ABC‚ 123: The Impact of a Mobile Phone Literacy Program on Educational Outcomes Jenny C. Aker‚ Christopher Ksoll and Travis J. Lybbert Abstract We report the results from a randomized evaluation of a mobile phone education program (Project ABC) in Niger‚ in which adult students learned how to use mobile phones as part of a literacy and numeracy class. Overall‚ students demonstrated substantial improvements in literacy and numeracy test scores‚ suggesting that the adult literacy curriculum is effective
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COVERAGE OF NIGERIAN WOMEN IN POLITICS (CASE STUDY OF SELECTED NEWSPAPERS) By Ejem Agwu ABSTRACT This study examines the Nigerian press coverage of Nigerian women in politics. It highlights the extent of coverage by Nigerian newspapers of the role of women in polities‚ and the increasing contributions of women to the nation’s political development. Typical of this kind of study‚ content analysis research method was used as I content analyzed three National Newspapers in Nigeria – This Day
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Table of contents GRAPHICAL AND TABULAR REPRESENTATIONS Introduction There has been much debate on the role and the size of government interference in the macroeconomic outlook throughout countries. As a result‚ governments attempt to stimulate economic growth through different instruments. Public expenditure has traditionally been a component of fiscal policy which is an instrument of the State to influence economic growth. Several models of government investment and growth have been
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Establish Success for International Management Teams." Team performance Management 2 (1): 36-43. Hofstede‚ G.H Hofstede‚ Geert H.‚ and Gert J. Hofstede‚ eds. 2005. Cultures and Organisations: Software of the Mind: McGraw-Hill. Ika‚ Lavagnon A.‚ A. Diallo‚ and D. Thuillier. 2012. "Critical Success Factors for World Bank Projects: An Empirical Investigation." International journal of project management 30 (1): 105 - 116. K ’Obonyo‚ P.‚ and B Kaizer‚ H. 1970. A Second Generation Little Jiffy. Vol. 35:
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NCBI Skip to main content Skip to navigation Resources How To About NCBI Accesskeys Sign in to NCBI Bookshelf Top of Form Search term Search database Bottom of Form Top of Form Browse Titles Limits Advanced Help Bottom of Form Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd edition. Show details Contents Top of Form Search term Bottom of Form < PrevNext > Chapter 70Improving the Quality of Care in Developing Countries John W. Peabody‚ Mario M. Taguiwalo‚ David A. Robalino‚ and Julio
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NEW MICROBIOLOGICA‚ 36‚ 211-227‚ 2013 Chikungunya virus infection: an overview Claudia Caglioti‚ Eleonora Lalle‚ Concetta Castilletti‚ Fabrizio Carletti‚ Maria Rosaria Capobianchi‚ Licia Bordi Laboratory of Virology‚ “L. Spallanzani” National Institute for Infectious Diseases‚ Rome‚ Italy SUMMARY Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family‚ first isolated in Tanzania in 1952. The main vectors are mosquitoes from the Aedes species. Recently
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DE PA U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice ME RT NT OF J US CE TI National Institute of Justice R e s e a r c h R e p o r t N BJ A C E I OF F IJ J O F OJJ D P B RO J US T I C E P “Broken Windows” and Police Discretion S G OVC RA MS U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington‚ DC 20531 Janet Reno Attorney General Raymond C. Fisher Associate Attorney General Laurie Robinson Assistant
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Department of Health‚ South Africa. Sixth National HIV survey of women attending antenatal clinics of the public health services in the Republic of South Africa‚ October/November 1995. Epidemiological Comments‚ 1996‚ 23(1):3-17. 21 . Ghys PD‚ Fransen K‚ Diallo MO et al. The associations between cervicovaginal HIV shedding‚ sexually transmitted diseases and immunosuppression in female sex workers in Abidjan‚ Cote d ’Ivoire. AIDS‚ 1997‚ 11(12):F85-F93 22
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Nigerian Hospital Information Systems/Benson 1 ISSN 2159-‐6743 (Online) Hospital Information Systems in Nigeria: A Review of Literature Ayodele Cole Benson‚ MB BCH‚ PhD‚ DHA * Abstract This literature review was developed to examine empirically the factors hindering adoption of hospital information systems in Nigeria
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FDI and Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria By Adeolu B. Ayanwale Department of Agricultural Economics Obafemi Awolowo University Ole-Ife‚ Nigeria AERC Research Paper 165 African Economic Research Consortium‚ Nairobi April 2007 THIS RESEARCH STUDY was supported by a grant from the African Economic Research Consortium. The findings‚ opinions and recommendations are those of the author‚ however‚ and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Consortium‚ its individual members or the AERC
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