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Theorizing Teacher Epistemology: An Exploratory Case Study of Primary and Secondary Schools in the Philippines

Posted by: Principal/Editor on March 29, 2014

School Stakeholders navigating ICT Policy Reforms from a Singapore Context

Posted by: Principal/Editor on March 28, 2014

The exploration of the philosophical concept of happiness and its implications to education

Posted by: Principal/Editor on March 14, 2014

Professional Learning Communities in Singapore and Shanghai: Potentialities, Issues and Challenges

Posted by: Principal/Editor on February 6, 2013

OECD Development Center Policy Briefs

Measuring Governance
The use of governance indicators, as applied to developing countries, has grown spectacularly in recent years. Following the maxim that you cannot manage what you cannot measure, international investors and official development aid agencies, together with academics and the media, have turned widely to using quantitative governance indicators for both analyti […]
How to Spend It: Commodity and Non-Commodity Sovereign Wealth Funds
Sovereign wealth funds have become important players in global financial markets. But their investments have repeatedly raised concerns, such as fear of industrial espionage or geopolitical threats. This paper argues that the principal motivation for setting up SWFs should put such concerns into the appropriate perspective. Development economics can explain […]
To Benefit from Plenty: Lessons from Chile and Norway
It might seem obvious discovering an asset such as oil or copper would be wonderful news for the country making the find. Yet the opposite is often true. The windfall can bring poverty, civil strife, corruption, inequality, slower growth and undemocratic practices. The phenomenon is known as the resource curse. This study of the paradox of plenty looks at th […]