Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa
2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.
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Does strengthening self-defense law deter crime or escalate violence?
2012 paper from Texas A&M done for the National Bureau of Economic Research looks at how “stand your ground” laws — based on “castle doctrine” — affect rates of violence in states.
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Assessing the impact of training on lowland rice productivity in an African setting: Evidence from Uganda
2012 study in World Development on the transfer of Asian agricultural practices to Africa, and the outcomes of a pilot program.
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Balancing work and family after childbirth: A longitudinal analysis
2011 study in the Journal of Women’s Health Issues looks at how responsibilities of work and home spill over and related consequences.
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The continued under-representation of women in U.S. politics
2012 report from American University and Loyola Marymount University analyzes on women’s performance and participation rates in politics.
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Power to the people: An experiment on community-based health monitoring in Uganda
2009 study in the Quarterly Journal of Economics on the potential role that community monitoring can play in improving health service delivery.
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China’s life satisfaction, 1990-2010
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on declining life satisfaction and discontent over time in China.
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Is choice a panacea? Black secondary student attrition from private charters and urban districts
2011 study from the University of Texas and Rice University in the Berkeley Review of Education on African-Americans’ charter school attrition rates.
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Courting Christians: How candidates prime religious considerations in campaign ads
2012 study from Louisiana State University in The Journal of Politics on the impact of religious messaging in political advertisements.
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From violence to voting: War and political participation in Uganda
2009 study published in the American Political Science Review on how soldiers in Uganda’s civil war are more likely to engage in post-conflict political participation.
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