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Informal payments for health care services: The case of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine

Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2015
This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries because the economic and socio-cultural environment is more conducive to “gifts”-
Tetiana Stepurko, Milena Pavlova, Irena Gryga, Liubove Murauskiene, Wim Groot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

Academic misconduct appeal services in China: Platform logics, self‐platformization and implications for integrity education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Academic misconduct appeal services have quietly emerged within China's education marketplace, with commercial agencies promoting themselves on social media to assist international students facing misconduct hearings. While existing research on academic integrity has emphasized prevention and detection, far less attention has been paid to what
Gengyan Tang, Sarah Elaine Eaton, Wei Cai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal export barriers and poverty [PDF]

The author investigates the poverty impacts of informal export barriers like transport costs, cumbersome customs practices, costly regulations, and bribes.
Porto, Guido G.
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Design of a payment gateway prototype using augmented reality in the food sector of Guatemala’s informal economy

Formato PDF digital — 73 páginas — incluye gráficos, tablas y referencias bibliográficas.El presente trabajo desarrolla un prototipo de pasarela de pago digital con realidad aumentada, enfocado en el sector alimenticio informal de Guatemala, donde el uso
Velásquez Fuentes, Fredy Armando
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Informal payments in developing countries' public health sector [PDF]

, 2007
In China and some other developing countries' public health sectors, many patients give their doctors a payment outside the official channel before a major treatment. This secret payment has been documented as informal payment in the literature.
Sun, Jiayin, Liu, Ting
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Az orvosi hálapénz megoldásának történelmi kulcsa = The historic master key to get rid of medical doctors’ informal payment [PDF]

, 2019
Absztrakt: Nincs a világnak olyan fejlett országa, amelynek egészségügyi szolgáltatórendszere zavartalanul működne.
Balázs, Péter, Péter Balázs
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Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
wiley   +1 more source