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“Policy Scepticism” and the Impact of Welsh Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on their Host Region: Accounting for Regional Budget Constraints

Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, Peter - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010

This paper replicates the analysis of Scottish HEIs in Hermannsson et al (2010b) for the case of Wales in order to provide a self-contained analysis that is readily accessible by those whose primary concern is with the regional impacts of Welsh HEIs. A “policy scepticism” has emerged that...

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An HEI-Disaggregated Input-Output Table for Wales*

Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, Peter - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010

This paper describes how the education sector of the Welsh Input-Output tables is disaggregated to identify a separate sector for each of Wales’s twelve Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The process draws on accounting and survey data to accurately determine the incomes and expenditures of...

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Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia

Postiglione, Gerard - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2010

This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession-an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with more...

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Regional Impact Analyses and the Appropriate Treatment of public budget constraints under devolution : an application to Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, … - 2010 - Draft, June 2010

There have been numerous studies of the "impact" of HEIs on their host regions. These have typically focused on the demand for goods and services in the host region. The best of these studies employ regional input-output analyses. However, there has developed a "policy scepticism" about the...

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RIGUEUR SCIENTIFIQUE ET PERTINENCE OPÉRATIONNELLE DES ÉTUDES D'IMPACT EN MICROFINANCE : UNE ALLIANCE À CONSTRUIRE ENSEIGNEMENTS D'UNE ÉTUDE EN PARTENARIAT À MADAGASCAR

Bouquet, Emmanuelle; Wampfler, Betty; RALISON, Eliane - In: Revue Tiers-Monde n° 197 (2009) 1, pp. 91-108

of rural and agricultural microfinance. The authors of this paper conducted an impact study of the network in several …

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Changes in the horse racing industry and impacts on the Indiana economy : 2010 - 2014

Furdek, Jonathan M.; Conners, Susan - In: The journal of applied business research 31 (2015) 4, pp. 1323-1327

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When consumption heals producers: the effect of fair trade on marginalised producers’ health and productivity

Becchetti, Leonardo; Gianfreda, Giuseppina - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2008

Concerned consumers in the US and Europe are increasingly willing to pay an “ethical premium” for the social and environmental value of fair trade products. One of the fair trade criteria (aimed to enhance wellbeing and capacity building of marginalised producers) relates to producers health...

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When Consumption Generates Social Capital: Creating Room for Manoeuvre for Pro-Poor Policies

Becchetti, Leonardo; Michetti, Melania - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2008

Economic interactions are often accused of being neutral, or even of generating adverse effects, not only on the social fabric but also on a factor (social capital) which is regarded as the foundation of both socio-economic activity and prosperity. In this paper we document how a particular form...

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"Policy scepticism" and the impact of Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) on their host region : accounting for regional budget constraints under devolution

Hermannsson, Kristinn; Lisenkova, Katerina; McGregor, … - In: Regional studies 48 (2014) 2, pp. 400-417

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An Impact Analysis of Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hartarska, Valentina; Nadolnyak, Denis - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2007

. The data and method employed here produce results consistent with more traditional impact study on Bosnia for the same …. This approach is applicable to evaluating microfinance impact in other countries. Keywords: microfinance, impact … study, Microfinance Institutions, financing constraints, Eastern Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina JEL Codes: G21, G11, O16 …

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