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Internationalisation of higher education in Africa: introducing credit accumulation and transfer system

Adamu, Abebaw Yirga - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 199-213

Internationalisation of higher education calls for both intra- and inter-regional academic collaboration. Recently …, there have been several internationalisation initiatives in Africa, including an increasing focus on higher education … collaboration at a regional level. One of the major problems in the process of internationalisation of higher education in Africa is …

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Are foreign aid and migrant remittances sources of happiness in recipient countries?

Arvin, B. Mak; Lew, Byron - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 4/5/6, pp. 282-300

There is a dearth of research on how foreign aid and migrant remittances influence the level of happiness in recipient countries. This paper fills this void by presenting an empirical model where aid and remittances enter the happiness production function of a recipient country. We find that...

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The impact of quality and efficiency on federal healthcare

Harrison, Jeffrey P.; Coppola, M. Nicholas - In: International Journal of Public Policy 2 (2007) 3/4, pp. 356-371

This study evaluates the efficiency of hospitals in the USA and incorporates quality as a new measure to identify the 'value frontier' of federal healthcare services. It analyses the technical efficiency of federal hospitals using a variable returns to scale, input oriented, Data Envelopment...

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What economists should know about public policymaking?

Arestis, Philip; Kitromilides, Yiannis - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 1/2, pp. 136-153

Economists maintain that the study of public policymaking falls outside the scope of their discipline. How and why public policies are made should be studied by political science. Policy debates in economics take place within a generally agreed framework referred to in the paper as the...

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Peripheral Europe's debt and German wages: the role of wage policy in the Euro area

Stockhammer, Engelbert - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 83-96

The paper argues that the Greek debt crisis, as well as those of other Southern European countries and Ireland, has to be seen in macroeconomic context. The sum of the public sector balance, the (domestic) private sector balance and the current account deficit (or equivalently: the capital...

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Health information technology: will it make higher quality and more efficient healthcare delivery possible?

Shen, Jay J. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 2 (2007) 3/4, pp. 281-297

Holding a new promise for improving efficiency and quality and reducing cost, Health Information Technology (HIT) has become the latest national priority. Selecting three evidence-based national quality indicator systems/models as examples, this paper examines relationships between quality of...

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When will they ever learn? The financial implications of water 'regionalisation' for non-metropolitan New South Wales local councils

Dollery, Brian; Johnson, Andrew - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 4/5/6, pp. 301-319

An inquiry into water and wastewater in NSW recommended the 'regionalisation' of water services away from local councils. However, these recommendations have yet to be implemented. This paper argues that any 'regionalisation' of water services will have disastrous results on the financial...

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A critical assessment of the financialisation process and its impact on the US labour force during the great recession

Charles, Aurelie; Fontana, Giuseppe - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 97-111

This paper analyses two main features of the financialisation period, namely: 1) the replacement of the 'originate and hold' banking model with the 'originate and distribute' banking model; 2) the securitisation process of structured finance products. These features have produced remarkable...

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Comparisons of changes over time in per capita health expenditures across racial and ethnic groups

Wang, Junling; Mullins, C. Daniel; Chang, Cyril F.; … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 172-189

The study compared changes over time in health expenditures across race and ethnicity, using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Changes from 1996-1997 to 2004-2005 were compared between non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) and non-Hispanic Blacks (NHB) and between NHW and Hispanic Whites (HW)....

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Deficit reduction policies, market credibility and market failure

Kitromilides, Yiannis - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 40-50

The UK coalition government claims that the establishment of market 'credibility' can only be achieved through the implementation of immediate and unpalatable fiscal austerity measures. The paper examines this claim and considers some additional questions. First, is there is any justification...

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