the end of 2004; and (2) to facilitate quantitative analytical research on infrastructure.
Estache, Antonio, Goicoechea, Ana
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Green Revolution Technology Takes Root In Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia; Statistical Annex and Copies of Questionnaire [PDF]
food security, food policy, agricultural inputs, Ethiopia, Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 5, O33,
Crawford, Eric W. +5 more
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First AUV and ROV investigation of seismogenic faults in the Alboran Sea (Western Meditarranean) [PDF]
, 2016 In May-June 2015 we carried out the SHAKE cruise on board the RV “Sarmiento de Gamboa” the first in situ investigation using state-of-the-art underwater vehicles, the AUVs “AsterX” and “IdefX” (IFREMER, France) and the ROV “Max Rover” (HCMR, Greece ...
Bartolomé de la Peña, Rafael +10 more
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Key characteristics of employment regulation in the Middle East and North Africa [PDF]
This note provides a general background of the main features of labor regulation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and benchmarks them against international best practices.
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F., Kuddo, Arvo
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Results in EngineeringAt this time, as the world and nations move to reduce the use of fossil fuels, research is oriented toward improving the energy consumption of people and buildings.
Fathi Farah Fadoul +2 more
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