Citizen political participation is central to the quality of government. The participatory strategies of citizens vary depending on the kind of political system they live in. In this study, I analyze the effect of different political characteristics on the strategies that the ur…
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In the 1980s and 1990s, privatisation has been widely adopted across the developing world and has reversed the previous trend towards the expansion of state enterprise. This thesis examines the establishment, operation and privatisation of the state enterprise sector in Zambia b…
The purpose of this study was to determine the accessibility of higher education in developing countries through a comparative analysis of enrollment, attainment, and gender equity data between developed and developing countries. Implicit in these analyses was the notion that ad…
This dissertation examines the consequences of ethnically based policies of preference on inequality in Malaysia. The New Economic Policy (NEP), that is the compilation of these policies, has been one of the most ambitious and aggressive affirmative action programs in the world.…
In the developing world, critical information, such as in the field of healthcare, can often mean the difference between life and death. While information and communications technologies enable multiple mechanisms for information access by literate users, there are limited optio…
Using data from 73 nations, I seek to answer 3 main theoretical questions related to the change in the youth smoking rates from the first to the second wave of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey. Hypothesis 1: what is the impact of neo-liberal economic policies, increases in foreig…
As induced abortion is a highly stigmatized topic, direct estimation techniques are generally inadequate for measuring its incidence or fertility-reducing effect. This research evaluates the ability of an indirect estimation technique to generate realistic estimates of induced a…
In many cities of the developing world, one finds dynamic informal water services working side by side with formal distribution of water services. Although largely hidden from view, informal urban water service is almost as important as formal water supply, in aggregate terms. I…
Pakistan has a marked discrepancy between reported and unreported maternal reproductive health status due to the unavailability of official data recording. The government of Pakistan reports maternal death rates of 418 per 100,000 live births (citation, date). In contrast, repro…