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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
wiley   +1 more source

Rausim! Digital politics in Papua New Guinea

open access: yes, 2015
"This paper has sketched the potential impact of ICT on the practice of politics in Papua New Guinea. Categorising changes in ICT access as changes in information flows, it proposes that key effects arise in transparency, collective identity and action ...
Logan, Sarah
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How Important Is the Precise Matching of Provenance in Weed Biocontrol? A Case Study With Acacia auriculiformis Herbivores

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
We compared the fecundity and damage caused by Calomela intemerata beetles on Acacia auriculiformis plants from different provenances. Beetles from Queensland laid more eggs and caused significantly more damage on Queensland plants than on those from other provenances.
Muhammad Nawaz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency of the Foreign Exchange Market of Papua New Guinea During the Recent Float [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the validity of the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) for the foreign exchange market of Papua New Guinea (PNG) using data on spot exchange rates for four major foreign currencies during the recent float.
Guneratne Banda Wickremasinghe
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Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) confirmed in the Americas

open access: yesEPPO Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2022, a suspected incursion of Oryctes rhinoceros (coconut rhinoceros beetle, CRB) was reported in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, México, based on damage symptoms observed on coconut palms and photographs of beetles on a social media site. This prompted collaboration with local biologists and land managers, and a survey of the area with the ...
Trevor A. Jackson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Native insect species should be selected for classroom rearings

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Rearing insects in the school classroom can build positive attitudes towards insects among schoolchildren, which is becoming increasingly important as insect populations decline. Identified frequent use of non‐native insect species, raising environmental and ethical concerns after classroom rearing ends.
Tereza Matulková, Tomáš Ditrich
wiley   +1 more source

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