Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002

You Are Here: Home » Archives: January 2011

Daily Archives: January 22, 2011

A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World

by on

The Day After Tomorrow, A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World – Otaviano Canuto and Marcelo Giugale, Editors

  • “Development economists are paid to look into the future. They ask not not only how things work today, but also how a new policy, program, or project would make them work tomorrow. They view the world and history as a learning process—past and present are just inputs into thinking about what’s coming. It is that appetite for a vision of the future that led us to invite some 40 development economists, most of them from the World Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network—an epicenter of the profession—to tell us what they see on the horizon of their technical disciplines and of their geographic areas of specialization. We did not want their forecasts—those could quickly become outdated, or prove embarrassingly wrong. Rather, we asked them to visualize how key economic policy issues will be dealt with over the next three, four, or five years and which countries will be dealing with what issues.”

    • World Bank: How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know

    by on

    How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Nistha Sinha, and Mayra Buvinic, January 2011. World Bank Economic Premise. “Do women weather economic shocks differently than men? First-round impacts of economic crises on women’s employment should be more prominent in this recent economic downturn than historically because of women’s increased participation in… Continue Reading

    Report: Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping

    by on

    Retrieval Practice Produces More Learning than Elaborative Studying with Concept Mapping, Jeffrey D. Karpicke and Janell R. Blunt. Published Online 20 January 2011 – Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1199327 “Educators rely heavily on learning activities that encourage elaborative studying, while activities that require students to practice retrieving and reconstructing knowledge are used less frequently. Here, we show… Continue Reading