Electoral systems & reforms
- Reforming foreign aid practices: what country ownership is and what donors can do to support it
- P. de Renzio;L. Whitfield;I. Bergamaschi / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2008
- In the last decade there has been a significant shift in the paradigm for foreign aid, embodied in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005. Recipient governments are urged to take owners...
- Tribalism as a minimax-regret strategy: evidence of voting in the 2007 Kenyan elections
- M. S. Kimenyi;R. G. Romero / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2008
- This study, using survey data on voter opinions and actual voter turnout in the Kenyan elections 2007, argues that ethnic voting can be explained on the basis of a minimax-regret strategy which sugges...
- The missing dimensions of poverty data: an introduction
- S. Alkire / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2007
- The human development index (HDI) includes income, longevity and education. This paper contends that poverty extends beyond these domains. It explores dimensions of poverty that poor people value, bu...
- Student achievement conditioned upon school selection: religious and secular secondary school quality in Bangladesh
- M. N. Asadullah;N. Chaudhury;A. Dar / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2006
- This paper presents new evidence on the impact of school characteristics on secondary student achievement using a rich data set from rural Bangladesh. Specifically, it examines the non-random sorting ...
- Religious schools, social values and economic attitudes: evidence from Bangladesh
- M. N. Asadullah;N. Chaudhury / Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), University of Oxford, 2006
- This paper examines the social impact of a madrasa (Islamic religious school) reform programme in Bangladesh. The key features of the reform were a change of the curriculum and introduction of female ...
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