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Individual Fellow

Robin Cowan

Residencies at STIAS
2016 1st Semester
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  • Science and development: Growth, expansion and role of university systems in emerging economies

    The challenge of economic growth for middle income countries includes technological upgrading, which, in turn, demands expansion and improvement of the higher education and science system.

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On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects in the case of South Africa

Müller, Moritz, Robin Cowan and Helena Barnard. 2018. On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world: Training versus selection effects in the case o...
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