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27 Aug 2009: Further experi-mental trials are needed to test the performance of bees as an elephant deterrent (King et al. ... Assess the feasibility of establishing economic activities that promote sustainable livelihoods and reduce negative human-elephant conflict;.

11 Sep 2009: able to use ICT for meaningful ends….reducing marginalization, poverty and inequality and enhancing economic and social inclusion for all” (Warschauer, 2003, p.

3 Dec 2009: Measuring these economic returns to apprenticeship is a difficult undertaking for three reasons. ... scores on skills tests and the score on the Raven’s test.

3 Dec 2009: Behrman, J. R., and B. Wolfe. 1984. “The Socio-economic Impact of Schooling in a Developing Country.” Review of Economics and Statistics 66 (2): 296–303. ... Hanushek, Eric A. 2005. "The Economics of School Quality." German Economic Review 6 (3):

3 Dec 2009: Oxford, OX1 3UQ United Kingdom. francis.teal@economics.ox.ac.uk. September 2008 This paper was presented to the Conference on ‘Economic Incentives: Do They Work in Education?’ 15-17 May ... the Ravens Progressive Matrices test. The teacher

3 Dec 2009: between primary educationand economic development, on education financing, on development theoryand on economic adjustment in Africa. ... Bigo, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2007). Janet Raynor is an independent consultant in education.

3 Dec 2009: Centre for Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK. ... education does not directly promote economic mobility for the large majority of workers in Ghana.

3 Dec 2009: The test used by Levine and replicated here tests the fundamental implication of efficiency wage theory that marginal wage increases raise productivity sufficiently to pay for themselves. ... Hanushek, Eric (1986) “The Economics of Schooling:

3 Dec 2009: Centre for Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK. ... confirm significant economic returns to literacy for 13 countries on which literacy data were.

3 Dec 2009: They tend to be different if economics, on the one hand, or anthropology, on the other, are dominant. ... one hand, and a variety of human, social and economic outcomes on the other.

3 Dec 2009: to the 1993–94 National Council of Applied Economic Research. (NCAER) household survey, the actual share was 30.7%, again more. ... Note: The maximum marks possible in the math and reading tests were 36 and 29 respec-tively.

3 Dec 2009: Prior to the economic reforms in 1984, the educational sector suffered massive financing constraints which led to a serious shortage of teachers (i.e. ... Aid partnership has often been conditional on economic, environmental or social policies, such as

3 Dec 2009: The CWIQ. 6 Jolliffe, D. (1998) “Skills, Schooling and Household Income in Ghana” World Bank Economic Review, Vol. ... The group that has never attended school has the highest incidence of economic inactivity after the senior secondary completers.

3 Dec 2009: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 23, Number 2, 2007, pp.168 – 195. ... India’s recent economic growth rates have generated much optimism about its generalsocial and economic development.

3 Dec 2009: The extent to which education raises earnings is loosely called the economic ‘return’ to education. ... Federal Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.

3 Dec 2009: to parental household welfare post-marriage in patrilineal societies.1 More generally, we test whether sickness. ... potentially the most compelling explanation in the South African context may be that economic.

3 Dec 2009: the Ravens Progressive Matrices test. The teacher questionnaire collected information on a range. ... Scholastic Achievement”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(2): 533-75. Ballou, D. (2001).

3 Dec 2009: explanation for large gender gaps in education in Pakistan. We empirically test this. ... sizeable gender asymmetry in economic returns to education, with returns to women’s.

3 Dec 2009: Measuring these economic returns to apprenticeship is a difficult undertaking for three reasons. ... scores on skills tests and the score on the Raven’s test.

3 Dec 2009: The 2006 wave of the GHWS includes data from four skills tests and a health knowledge test. ... The skills tests include a Raven’s test, an English test, a mathematics test, and a reading test.1There is some evidence in very recent literature regarding

3 Dec 2009: Donor share of total education spending.14 Figure 2. Trends in economic growth since 1984. ... Figure 2: Trends in economic growth since 1984. -8-6-4-202468. 10. 1980.

3 Dec 2009: Some prominent CSS in elementary education were designed after the introduction of New Economic Policy. ... Source: Economic survey (various years), WPI from Office of the economic adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

3 Dec 2009: 4. Progressive Matrices test and tests of numeracy and literacy were also given to each sampled child2. ... Sabot (1990). We adapted these tests to the Pakistani context, reduced the number of questions to test.

3 Dec 2009: measures of ‘native ability’ scores from tests (such as the Ravens test) in earnings functions. ... Our tests, however, were administered in Urdu. Therefore, these people’s inability to comprehend the literacy test possibly captured their inability

3 Dec 2009: However, this variable is not a good measure of the true economic circumstances of the households. ... formation) and prevent economic status from confounding the findings as much as possible.

3 Dec 2009: interviews, non-participant as well as participant observation, drawing, diary keeping and essay. ... Gender expectations. One major problem that emerged consistently about boys revolved around the economic.

3 Dec 2009: primary, that has an impact on the economic environment. Furthermore, the World Bank’s Constructing. ... 12. institutional capacity that is required for economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2002, p.

3 Dec 2009: explanation for large gender gaps in education in Pakistan. We empirically test this. ... sizeable gender asymmetry in economic returns to education, with returns to women’s.

3 Dec 2009: Measuring these economic returns to apprenticeship is a difficult undertaking for three reasons. ... scores on skills tests and the score on the Raven’s test.

3 Dec 2009: The 2006 wave of the GHWS includes data from four skills tests and a health knowledge test. ... The skills tests include a Raven’s test, an English test, a mathematics test, and a reading test.1There is some evidence in very recent literature regarding

3 Dec 2009: Donor share of total education spending.14 Figure 2. Trends in economic growth since 1984. ... Figure 2: Trends in economic growth since 1984. -8-6-4-202468. 10. 1980.

3 Dec 2009: measures of ‘native ability’ scores from tests (such as the Ravens test) in earnings functions. ... Our tests, however, were administered in Urdu. Therefore, these people’s inability to comprehend the literacy test possibly captured their inability

3 Dec 2009: However, this variable is not a good measure of the true economic circumstances of the households. ... formation) and prevent economic status from confounding the findings as much as possible.

3 Dec 2009: In addition, each child. took the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices test and tests of numeracy and literacy21. ... We adapted these tests to the Pakistani. context, reduced the number of questions to test the pupils within a given time frame, and.

3 Dec 2009: interviews, non-participant as well as participant observation, drawing, diary keeping and essay. ... Gender expectations. One major problem that emerged consistently about boys revolved around the economic.

3 Dec 2009: primary, that has an impact on the economic environment. Furthermore, the World Bank’s Constructing. ... 12. institutional capacity that is required for economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2002, p.

23 Sep 2009: 1.12 Disclaimer. The current unfavorable economic conditions and prospects are carefully considered, and the estimates included in the plan are conservative. ... Start-up Sample Business Plan. Page 17. e) consumer behavior changes due to the economic

3 Dec 2009: Equally, they have abandoned the idea that what IQ tests measureis raw intelligence, undistorted by differences in environment and oppor-tunity. ... interms of their test results will persist in future tests and examinations.

6 Nov 2009: An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. ... Freehold buildings are depreciated on a straight line basis over theirexpected useful economic life of 100 years.

21 Apr 2009: He has also being doing some extended mosaicing tests with MONTAGE which could form the basis for at least a benchmark tiling algorithm for VIRCAM (still TBD). ... MJI noted a date for our diaries, JPE has booked the RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting

28 Sep 2009: stack properties of the VISTA J-band pawprint test data and made the report available through the VISTA technical pages 2. ... It is not obvious if this will improve DXS results so MJI asked for a test night to be selected to trial.

28 Sep 2009: The proforma was split into five sections representing the main priority areas of STFC: Excellence, Economic Impact, Societal Impact, Leadership and Synergies etc. ... Apparently low light level tests have been done and the data delivered to Derek Ives

24 Jul 2009: Already the facility is being used by global auto firms like Mercedes as well as domestic producers like Baja Auto and Tata Motors, to develop and test new products and manufacturing ... It seems that apart from some export oriented businesses, the

6 Nov 2009: In the current economic climate it would have been impossible to foresee a successful outcome for the campaign without a substantial grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. ... Comprising seven crates of material, the archive includes Sassoon’s

1 Aug 2009: This particular IgM (Campath-1M) activated complement efficiently and almost completely eliminated T lymphocytes in test tubes. ... We are often taken aback by the sudden appearance of a new innovation that has clear economic or clinical impact.

13 Oct 2009: As the video footage of lab tests shows, insects were able to climb with ease a glass rod coated with non-stick PTFE. ... problems and economic loss associated with insect pests.

1 Jan 2009: Social scientists have argued that technology, human capital and community are essential ingredients for economic and social prosperity.

1 Sep 2009: The satellite is equipped with powerful microwave detectors chilled to close to absolute zero, and its objective is to provide a major source of information to test theories of the early ... hard economic times ahead within the public sector.’.

21 Aug 2009: uk/. Clean technology cleans upDespite the economic downturn, four University spin-out clean tech companies have receivedover £12 million in funding. ... dmgn@econ.cam.ac.uk) at the Faculty of Economics or visitwww.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk/.

22 May 2009: The collective expertise of theConsortium will be required to constructand test the prototypes of a C4 rice plant.If the basic science is successful, the firstvarieties will be available 10–15 ... Dr Phil Withington from the Faculty of Historyhas been