Core indicators are, simply put, the ways we come to understand the inputs and outcomes of a program or project that we may or may not be able to observe directly. In Chapter 1, we identify a variety of factors that can impact program outcomes. In this chapter, we concentrate on those indicators that are most relevant and immediate to ICT-supported educational programs and projects, what we ter...

HOW BIG A ROLE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD play in the economy is always a central issue in political debates. But measuring the size of government is not simple. People often use shorthand measures, such as the ratio of spending to gross domestic product (GDP) or of tax revenues to GDP. But those measures leave out important aspects of government action. For example, they do not capture the ways gov...

Carry out this research has as a starting point the idea economic specialists according to which the sum of the values added as grown from inside the country, on a sector, an economic branch or on areas of activity reflect/appends gross domestic product created by the work carried out within the country concerned, in the sector of economic or branch of the scope of the activity. So, starting fr...

China’s economy is going through a major transition, characterized by a slower growth rate, a structural shift to the tertiary (service) sector, and industrial deleveraging—a process to reduce overcapacity that has built up in key industrial sectors over the past decades. Given the uncertainties that China is facing during its current economic transition, it is important to examine whether futu...

Population inequality and the unequal distribution of income are indicators unemployment in Indonesia, while plays an important role economic growth. The increase Gross Domestic Product (GDP) means that level public welfare improves direct proportion to gross domestic product which is used as a measuring tool for conditions. School Enrollment Rates (SER) employment opportunities also identified...

National IQs assessed by the Progressive Matrices were calculated for 60 nations and examined in relation to per capita incomes in the late 1990s and to post World War Two rates of economic growth. It was found that national IQs are correlated at 0.757 with real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita 1998 and 0.706 with per capita GNP (Gross National Product) 1998; and at 0.605 with the growth...

This research work centered on econometrics analysis significance of transportation sector to the Nation Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria economic. The aim this is test for Product. literature review explains extensively important using carry out and why desirable fit model. methodology employs use multiple regression analysis, parameter coefficient determination. road, sea, rail air are...