measurement and policy impact evaluation

... for Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, a threemonth Treasury bill rate for Belgium, Sweden and the US, and a three-month commercial ... equity and residential property price data: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and ... at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK and the US) residential property...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2012, 09:40

... 350.82098/L63 Small and Medium Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – Mexico Small and Medium Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – Chile Small and Medium Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – ... Colombia Small and Medium Enterprise - Monitoring and Evaluation – Peru Mexico – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation Chile – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation ... Colombia – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation Peru – Small and Medium Enterprise – Monitoring and Evaluation Impact Evaluation of SME Programs in Latin America and Caribbean...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... family planning: Wolfe and Behrman (1984), Schultz (1989), and Behrman (1990) Foster, Andrew and Rosenzweig, Mark (1995) “Learning by Doing and Learning from Others: Human Capital and Technical Change ... growth and lasting democracy, leading to greater stability and improved standards of living.”1 Many growth models include education and offer predictions as to the implications of education policy ... (1993), Butcher and Case (1994), Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994), and Ashenfelter and Zimmerman (1993) Variations of the IV technique are applied, the conclusions of which support Harmon and Walker’s...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 08:20

... are both baseline and follow-up data and an experimental evaluation design, adding robustness to the results not found in other impact evaluations.3 II Evaluation Design Impact evaluations seek ... (Hanushek 1995, Kremer 1995), health (Alderman and Lavy 1996, Lavy and others 1996, Mwabu and others 1993), and drinking water (Brockerhoff and Derose 1996, Lee and others 1997) The main conclusions of ... health ($23 million), and water and sanitation ($47 million) The World Bank project that helped finance the sif built in an impact evaluation at the outset The design for the evaluation was developed...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:20

... Handbook on Impact Evaluation Handbook on Impact Evaluation Quantitative Methods and Practices Shahidur R Khandker Gayatri B Koolwal Hussain A Samad © ... well-designed impact evaluation are therefore long term and can have substantial spillover effects This book reviews quantitative methods and models of impact evaluation The formal literature on impact evaluation ... Impact Evaluations There are two types of quantitative impact evaluations: ex post and ex ante An ex ante impact evaluation attempts to measure the intended impacts of future programs and policies,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... EM, and EIA for norovirus using both LCM and CRS; and (ii) to evaluate the implications of these characteristics for outbreak testing practices Methods Both polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and ... caused by both genogroup (G1) and (G2) strains These assays have utilized in a variety of geographic settings and in the context of both outbreak investigation and in the evaluation of sporadic cases ... polymerase, and (iii) 45 cycles of 15 s at 95°C, and 60 s at 60°C; fluorescent signal collection with a fluorogenic TaqMan probe was done at annealing/extension step, with duplex evaluation of G1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... PWD and the standard deviation was 858 5.5 The impact of education policies on PWD The policies and law to support people with disabilities promulgated at the national level were applied and ... organizations of and for PWD need to be involved in the monitoring and evaluation of disability support policies and programs Education sector needs to develop a strategy for strengthening and developing ... district and commune people’s committee, and educational managers and technical staff and 1,200 persons with disabilities were interviewed Analysis 5.1 Education Policy to support PWD in Vietnam The...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2015, 16:52

... headquarters of PEPFAR, and at other institutions and multilateral agencies The availability of the data needed to address all the health outcomes and impacts in the mandate was limited, and few data sources ... multidisciplinary, and independent evaluation of PEPFAR to Congress and the Department of State as well as to the scientific community, program implementers, policy makers, civil society, people living with and ... Bridget Kelly and Kimberly Scott, have been highly professional, thoughtful, and committed to ensuring the most responsive and rigorous evaluation possible I thank the entire staff and the committee...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2015, 12:01

... published widely on ocean and environmental law and policy, including Canada and Marine Environmental Protection (1995) and Oceans Law and Policy in the Post-UNCED Era: Australian and Canadian Perspectives ... addressing land-based pollution Regional sea agreements relevant to land-based pollution of the Arctic Arctic regional initiatives addressing land-based pollution and activities Challenges and future ... volumes, The International Law Commission and the Future of International Law (with M Anderson, A V Lowe and C Wickremasinghe, 1998) and International Law and Sustainable Development (with D Freestone,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:58

... both CO and SV (correlation index 0.79, P < 0.01 and 0.95, P < 0.01, respectively), and a BlandAltman analysis demonstrated a bias of 0.23 ± 1.01 L/min for the CO measurements Chand and colleagues ... surgery and compared SV measurements obtained with the USCOM® and the PAC [27] The SV measurements demonstrated a bias of 1.0 ml (limits of agreement -1.5 ml to 3.5 ml) for aortic measurements and ... evaluated for accuracy and reliability Knobloch and col- leagues studied 36 patients undergoing coronary revascularization with 180 paired CO and SV measurements using the USCOM® and a pulmonary artery...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... stability and toxicity of PANs, and further investigated the sustained release behavior in vivo of drug loading in PANs PA was firstly synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR, and then ... acetyl protons at 1.8–2.2 ppm and B is that of OH protons and H-1 to H-6 protons of pullulan moiety observed at more than 3.5 ppm Preparation and characterization of PANs and PA/EPI Nanoparticles ... opalescence and precipitation were observed from time to time Moreover, the size and ζ potential of PANs were also determined by dynamic light scattering method once a month, and all measurements...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2013, 21:38

... indicator and the basis for calculations of heating and cooling energy demand [1] or for estimating bin data and heating and cooling degree-days at any base [2, 10, 11] Table shows the monthly and ... cooling demands is 28.5% and for Thessaloniki 13.2% Obviously, directly proportional to the energy demand for heating and cooling is the fuel (diesel oil) and electricity consumption and hence ... measures applied to dwellings Energy and Buildings 200, 37, 982-95 Frank Th Climate change impacts on building heating and cooling energy demand in Switzerland Energy and Buildings 2005, 37, 1175-85...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... energy policy, poor design and construction of digesters, wrong operation and lack of maintenance by users, poor dissemination strategies, lack of project monitoring and followups by promoters, and ... Greater Accra region [11, 12, 13, 14 and 15] A total of nineteen fixed-dome digesters comprising six 15 m3 and two 30 m3 Deenbandhu digesters, and eight 10 m3 and three 25 m3 Chinese dome digesters ... difficult to engineer, construct and operate [23, 24 and 25] In Ghana, Tandem plants have been constructed to treat sewage by BTWAL, BCEL, IIR, and BCL Most common tandem digesters found in Ghana...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... 2, …, m} and {ρ11, t1ij, for i = 1, 2, …, n, j = 1, 2, …, m, and i < n when j = 1} This section discusses the relationship between the q variables and the string and rod vectors tαβγ and rβij ... the integration of structure and control design appears in Skelton1,2 and Grigoriadis et al.3 Bendsoe and others4-7 optimize structures by beginning with a solid brick and deleting finite elements ... now contains both ˆ closure rules for the base and the top of the structure In the following synthesis we use f111 and ˆ ˆ from (18.E.1) and f and f from (18.E.4) At the right, where (i = 1,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 09:15

... Complete Flow and Level Measurement Handbook and Encyclopedia®, OMEGA Press, 1995 OMEGA Volume 29 Handbook & Encyclopedia, Purchasing Agents Edition, OMEGA Press, 1995 “Choices Abound in Flow Measurement , ... polypropylene, PVDF, TFE and PFA, brass, aluminum, and stainless steel T References & Further Reading • OMEGA • • • • • • • • Complete Flow and Level Measurement Handbook and Encyclopedia®, OMEGA ... “Differential Flow Measurement of Meter-Conditioned Flow,” Stephen A Ifft and Andrew J Zacharias, Measurements & Control, September, 1993 Dry Solids Flow Update, Auburn International Inc Flow Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 01:15

... upperarm and the forearm, representing a kind of direct drive On the other hand, if a DC motor is used, it is usually displaced from the elbow and located on the robot base This concept understands ... problems, increased reliability and improved thermal capacity are achieved On the other hand, brushless motors require more complex and expensive control systems Sensors and switching circuitry are ... advantages, we also mention high stiffness and efficiency (0.75 to 0.85) The main drawbacks are heaviness and high price Toothed rack -and- pinion transmission allows R/T and T/R transformation of motion...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 13:15

... octave-band analyzer is the most common analyzer for industrial noise measurements It separates complex sounds into frequency bands one octave in width, and measures the level in each of the bands ... forcing frequencies, they can be excited by impacting parts and sliding and rubbing contacts 8 Eliminate or reduce impacts Either reduce the mass of impacting parts or their striking velocities ... 24.12 MEASUREMENT OF MACHINE NOISE The noise produced by a machine may be evaluated in various ways, depending on the purpose of the measurement and the environmental conditions at the machine Measurements...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 13:15

... computing the modified command position based on the target impedance model and using the nominal position and force measurements, and a controller involving a PD regulator and robust control part ... force limits and contact with the environment, and indicate when the desired force is achieved In conjunction with the standard robot programming language commands, exception handling, and motion ... between the nominal and actual positions of the end effector according to the target impedance law Impedance control is based on position control and requires position commands and measurements to...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 20:15

... condition and the consequent is a control action Thus, the rule base can be represented as: R 1: if X1 is A11 and … and Xn is A1n, then Y = B11 and … and Ym = B1m R 2: if X1 is A21 and … and Xn ... not and connectives or and and Modifiers that modify the basic concept to which they are applied (e.g., very, extremely, etc.) Markers, such as parentheses Negation not and connectives or and and ... Procyk and Mamdani.37 24.4.3.4 Inference Mechanism Consider the rule base: R1: if X1 is A11 and K and Xn is A1n, then Y = B1 R2: if X1 is A21 and K and Xn is A2n, then Y = B2 M Rr: if X1 is Ar1 and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/10/2013, 20:15

... ultrasonic-based range-finder mounted on a pan -and- tilt unit This unit is located on the front end of the chassis and constantly rotates left -and- right and up -and- down independently of the speed of the ... line segment exists between the initial and final point, A and B; and (b) a path consists of a set of straight segments tangential to augmented obstacles, and arcs along the obstacle boundaries ... generalized coordinates: x and y coordinates of the central point C; an angle φ between the longitudinal axis of the chassis (xb) and the x-axis of the reference frame; and θL and θR, the angular displacements...

Ngày tải lên: 09/11/2013, 05:15