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About
Why developmentdata.org?
To provide easy
access to free, reliable developing
country data. The data linked to through
developmentdata.org
are provided by reputable international
organisations and research institutions and data
documentation is available for all the data.
About me
Gunilla Pettersson
economics PhD candidate at
University of Sussex. Swedish but have studied and worked in the
U.K., the U.S. and a few other places including
Malawi and
Lesotho the last 10
years. For more information see
my profile at
LinkedIn.
My research
Main research interests education, health, skilled migration,
and evaluation methods.
Below are links to some of my research papers.
Who Wants
to Work
in a Rural
Post?
The Role
of Intrinsic
Motivation,
Rural
Background
and Faith-Based
Institutions
in Rwanda and Ethiopia
(with Pieter
Serneels, Jose G. Montalvo,
Tomas Lievens, Damascene
Butera and Aklilu
Kidanu) forthcoming.
Governance in Health
Care Delivery: Raising Performance,
World Bank Policy
Research Working Paper No. 5074.
(with
Maureen Lewis)
2009.
Schooling
Inequality,
Crises, and Financial Liberalization in Latin America,
Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 165.
(with
Jere R. Behrman
and
Nancy Birdsall)
2009.
(with
Michael A.
Clemens)
2008.
U.S. Economic Policies and
Assistance Programs: Impact on Economic Growth and
Poverty in Kenya 2005.
Many thanks to
Tony Kopetchny
who provided technical advice and
encouragement to
get started.
SUBMITexpress for listing the URL
with the search engines.
StatCounter
used for web optimisation.
Other useful links
econphd.net
Very useful website
for economics PhD students. Contains advise on what
to read, access to PhD lecture notes, rankings of
economics departments and much more.
Kiva.org - microcredit at its
best
Website that lets
you lend at zero interest rate to
entrepreneurs in developing countries.
MIT online economics courses
Very useful
free course materials used at MIT. Access to lecture notes
and problem sets.
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