Economic freedom translates to the increased welfare of a population, improvements in education and increased per capita income. James Roberts discussed these points at the University of Navarra; a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, he presented the 2015 Index of Economic Freedom at the Navarra Center for International Development. The Heritage Foundation, a renowned policy research think tank located in Washington, D.C., prepared the report in co...
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...