Local Research for Better Lives

You are here

ResearchGet InvolvedResults
Education Expenditure and Outcome in Senegal

Senegal guarantees equal access to primary education for all children and spends around 40% of its total public expenditure on education – amongst the highest in the region. This study examines the impact of education expenditures on educational outcomes.

read more ›
Effects of Capitation Grant on Education Outcomes in Ghana

This study examines the extent to which the Capitation Grant in Ghana impacts the performance of schools in the national assessment examinations, and also bridges the gap in the examination performance of boys and girls.

read more ›
Education, Training and Youth Unemployment in Kenya

The main objective of this study was to empirically analyze the factors explaining why some youths are unemployed, or underemployed, while others are able to secure full employment, as well as to determine the role of education and training in explaining youth unemployment, in Kenya.

read more ›
GDN Education Issues Paper

This paper reviews governance and institutional challenges facing educational systems in developing countries, to serve as a background for GDN’s Global Research Project on Governance and Public Service Delivery.

read more ›
The Dynamics of Social Research Production, Circulation and use in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru: A Comparative Study

This research study seeks to provide insights into the working of social research production systems in developing countries, where research systems are weaker. 

read more ›
Wanting Knowledge: Social Science Research and the Demand Factor in a Low-Income Country – The Case of Niger

This paper examines the conditions for progressive change in the social science research environment in Niger

read more ›
Reforming Research in Indonesia: Policies and Practices

This study investigates the policies and institutional practices that currently impinge on the quality and research productivity of Indonesian state universities and researchers.

read more ›

Share this

 

Tags