Essays about: "THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 83 essays containing the words THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  1. 41. Real learning or just school for all? : Discrepancies between enrolment numbers and learning results in India

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS); Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Ronja Bäckström; Jennifer Keusch Duvsjö; [2015]
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    Abstract : As the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, are coming closer to the target year of 2015, this study joins the ongoing debate about the achieved results with a focus on India. While India has seen great improvements concerning the second MDG, which is for all children to enrol and complete primary education, the country has for the past years been facing a challenge of decreasing learning results. READ MORE

  3. 42. Social Protection in Kenya: The Use of Cash Transfer Programmes in Progressively Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Krystle Kabare; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Protection; Social Transfer Programmes; Cash Transfer; Human Rights Principles; Progressive Realisation; Capability Approach; Kenya;

    Abstract : This research study focuses on the social protection sector in Kenya, with a special emphasis on social assistance programmes. Although Kenya has made strides in terms of economic development and the improvement of access to education and healthcare, 45.9% of the population continues to survive on less than $1.25 a day. READ MORE

  4. 43. Reading Comprehension Strategies in Afghanistan. : Teaching reading skills in primary schools of Badakhshan province.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Azami Deeda Shakeb; [2015]
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    Abstract : Education is considered a basic human right. It plays an important role in socio-economic development of the human society. Reading is an essential life skill; children need reading as a foundation in order to have a successful life inside and out of school. Reading comprehension means to understand what you are reading. READ MORE

  5. 44. The impact of Human Capital on earnings - a study regarding urban Vietnam

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Emma Wigren; Linda Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Vietnam; Transition Economy; Labor Market; Human Capital; Return to Human Capital;

    Abstract : The stock of human capital plays an important role for a sustained economic development, both at the individual and the country level. In order to prosper as a middle income country Vietnam need to increase the nation ́s human capital stock and this thesis shows that human capital theory holds for investments in years of education, knowledge of a foreign language and experience. READ MORE

  6. 45. Determinants of Human Capital : A study on Swedish municipalities

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    Author : Laura Tuicu; Jan Simko; [2015]
    Keywords : Human capital; Human Capital Index; Education; Creative class; Health; Regional development; Swedish municipalities;

    Abstract : It is widely accepted that human capital plays a positive role in a country’s and region’s economic growth and productivity. In recent times, regions are in need of new ways to keep their competitive advantage when faced with modern day challenges such as globalization or technological advances. READ MORE