Does Developmental Aid Impact or Impede on Growth: Evidence from Nigeria by Iyabo A. Olanrele, Taofik Mohammed Ibrahim

“…The empirical estimates show that multilateral aid had more impact on growth compared to bilateral aid from Nigerian’s trading partners, top-five CDI ranked countries, and Nordic countries. Our findings support the need for stringent conditionalities and standard monitoring and evaluation framework by donors in order to promote meaningful impact of developmental aid on economic growth. …”
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REPORT: WELFARE STATE MODEL – NORDIC EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES IN LITHUANIA by Romualdas Bakutis

“…The project intended to: promote the Nordic countries’ experiences of becoming welfare states, increase knowledge of the Nordic welfare model among Lithuanians, and initiate a debate on the potential for this model to function in Lithuania.…”
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Virtual Ethnic Communities as Political Actors – The Case of Sami People by Galina Gribanova, Maxim Nevzorov

“…The article analyses how Sami being an indige-nous divided between four different countries people use Internet in order to preserve their ethnic and cultural her-itage, to save and distribute their languages and to form a joint basis for lobbing political authorities in Nordic countries and Russia. By combining online and offline political activity Sami managed to find their own unique place in modern world serving as an inspirational exam-ple for other indigenous people.…”
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New Realities of Political Communications in Iceland and Norway by Birgir Guðmundsson

“…Political communication in Iceland and in the Nordic Countries has undergone dramatic changes in the last decades. …”
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Rénovation de deux structures scolaires, au Danemark : Quelles évolutions, quelles perspectives pédagogiques ? by France Roy

“…These projects are part of the history of these schools, of the country, and are based on a child’s or man’s conception specifically developed in the Nordic countries. They show a need to adapt buildings to technical developments and constraints, and a wish to improve education and teaching methods. …”
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What are the sociodemographic and gender determinants of non-fatal self-harm in older adult users and non-users of antidepressants? A national population-based study by Khedidja Hedna, Johan Fastbom, Ingmar Skoog, Gunnel Hensing, Margda Waern

“…Among users of antidepressants, higher non-fatal SH risk was observed in those born outside the Nordic countries (IRR: 1.44; 95% CI: 1.11–1.86), whereas in AD non-users increased risk was seen in those from Nordic countries other than Sweden (IRR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.08–2.29). …”
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The spatial distribution of carbon footprints and engagement in pro-climate behaviors – Trends across urban-rural gradients in the nordics by Henna Anttonen, Antti Kinnunen, Jukka Heinonen, Juudit Ottelin, Seppo Junnila

“…Climate change mitigation to the 1.5 °C calls for significant and extensive climate actions. Nordic countries are showing high engagement to climate change mitigation while the consumption and lifestyle-based carbon footprints are among the global highest. …”
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Gender differences in treatments and interventions received by children and adolescents with cerebral palsy by Annika Lundkvist Josenby, Tomasz Czuba, Ann I. Alriksson-Schmidt

“…Individuals born outside of the Nordic countries, were significantly less likely to have received intrathecal baclofen (ITB) 0.27 [0.074, 0.98] p < 0.05. …”
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Geographical Variation in the Use of Oral Anticoagulation and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Denmark, Sweden, and Finland by Lars Frost, Olli Halminen, Mika Lehto, K E. Juhani Airaksinen, Tomas Andersson, Per Wändell, Martin Holzmann, Pia Cordsen, Nicklas Vinter, Søren Paaske Johnsen

“…We examined international and intranational variations in initiating oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy and clinical outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in Nordic countries. We also tracked real-world trends in initiating OAC and the clinical outcomes. …”
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Nordic Humour by Lita Lundquist

“…Moving to Nordic humour, I focus on how Danes and Swedes perceive each other’s humour, and then explain divergences between the humour of these two Nordic countries. These differences, I conclude, are the result mainly of differences in their respective civilising processes, while I am waiting and hoping for deeper comparative linguistic studies of the use of ‘humour warning signals in Danish and Swedish. …”
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Making the “digital leap” in Finnish schools by Reijo Kupiainen

“…Finnish schools have had many digitalisation projects, but the use of ICT in teaching and learning has been relatively small scale compared with other Nordic countries. Finnish teachers have autonomy for pedagogical decisions and have even abstained from top-down governing and “dumping” digital technology to schools. …”
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The archive of David Simonsen by Dror Ständig

“…The significance of the archive should be immediately related to the important role played by Simonsen during the First World War, in that he, after having renounces his rabbinical post in 1902, simultaneously functioned as political leader for that part of European Jewry residing in the neutral countries (i.e. the Nordic countries and Switzerland), and heads the international relief-work operations rendered to East-European Jewry during the war. …”
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The linkage between innovation and labour market performance: some empirical evidence from the Nordic region by Balashova Svetlana A., Abramova Anastasia A.

“…In the article, we examine the linkage between innovation performance, measured by the Summary innovation index, and labour market indicators in Nordic countries, being the leaders of innovation performance and welfare states at the same time. …”
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Coding and Computational Thinking in Early Childhood: The Impact of ScratchJr in Europe by Marina Umaschi Bers

“…Data reveals that countries with robust computer science initiatives such as the UK and the Nordic countries have high usage of ScratchJr.…”
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Psychological, Legal and Organizational Perspectives on Mobbing as a Specific Phenomenon of Discrimination by Doinița Popa

“…Mobbing has been studied in some European countries such as the Nordic countries, England, France, Italy, Spain since the 1990s, and mainly refers to actions of intense psychological pressure, carried out on an employee to make him leave the job, in the conditions in which his dismissal would bring legislative problems on the employer. …”
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Freedom but Insecurity: the Business Consulting Profession in the Post-Industrial Service Society by Arja Haapakorpi

“…The study deals with the dilemma of insecurity and freedom of business consulting professionals, which is recognized in the Nordic countries. The methodology is qualitative.…”
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The measurement of ‘fiscal burden’ on GDP instead than on national net value added produced: a chapter in fiscal illusion by F. FORTE

“…Correctly measured, the tax burden in most European countries is above 50% and in the Nordic countries above 65%, or close to it! Thus, tax payers are deceived about the true cost and size of the public economy. …”
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Ventilation System Design and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) by Alireza Afshari, Göran Hultmark, Peter V. Nielsen, Alessandro Maccarini

“…Most new office buildings in Nordic countries are equipped with balanced mechanical ventilation systems. …”
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Dodges for Heterosexuality – Young Boys viewing Male Bodies in Pornography by Niels Ulrik Sørensen

“…It is based on qualitative interviews with 15 and 16 year old boys performed in the NIKK-project ";Youth, gender and pornography in the Nordic countries";, which took place in 2005 and 2006. …”
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Exhausted Women, Exhausted Welfare and the Role of Religion by Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon

“…The four articles and commentary in this issue provide glimpses of the issues within this field that unite contexts as diverse as the Nordic countries, Brazil and the United States. They explore the intersection of welfare, religion and gender charting gendered problems in welfare provision in relation to religious organisation, affiliation and identity. …”
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