School Administrators’ Approach to Cooperation and Its Impact on Development of Cooperative Programs M.H. Hasani Shalmaani, Ph.D. Teachers as the main element in the educational system require more attention. However, the added attention needs not to be in the form of additional pay or welfare programs. What needs to be done is delegating power and allowing them to decide on...

Many low- and middle-income countries have pluralistic health systems where private for-profit and not-for-profit sectors complement the public sector: data shared across sectors can provide information for local decision-making. The third article in a series of four on district decision-making for health in low-income settings, this study shows the untapped potential of existing data through d...

Background We investigated predictors of the rural clients' satisfaction level (CSL), and interlinks between perceived specific service quality (PSSQ), perceived utility value (PUV), CSL, and clients' reactions (CR) towards current and future utilization of providers and facilities in the public-private mixed health system of Bangladesh. Methods A quantitative study using interviewer-administ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the performance of the Programa Farmácia Popular do Brasil (FPB - Brazilian Popular Pharmacy Program) in the public and private sectors, in terms of availability and cost of medicines for hypertension and diabetes. METHODS The methodology developed by the World Health Organization, in partnership with the Health Action International, was used to compare medicines prices a...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of extension services in enhancing effectiveness of out growers’ credit system in Kisumu County, Kenya. The study specifically sought to determine whether public and private extension services play a significant role in enhancing effectiveness of out-growers’ credit system among smallholder sugarcane farmers. A total of 110 small scale farme...

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a noteworthy tool of all the organization. Its significance has puffed-up day by day due to heterogeneous workers and organizations, to recognize and effectively manage workforce diversity by HRM practices. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate gender discrimination by means of sticky floors and glass ceiling effects in the public and private sector...