On Monday NCID hosted a seminar from Professor Antonio Cabrales of University Carlos III and University College of London. While better known for his theoretical work in Economics, Cabrales presented his applied research on the effect of feedback on student performance at the university level.
The essence of the project was to investigate whether informing students of their standing relative to their cohort average would improve or worsen their performance on exams, course, and grade-point average...
After winning a preparatory grant from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation’s (3IE) thematic window in ‘Accountability and Transparency in Extractives’, the grant-holding team began to develop a full-proposal for the project. Essential to this process was traveling to Nairobi to meet with experts, stakeholders, and potential partners.
The focal point of the trip was a workshop organized by NCID and Robert Mudida, of Strathmore University. Amongst the nine presenters were Alex Arman...
Jorge BolÃvar, President of the Fundación Inversión y Cooperación (Investment and Cooperation Foundation), presented the "Saving to Learn" ("Ahorra para Aprender") project at the Navarra Center for International Development. The project presents an alternative approach to socio-economic inclusion at the base of the pyramid (the poorest level of society).
"We want to use business concepts to develop a social project," as BolÃvar said. As he noted, the key to success lies in changing the mindset of cultures that onl...