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... smoking, drinking, ex-ercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient. The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors ratherthan ... behaviors inthe immediate past. Inthe former case, we find that the effects of education on smoking, drinking, exercising and eating a proper diet account for atmost 23% to 45% ofthe entire effect of ... countries.Defining P (D) as the probability of reporting a condition, this probability is the product ofthe probability of undergoing screening P (S) and the probability of havinga condition...
... Robinson 1995). One aspect ofthe commercialisation ofthe microfinance industry is its formalisation, i.e. microfinance institutions (MFIs) transforming themselves into banks and turning ... on what entails success inthe microfinance industry also makes a systematic review of the evidence ofthe impact of microfinance timely.And inthe latter half of 2010 the microfinance industry ... Details of 35 studies included inthe map 83Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis 85Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of...
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... is at these other levels one must look to deter-mine the impact ofthe NSES on the science curriculum inthe nation’s schools. 82 WHATISTHE INFLUENCE OFTHE NSES?Student Accountability The ... series of case studies of nine ofthe SSI projects. In a report of a secondary analysis of all nine case studies, Clune (1998) identified the goals ofthe study astesting the central thesis of systemic ... perspective ofthe landscape, I believe this is afair representation ofthe state of knowledge inthe field. Adding further pieces of high-quality work wouldcertainly influence the details ofthe story...
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