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A County-Level Assessment Of Entrepreneurship And Economic Growth In Appalachia Using Simultaneous Equations, Maribel N. Mojica, Tesfa Gebremedhin, Peter V. Schaeffer Jan 2009

A County-Level Assessment Of Entrepreneurship And Economic Growth In Appalachia Using Simultaneous Equations, Maribel N. Mojica, Tesfa Gebremedhin, Peter V. Schaeffer

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

This study provides evidence of the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic development in Appalachia. Using data on Appalachian counties, a system of simultaneous equations is empirically estimated to measure the effects of entrepreneurship on economic growth and development. We present an expanded Carlino-Mills growth model using changes in population, employment, and per capita income to represent growth. The goal of the investigation is to increase the understanding of entrepreneurship’s contributions to economic growth, and its potential as a development strategy for a region, such as Appalachia, that is characterized by poverty and underdevelopment. The results show that start-up businesses contribute …

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Linking Tourism Resources And Local Economic Benefits: A Spatial Analysis In West Virginia, Jinyang Deng, David Dyre Jan 2009

Linking Tourism Resources And Local Economic Benefits: A Spatial Analysis In West Virginia, Jinyang Deng, David Dyre

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Tourism has been playing an increasingly important role in the economic development and promotion for the state of West Virginia. However, how tourism resources are spatially distributed across all the state’s 55 counties has not received much attention. This study could be among the first in West Virginia to create a tourism resource inventory database at the county level, and to spatially examine tourism resource distribution patterns across all counties, based on the tourism resource quantity measured by size, length, or number, as well as on the quality determined by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) through surveys of 191 visitors. …

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Overreaction Then (Korematsu) And Now (The Detainee Cases), Fritz Snyder Jan 2009

Overreaction Then (Korematsu) And Now (The Detainee Cases), Fritz Snyder

Faculty Journal Articles & Other Writings

In light of the "detainee cases," this article uses Korematsu v. U.S. as a case study in how things can go grievously wrong when the government overreacts to the threat of terrorism and individual rights disappear.

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Essay: Telling Stories Of Shareholder Supremacy, Daniel J.H. Greenwood Jan 2009

Essay: Telling Stories Of Shareholder Supremacy, Daniel J.H. Greenwood

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

At its core, corporate law, like most law, is a morality play. Its internal structure is not determined by logic, justice, or efficiency. Instead, doctrine and action alike flow from a highly contested argument over status and position. Holmes had it partly right: "[t]he life of the law has not been logic." But it has not "been experience," a non-reflective naive pragmatism or a mere superstructure passively reflecting underlying class struggle, either. The law is a conflict of narratives. The stories it tells have independent power that can influence, as well as be influenced by, the struggles that create it …

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States, Identity Construction, And Conflict: A Political Science Portfolio, Alejandro Castano Jan 2009

States, Identity Construction, And Conflict: A Political Science Portfolio, Alejandro Castano

Theses & ETDs

Identity is instrumental in altering the circumstances underlying a particular state behavior, and studying the social processes that form it essential for understanding the real nature of a state-of-affairs beyond its immediate characteristics. Identity is central because power, preference and the very meaning of survival is contingent on the normative foundations from which it is derived. In international relations, structural constructivism provides a valuable framework from which to explore a cultural conception of the international system. This theory examines ways in which the dissemination of normative values creates networks of role-identities that become self-enforcing cultures. On a domestic level, the …

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Horizontal Models For Social Movement Organizations: A Case Study Of The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, Jolene Elberth Jan 2009

Horizontal Models For Social Movement Organizations: A Case Study Of The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, Jolene Elberth

Theses & ETDs

The purpose of this study was to analyze how social movement organizations function when using a horizontal model of leadership. This model of leadership employs direct democratic practices. These practices 1) do not have a hierarchy or leader and 2) vests authority in the organization as a whole rather than in the individual. These models have been largely ignored in the social movements literature. Therefore, this study bridges the gap between work organization literature on directly democratic organizations and social movement literature. In order to analyze this alternative model of leadership, I conductive a qualitative analysis of a horizontally-run social …

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The Claremont Foodshed: A Historical Analysis, Allie Comet Jan 2009

The Claremont Foodshed: A Historical Analysis, Allie Comet

Pomona Senior Theses

On the southeast corner of the Pomona College campus a small community farm and lush oasis is nestled in the suburban jungle of Claremont, California. ‘The Farm’ is a two-acre food forest that produces a wide variety of annual vegetable crops, fruits, and perennial herbs and berries in a landscape otherwise covered largely in asphalt and lawn.From my experiences on the Farm and in the classroom studying environmental analysis , I have developed a great interest in sustainable food and farming. The failures of the modern food system, destructive to the natural environment and inadequate in providing the world’s population …

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Undergraduate Bulletin 2009-2010, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2009

Undergraduate Bulletin 2009-2010, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

College Bulletins

No abstract provided.

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The Promise And Responsibility Of Community Finance, Ellen Seidman, Mark Huelsman Jan 2009

The Promise And Responsibility Of Community Finance, Ellen Seidman, Mark Huelsman

Carsey Publications

Community development finance has played an important role in community revitalization over the past 30 years and may be even more important in the current financial climate. But today community development finance institutions (CDFIs), as well as many community banks and credit unions face significant funding stress. This brief highlights the importance of refocusing support of CDFIs to sustain and rebuild health communities across the United States.

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Online Tutoring: Creation Of A Free Tutoring Service For Trigonometry Students, Stephanie A. Micallef Jan 2009

Online Tutoring: Creation Of A Free Tutoring Service For Trigonometry Students, Stephanie A. Micallef

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

In this write-up, I discuss the process and results of creating an online tutoring service for college trigonometry students. The online tutoring service I created included emails, discussion board, and weekly live tutoring sessions. I discuss advantages, disadvantages, improvements, and implications of online tutoring tools and services for the high school classroom.

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Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender Differences In Time Use Among Children In Rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, S. Chandrasekhar Jan 2009

Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender Differences In Time Use Among Children In Rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, S. Chandrasekhar

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This paper addresses gender equity in parents’ educational investments in children in a context of rising school attendance in rural Bangladesh. Using data from the nationally representative 2005 Bangladesh Adolescent Survey, we analyze correlates of time spent in school, studying outside school, and work, using a data set on time-use patterns of schoolgoing children and adolescents. We find that time spent in work varies inversely with the amount of time spent studying at home, while time at school shows no such association. We find support for two hypotheses regarding household influences on education: that time spent in school is insensitive …

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The Role Of Abortion In The Last Stage Of Fertility Decline In Vietnam, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Sajeda Amin Jan 2009

The Role Of Abortion In The Last Stage Of Fertility Decline In Vietnam, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Sajeda Amin

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Vietnam’s rapid fertility decline can be explained by very high rates of contraceptive use and induced abortion, but despite the overall decline, fertility rates vary considerably across the country’s 54 ethnic groups. To explore the prospects for further fertility decline through use of abortion among high-fertility minority populations, this study analyzes unique data from the Vietnam National Health Survey to examine ethnic differentials in prevalence and determinants of abortion and contraception, using a new classification system for ethnicity. The report concludes that providing improved abortion services alone is unlikely to reduce fertility among high-fertility minority groups. Service provision needs to …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Burkina Faso 2003, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Burkina Faso 2003, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Burkina Faso 2003” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Democratic Republic Of Congo 2007, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Democratic Republic Of Congo 2007, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Democratic Republic of Congo 2007” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Congo 2005, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Congo 2005, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Congo 2005” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Mozambique 2003, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Mozambique 2003, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Mozambique 2003” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Tanzania 2004, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Tanzania 2004, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Tanzania 2004” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Zambia 2007, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Zambia 2007, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Zambia 2007” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Bolivia 2003, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Bolivia 2003, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Bolivia 2003” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Honduras 2005, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Honduras 2005, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Honduras 2005” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Morocco 2003/04, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Morocco 2003/04, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Morocco 2003/04” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Nepal 2006, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Nepal 2006, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Nepal 2006” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Bangladesh 2007, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Bangladesh 2007, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Bangladesh 2007” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Indonesia 2002/03, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Indonesia 2002/03, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Indonesia 2002/03” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Azerbaijan 2006, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Azerbaijan 2006, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Azerbaijan 2006” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Armenia 2005, Population Council Jan 2009

The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data To Identify And Reach The Most Vulnerable Young People—Armenia 2005, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

“The Adolescent Experience In-Depth: Using Data to Identify and Reach the Most Vulnerable Young People: Armenia 2005” is part of a series of Population Council guides that draw principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys to provide decisionmakers at all levels—from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups—with evidence on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women aged 10–24 years. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. Section I is the Foreword. Section II offers brief technical notes specific …

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Étude Approfondie Sur Les Adolescents : Exploiter Les Données Pour Identifier Et Atteindre Les Jeunes Les Plus Vulnérables—Burkina Faso 2003, Population Council Jan 2009

Étude Approfondie Sur Les Adolescents : Exploiter Les Données Pour Identifier Et Atteindre Les Jeunes Les Plus Vulnérables—Burkina Faso 2003, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

«Étude Approndie sur les adolescents—Exploiter les données pour identifier et atteindre les jeunes les plus vulnérables: Burkina Faso 2003» fait partie d'une série de guides du Population Council, qui se basent essentiellement sur les données des Enquêtes démographiques et de santé, pour fournir aux décideurs à tous les niveaux—des gouvernements, des organisations non gouvernementales et des groupes de plaidoyer—des données sur la situation des adolescentes, des garçons et des jeunes femmes âgées de 10–24 ans. Les données sont présentées sous forme de graphiques, de tableaux et de cartes (dans la mesure du possible), soit de nombreux formats pour rendre l'information …

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Analyse Secondaire Des Données De L'Analyse Situationnelle Des Services De Santé De La Reproduction, Gisele Kaboré, Idrissa Kabore Jan 2009

Analyse Secondaire Des Données De L'Analyse Situationnelle Des Services De Santé De La Reproduction, Gisele Kaboré, Idrissa Kabore

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

En début 2002, l’UNFPA a soutenu un projet intitulé Renforcement des services sanitaires et sociaux pour faire face aux besoins de santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescentes. Le projet avait pour objectif d’améliorer la connaissance des adolescentes mariées en ce qui concerne la législation et leurs propres droits; les éduquer à prendre soin de leur propre santé et de celle de leurs enfants; et augmenter leur accessibilité aux services de santé reproductive, particulièrement dans les régions les plus pauvres du Burkina Faso. Le projet a affirmé que les normes de fonctionnement ne sont pas remplies en termes d’infrastructures, d’équipement, de …

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Etude Quantitative Sur Le Mariage Précoce Et Le Vécu Des Adolescentes Dans La Zone D'Intervention Du Projet: Etat Des Lieux Et Perspectives, Gisele Kaboré, Rene Dala, Aristide R. Bado Jan 2009

Etude Quantitative Sur Le Mariage Précoce Et Le Vécu Des Adolescentes Dans La Zone D'Intervention Du Projet: Etat Des Lieux Et Perspectives, Gisele Kaboré, Rene Dala, Aristide R. Bado

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

L’étude sur le mariage précoce s’est déroulée dans cinq régions du Burkina Faso. Elle avait pour objectif général d’étudier les connaissances, les attitudes, les pratiques et les perceptions du mariage précoce ainsi que le vécu des adolescentes mariées ou non en vue d’orienter les actions du projet. L’analyse des résultats de l’étude montre que la situation des adolescentes n’est pas reluisante. L’ampleur du mariage précoce dans la zone d’étude montre bien que le problème est toujours d’actualité. Au regard des résultats qui découlent de l’étude, les recommandations suivantes peuvent être formulées afin de contribuer à améliorer la situation des adolescentes: …

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Hazards And Gender In Children's Work: An Egyptian Perspective, Nadia Zibani Jan 2009

Hazards And Gender In Children's Work: An Egyptian Perspective, Nadia Zibani

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Girls and boys can and do work. They work for a variety of reasons related to poverty or failures in educational systems, and they work to support themselves and their families or to learn skills for future careers. The types of work carried out by children often differ according to the gender of the child. Additionally, the hazards they face in their work can also be differentiated on the basis of gender. The present study attempts to develop a better understanding of the gender aspects of children’s work with a particular focus on the gender-differentiated hazards that exist therein. This …

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