A Geske Dijkstra
Biographic Data
| ID | 293296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Geske Dijkstra |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Geske |
| FAMILY NAME | Dijkstra |
| SIGNATURE | DIJKSTRA A G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Towards a Fresh Start in Measuring Gender Equality
Both the Gender‐related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) represent a “false start” in measuring gender equality. This is because they do not measure gender (in)equality as such, but an odd combination of absolute welfare levels and gender equality that is not easy to interpret. This note argues that the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report Office should take the lead in either constructin…
The Effectiveness of Policy Conditionality
This article analyses the effectiveness of the setting of policy conditions in exchange for aid. Given the emerging consensus that this process is not effective, this article focuses on explaining why not. In analysing the experiences of eight countries - Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia - an 'augmented' principal-agent framework proved valuable in explaining why policy conditionality is not effe…
Revisiting UNDP's GDI and GEM
What Does the `Show Case' Show? Evidence of and Lessons from Adjustment in Uganda
Measuring Socio-Economic Gender Inequality
This paper assesses the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Gender-Related Development Index (GDI). Although the GDI has increased attention on gender equality in human development, it suffers from several limitations. A major problem is that it conflates relative gender equality with absolute levels of human development and thus gives no information on comparative gender inequality among countries. Using the same indicators as the GDI, t…
Trade Liberalization and Industrial Development in Latin America
Technocracy Questioned
The Chamorro government (1990-1996) has finally achieved stabilisation in Nicaragua. At first sight, this government has been a classic example of technocracy, implementing stabilisation and structural adjustment policies as recommended by the IMF and the World Bank. The paper argues that the IMF and the World Bank did have a considerable influence on economic policies, but that these policies suffered from limitations. The priority of internal s…
The impact of structural adjustment programs on manufacturing
Revisiting UNDP's GDI and GEM
Measuring Socio-Economic Gender Inequality
This paper assesses the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Gender-Related Development Index (GDI). Although the GDI has increased attention on gender equality in human development, it suffers from several limitations. A major problem is that it conflates relative gender equality with absolute levels of human development and thus gives no information on comparative gender inequality among countries. Using the same indicators as the GDI, t…
What Does the `Show Case' Show? Evidence of and Lessons from Adjustment in Uganda
The Effectiveness of Policy Conditionality
This article analyses the effectiveness of the setting of policy conditions in exchange for aid. Given the emerging consensus that this process is not effective, this article focuses on explaining why not. In analysing the experiences of eight countries - Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia - an 'augmented' principal-agent framework proved valuable in explaining why policy conditionality is not effe…
Technocracy Questioned
The Chamorro government (1990-1996) has finally achieved stabilisation in Nicaragua. At first sight, this government has been a classic example of technocracy, implementing stabilisation and structural adjustment policies as recommended by the IMF and the World Bank. The paper argues that the IMF and the World Bank did have a considerable influence on economic policies, but that these policies suffered from limitations. The priority of internal s…
Trade Liberalization and Industrial Development in Latin America
The impact of structural adjustment programs on manufacturing
The impact of structural adjustment programs on manufacturing
Technocracy Questioned
The Chamorro government (1990-1996) has finally achieved stabilisation in Nicaragua. At first sight, this government has been a classic example of technocracy, implementing stabilisation and structural adjustment policies as recommended by the IMF and the World Bank. The paper argues that the IMF and the World Bank did have a considerable influence on economic policies, but that these policies suffered from limitations. The priority of internal s…
Measuring Socio-Economic Gender Inequality
This paper assesses the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Gender-Related Development Index (GDI). Although the GDI has increased attention on gender equality in human development, it suffers from several limitations. A major problem is that it conflates relative gender equality with absolute levels of human development and thus gives no information on comparative gender inequality among countries. Using the same indicators as the GDI, t…
Trade Liberalization and Industrial Development in Latin America
What Does the `Show Case' Show? Evidence of and Lessons from Adjustment in Uganda
The Effectiveness of Policy Conditionality
This article analyses the effectiveness of the setting of policy conditions in exchange for aid. Given the emerging consensus that this process is not effective, this article focuses on explaining why not. In analysing the experiences of eight countries - Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia - an 'augmented' principal-agent framework proved valuable in explaining why policy conditionality is not effe…
Revisiting UNDP's GDI and GEM
Towards a Fresh Start in Measuring Gender Equality
Both the Gender‐related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) represent a “false start” in measuring gender equality. This is because they do not measure gender (in)equality as such, but an odd combination of absolute welfare levels and gender equality that is not easy to interpret. This note argues that the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report Office should take the lead in either constructin…
Economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · International Development and Aid (4 works) · Market economy (4 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender equality (3 works) · International economics (3 works)