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This research explored two interrelated issues in development economics. FIrstly, it investigated the importance of secondary and tertiary education for long-run growth of low-income economics. Secondly, it examined possible ways to invest in these higher levels of education. It draws on insights on these two issues to highlight lessons for Rwanda where policy makers have set out plans to build a knowledge economy in which science and technology would form the basis of the modern enterprise.
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In accordance with recent government initiatives, higher education institutions in South Africa are being challenged to develop and implement new and innovative learning programmes. In terms of offering quality service to students, a specific goal is to employ quality teaching and learning practices. In addition, actively encouraging students to develop 'learning to learn' skills is believed to go some way towards providing a good foundation for lifelong learning. This paper others an...
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Botswana has an HIV infection prevalence of 35%i?½40%, as high as any country in the world. HIV has left virtually no family untouched. Untreated is uniformly fatal and as a result life expectancy in Botswana has dropped about 20 years since the beginning of the epidemic. Thousands of AIDS orphans need care and supervision. The economy has been threatened by the loss of adults from the work force in their most productive years. HIV has brought to the fore a number of legal and social...
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Using data collected in 2001 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, this working paper examines the factors associated with schoolgirl pregnancy, as well as the likelihood of school dropout and subsequent re-enrollment among pregnant schoolgirls. This analysis triangulates data collected from birth histories, education histories, and data concerning pregnancy to strengthen the identification of young women who became pregnant while enrolled in school and to define discrete periods of school...
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Micronutrient deficiencies are highly prevalent in children in developing countries with an increased risk of morbidity, mortality, and poor psychomotor development. In this PhD thesis the impact of meat and milk provided with a local dish over 2 years to rural Kenyan school children on a number of outcomes was examined. It was shown that the provision of any food supplement was beneficial for weight gain and that the meat supplement increased muscle mass. The milk supplement seemed to be...
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This report is a contribution towards describing the lives of people with disabilities in Yemen. The report is a result of field work conducted during two weeks of May, 2006, on behalf of the World Bank. A family perspective is necessary to understand the questions of disability in a culture where social and cultural life is family based. Disabled people and their families faces many challenges in a country like Yemen. Families with a disabled family member have to reorganize their resources...