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Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Socio-Economic Systems
Cristian, Stãnicã Nicolae - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 652-657
The contemporary economy is increasingly becoming an interdisciplinary science, related to sociology and anthropology, where the role of the human factor and of institutions becomes important in terms of economic behaviour. The MultiScale Integrated Analysis is a method analysing complex systems...
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An application of MSIASM to Chinese exosomatic energy metabolism
Giampietro, Mario; Mayumi, Kozo; Ramos-Martín, Jesús - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2008
The methodology of Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal Metabolism (MSIASM) is applied to analyze the Chinese economy. This paper presents four tasks: (i) identifying a set of benchmarks that makes it possible to compare various characteristics of the Chinese economy with those of other...
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Why Catalonia will see its energy metabolism increase in the near future: an application of MuSIASEM
Ramos-Martin, J.; Cañellas-Bolta, S. - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat Autònoma … - 2008
This paper applies the so-called Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM) to the economy of the Spanish region of Catalonia. By applying Georgescu-Roegen’s fund-flow model, it arrives at the conclusion that within a context of the end of cheap oil, the...
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Ecuador : An Economic and Social Agenda in the New Millennium
Fretes-Cibils, Vicente; Giugale, Marcelo M.; … - 2013
government, and, documents Ecuador's development trends, policies, and options. The fundamental challenges facing the country are …, and integrated vision of economic, and social development in Ecuador. As a central message, the book outlines that …
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Revisiting Ecuador's Economic and Social Agenda in an Evolving Landscape
Fretes-Cibils, Vicente; Giugale, Marcelo; Somensatto, … - 2012
The policy notes for Ecuador are part of a series of books that the Bank prepares periodically summarizing its … notes indicates that Ecuador is a country with great potential, with a society that has exhibited incredible resilience and … goals. Economic stability in the past few years has given Ecuador the opportunity for a period of sustained economic growth …
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HUMAN CAPITAL, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND THE POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO THE FLOW-FUND ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC METABOLISM
IORGULESCU, RALUCA - In: Annals - Economy Series 1I (2015) January, pp. 5-16
Poverty and economic growth are interconnected research fields via the standard concept ‘human capital’ and in modern societies their analysis is intertwined. In the past decades, more and more research has considered modern economies as complex systems embedded in the biosystem. Under this...
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Global income distribution and poverty : implications from the IPCC SRES scenarios
Calzadilla, Alvaro - 2010
The Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) has been widely used to analyze climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. The storylines behind these scenarios outline alternative development pathways, which have been the base for climate research and other studies at global,...
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How can emerging economies meet development and climate goals in the transport-energy system? : modelling co-developed scenarios in Kenya using a socio-technical approach
Dixon, James; Pierard, Elena C.; Mwanzia, Patrick; … - In: Energy strategy reviews 53 (2024), pp. 1-16
Transport-energy transitions pose complex challenges that have been extensively studied in high-income countries in response to national mandates for climate action. Low- and middle-income countries, however, have low but rapidly growing motorisation rates and face very different challenges in...
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Modern secondary education and economic performance : the introduction of the Gewerbeschule and Realschule in nineteenth-century Bavaria
Semrad, Alexandra - 2014
Do new school types focusing on practical and business-related knowledge lead to increased economic performance? To analyze this question, this paper examines the introduction of two types of modern secondary education, the Gewerbeschule and its successor, the Realschule, in nineteenth-century...
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Philippine economic development, looking backwards and forward : an interpretative essay
Hill, Hal; Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Cruz, Russel Matthew Dela - 2021
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