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Lee, Jeffrey Chih-Yih – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Developing countries such as Nepal struggle to keep up technologically. While advances make it possible for average Nepalis to access mobile phones, computers, and digital cameras, barriers impede access. As with other governments (Huerta & Rodrigo, 2007; Mokhtarian & Meenakshisun, 2002), Nepal responded in 2004 with telecenters to push…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Technological Advancement, Developing Nations
Thapa, Amrit – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In developed countries, the evidence on the impact of school type on student performance is mixed. Researchers are also interested in finding out the effect of private school competition on educational outcomes. The evidence on this for developed countries is mixed as well. What is the effect in developing countries? There are not sufficient…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Competition
Sharma, Uttam – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation focuses on a key challenge facing developing countries intent on enhancing their human capital base--namely, the issue of quality. One of the chapters evaluates the effectiveness of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative in Nepal's primary and lower-secondary schools. Although the OLPC program is being heavily promoted in…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Access to Computers