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Childhood Health And The Changing Distribution Of Foreign Aid: Evidence From Nigeria’S Transition To Lower-Middle-Income Status, Carrie B. Dolan, Mckinley Saunders, Ariel Benyishay
Childhood Health And The Changing Distribution Of Foreign Aid: Evidence From Nigeria’S Transition To Lower-Middle-Income Status, Carrie B. Dolan, Mckinley Saunders, Ariel Benyishay
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With sustained economic growth in many parts of the developing world, an increasing number of countries are transitioning away from the most subsidized development finance as they exceed income and other qualification requirements. Cross-country evidence suggests that Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors view the crossing over of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) eligibility threshold to signal that a country needs less aid, with subsequent reductions in both IDA and other donors’ concessional funding. Within the health sector, it is particularly important to understand the implications of these status changes for children under five years of age since improving …
Archaeology Under The Blinding Light Of Race, Michael L. Blakey
Archaeology Under The Blinding Light Of Race, Michael L. Blakey
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Racism is defined as a modern system of inequity emergent in Atlantic slavery in which “Whiteness” is born and embedded. This essay describes its transformation. The operation of racist Whiteness in current archaeology and related anthropological practices is demonstrated in the denigration and exclusion of Black voices and the denial of racism and its diverse appropriations afforded the White authorial voice. The story of New York’s African Burial Ground offers a case in point.
Vegetarianism As A Social Identity, John B. Nezlek, Catherine A. Forestell
Vegetarianism As A Social Identity, John B. Nezlek, Catherine A. Forestell
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Food choice can be a way for people to express their ideals and identities. In particular, for those who identify as vegetarian, this label is more than just a set of dietary preferences. Choosing to follow a plant-based diet shapes one’s personal and social identity and is likely to influence a person’s values, attitudes, beliefs, and well-being. The available data suggest that vegetarians are more pro-social than omnivores and tend to have more liberal political views. Nevertheless, vegetarians do not appear to be as well-adjusted as omnivores, which may be the result of their status as a social minority. Despite …
Exploring The Socioeconomic Co-Benefits Of Global Environment Facility Projects In Uganda Using A Quasi-Experimental Geospatial Interpolation (Qgi) Approach, Daniel Runfola, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand, Audrey Way, Seth Goodman
Exploring The Socioeconomic Co-Benefits Of Global Environment Facility Projects In Uganda Using A Quasi-Experimental Geospatial Interpolation (Qgi) Approach, Daniel Runfola, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand, Audrey Way, Seth Goodman
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Since 1992, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has mobilized over $131 billion in funds to enable developing and transitioning countries to meet the objectives of international environmental conventions and agreements. While multiple studies and reports have sought to examine the environmental impact of these funds, relatively little work has examined the potential for socioeconomic co-benefits. Leveraging a novel database on the geographic location of GEF project interventions in Uganda, this paper explores the impact of GEF projects on household assets in Uganda. It employs a new methodological approach, Quasi-experimental Geospatial Interpolation (QGI), which seeks to overcome many of the core …
Teasing Apart Encoding And Retrieval Interference In Sentence Comprehension: Evidence From Agreement Attraction, Daniel Parker, Kelly Konrad
Teasing Apart Encoding And Retrieval Interference In Sentence Comprehension: Evidence From Agreement Attraction, Daniel Parker, Kelly Konrad
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This study investigates interference effects in sentence processing. A parade case involves agreement attraction, where the processing of a number mismatch between a verb and its subject is eased by a number-matching lure (*The keytarget to the cabinetslure were rusty), relative to sentences where neither noun matches the verb (*The key to the cabinet were rusty). Existing accounts claim that this effect reflects error-prone retrieval or misrepresentation of the target. Recently, a third account has been proposed which claims that the contrast between the two configurations reflects increased difficulty in the second sentence due to feature overwriting in the encoding …
Conscientiousness, Extraversion, College Education, And Longevity Of High-Ability Individuals, Peter A. Savelyev
Conscientiousness, Extraversion, College Education, And Longevity Of High-Ability Individuals, Peter A. Savelyev
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Using the 1922–1991 Terman Life-Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, I investigate the relationship between childhood noncognitive skills, college education, and longevity of a high-IQ population and find a strong relationship between college education and longevity for men. Conscientiousness and Extraversion are strongly related to longevity of men, even though their effects on education are, at best, weak. I demonstrate a number of behavioral mechanisms behind the estimated effects on longevity. I also find that men with higher levels of education and skills have superior health over the lifespan. For women of this historical cohort (born around 1910), who …