Results 71 to 80 of about 78,100 (261)
From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley +1 more source
Sociologie Românească, 2001 Population growth had an important influence on architecture, as it determined increasing of construction volume, especially houses. Built houses are meant to endure for few generations.
Trăilă Cernescu
doaj
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study provides systematic review and meta‐analytical evidence on how parental migration affects children left behind. We reviewed 44 papers on education and child labour, plus 57 studies on remittances and aspirations. We find no meaningful average effect of parental migration on education or labour outcomes. However, after correcting for
Emily Bergner +2 more
wiley +1 more source
African Economic Growth Revisited
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an updated analysis of the patterns of economic development in Africa over the last 60 years. The analysis stresses the heterogeneity of development trajectories among sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries. We examine the joint dynamics of income and population in 35 SSA countries.
Jean‐Paul Chavas, Daniel W. Bromley
wiley +1 more source
Atlasul sociologic al schimbării sociale din România postcomunistă. Studii preliminare
Sociologie Românească, 2000 The analysis is focused on the dramatically changes among the Romanian active (labor force) population during the last ten years of the Twentieth century.
Dorel Abraham
doaj
Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As the global tourism industry confronts the existential imperatives of the Anthropocene, the remediation of degraded landscapes through regenerative economic models has emerged as a critical frontier in sustainability science. This research presents a rigorous empirical examination of the “restoration–revenue” paradigm, investigating the ...
Xin Sui, Tianchang Chen
wiley +1 more source
Sociologie Românească, 2000 The paper presents the main dimensions of the intergeneration educational and socio-occupational mobility in Romania (rate of total mobility, ascendant and descendant mobility.
Corneliu Cârțână
doaj
Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Trafic de femei - o perspectivă sociologică
Sociologie Românească, 2000 It is often a common view that trafficking in women is a phenomenon that law enforcement should deal with. The perception of the deviant nature of this phenomenon cannot ignore the need of a scientific, general approach from a sociological and economical
Sebastian Lăzăroiu
doaj
State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
wiley +1 more source