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Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Lewis & Lockheed |
Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 13, 2012
Carmen Nobel |
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions New research explores how various compensation incentives affect lending decisions among bank loan officers. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Arvind Subramanian |
Harnessing Ideas to Idealism A profile of Michael Kremer, the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University, whose economic ideas are motivated by idealism and then pursued with intense commitment. |
Geotimes
April 2007
Vernon J. Ehlers |
Education: Why Do I Have to Learn Geometry? The study of science, technology, engineering and math is critical for every student in our nation, not only for enhancing their opportunities for good jobs, but also for improving our national security and competitiveness. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper: The Clueless Investor To test if investors consider fees when selecting mutual funds, the authors gave Wharton and Harvard students prospectuses of four S&P 500 Index funds and had them create a hypothetical $10,000 portfolio. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 21, 2013
Carmen Nobel |
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees' Intrinsic Goodwill Everyone comes to the table with some amount of "altruistic capital," a stock of intrinsic desire to serve, says professor Nava Ashraf. Her research includes study of what best motivates hairdressers in Zambia to provide HIV/AIDS education in their salons. |
The Motley Fool
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When Books Are Treasures The non-profit Room to Read gives knowledge-starved kids in developing countries books, libraries, schools -- and futures. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2008
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Weighing in on STEM A British study proposes a quick fix to boost the dwindling number of students opting to study science and math. |
BusinessWeek
July 2, 2010
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The Pragmatic Rebels The financial crisis blew a hole in big-think economics, raising the profile of a new breed of skeptical empiricists committed to assiduous testing and tangible results in development economics, no matter how tiny. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Amy Benfer |
Lost boys While girls surge ahead in all subjects at school, boys are lagging behind. Is "girl power" to blame? Do boys need their own dose of "empowerment"? |
Reason
February 2001
Cathy Young |
Where the Boys Are Is America shortchanging male children? |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
Anya Kamenetz |
Esther Duflo Bribes India's Poor To Health Good ideas that work aren't always as "nice" as we'd like. |
Salon.com
February 5, 2002
Amy Benfer |
One for the lads The British tackled their own education gender gap by letting boys be boys -- with mixed results... |
ifeminists
June 15, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Missing: Males on College Campuses Some researchers call them the "Lost Boys." They are the students you don't see on college campuses. New statistics show an annual decreasing ratio of male-to female students in all degree-granting institutions. |
