Alex Duncan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3614027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Duncan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Duncan |
| SIGNATURE | DUNCAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6401-6755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On the necessity (or lack thereof) of digital proctoring
Child welfare experiences with automated medical data sharing for children in protective custody
Genomics literacy matters
Recently, it has been argued that improving students' genomics literacy could prevent students from developing erroneous beliefs about social identity, such as the belief that racial groups differ cognitively and behaviorally because of their genes; a belief called genetic essentialism. To date, however, little research has explored if or how a conceptual understanding of genomics protects against the development of genetic essentialism. Using a …
A Doctor's Life in the Wakhan Corridor, 2002-2008
A description of over five years spent living and working as a doctor in a remote area of Afghanistan, inhabited by Ismailis. The article explains how western medical practices in e.g. child nutrition had to be adapted to local beliefs and circumstances and describes the physical challenges of delivering effective medical services in daunting terrain
The food security challenge for southern Africa
World agriculture
Bovids as indicators of Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments in East Africa
Agricultural and economic reform issues in Kyrgyzstan, former Soviet Central Asia
Structural Adjustment and the African Farmer
Adjustment Alternatives and Alternatives to Adjustment
Agricultural marketing and pricing reform
Instruments of Economic Policy in Africa
The Effectiveness of Aid to Kenya
This article reviews the effectiveness of official aid to Kenya. Major features include an increase in non-project aid in response to Kenya's economic difficulties of the early 1980s, and an associated intensification of policy-related conditions. Sector reviews (agriculture, transport, rural water, energy and population) show mixed results, with an overall decrease in aid effectiveness over the past decade. The article highlights the need for be…
Bovids as indicators of Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments in East Africa
World agriculture
Agricultural and economic reform issues in Kyrgyzstan, former Soviet Central Asia
Adjustment Alternatives and Alternatives to Adjustment
The food security challenge for southern Africa
A Doctor's Life in the Wakhan Corridor, 2002-2008
A description of over five years spent living and working as a doctor in a remote area of Afghanistan, inhabited by Ismailis. The article explains how western medical practices in e.g. child nutrition had to be adapted to local beliefs and circumstances and describes the physical challenges of delivering effective medical services in daunting terrain
The Effectiveness of Aid to Kenya
This article reviews the effectiveness of official aid to Kenya. Major features include an increase in non-project aid in response to Kenya's economic difficulties of the early 1980s, and an associated intensification of policy-related conditions. Sector reviews (agriculture, transport, rural water, energy and population) show mixed results, with an overall decrease in aid effectiveness over the past decade. The article highlights the need for be…
Agricultural marketing and pricing reform
Instruments of Economic Policy in Africa
Agricultural and economic reform issues in Kyrgyzstan, former Soviet Central Asia
Structural Adjustment and the African Farmer
Adjustment Alternatives and Alternatives to Adjustment
World agriculture
Bovids as indicators of Plio-Pleistocene paleoenvironments in East Africa
The food security challenge for southern Africa
A Doctor's Life in the Wakhan Corridor, 2002-2008
A description of over five years spent living and working as a doctor in a remote area of Afghanistan, inhabited by Ismailis. The article explains how western medical practices in e.g. child nutrition had to be adapted to local beliefs and circumstances and describes the physical challenges of delivering effective medical services in daunting terrain
Genomics literacy matters
Recently, it has been argued that improving students' genomics literacy could prevent students from developing erroneous beliefs about social identity, such as the belief that racial groups differ cognitively and behaviorally because of their genes; a belief called genetic essentialism. To date, however, little research has explored if or how a conceptual understanding of genomics protects against the development of genetic essentialism. Using a …
On the necessity (or lack thereof) of digital proctoring
Child welfare experiences with automated medical data sharing for children in protective custody
Economics (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (2 works) · Biology (2 works)