Wayne Sandholtz, originally from the United States and currently a resident member of NOVAFRICA visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “Secondary School Access Raises Primary School Achievement in Tanzania”. The speaker explained that when school fees are abolished for secondary education it results in more kids going to school.
Our guest saw an opportunity in Tanzania`s 2015 policy change in which secondary school fees were abolished. He started his paper based on the following question: “Are there student...
Belgian researcher from Rovira i Virgili University Sabine Flamand visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Stay, Split or Strike: Theory and Evidence on Secessionist vs Centrist Conflict". She explained that those ethnic minorities rich in natural resources (such as those in East Timor or Biafra in Nigeria) are more likely to join separatist movements. According to Flamand, federalism and decentralization are two measure...
Trinity College Dublin researcher Nicola Mastrorocco visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behavior in the United States". The speaker explained that the purchase of local television stations by a large national media company reduces coverage of crimes occurring in cities.
According to Mastrorocco, "these municipalities have a lower rate of violent crime resolution compared to cities that keep their local television stations."
"We have seen in the ...