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THE GROWING THREAT OF GLOBAL POVERTY: The Case of Africa
Böbel, Ingo - EconWPA - 2005
The goal is to try to give inputs on a global problem: eradicating poverty on a global scale. That is, to find evidence … and discuss complex problems regarding cronic poverty, a major source of instability in our world today, and to put …-Saharan) Africa and its (past and present) problems. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region which has the greatest percentage of its …
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Asset measurement in the costing of government services
EconWPA; Steering Committee for the Review of … - 2001
Differences in asset measurement techniques can have a major impact on reported capital costs. Their influence on total unit cost depends on the importance of capital costs as a proportion of total costs for the particular service area being studied. In the areas of corrective services, police...
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Exploring the Social and Economic Costs of Abuse in Later lIfe
Spencer, Charmaine - EconWPA - 2000
in health, community, and justice services, as well as private industry (banking, housing, insurance) and government …
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L’expert-comptable judiciaire : un pair de la cour ?
CHARRIER, Emmanuel - EconWPA - 2005
il doit apporter un éclairage strictement limité à sa technique afin que la décision de justice soit prise en toute … Justice. …
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Shared Legacies, Disparate Outcomes: Why American South Border Cities Turned the Tables on Crime and Their Mexican Sisters Did Not
Albuquerque, Pedro H. - EconWPA - 2005
The article evaluates crime trends in south border American and Mexican sister cities using panel data analysis. The region offers a unique assessment opportunity since cities are characterized by shared cultural and historical legacies, institutional heterogeneity, and disparate crime outcomes....
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A normative framework of justice in climate change
Grasso, Marco - EconWPA - 2004
attainable. That is the reason why justice plays a major role in favouring collective action against global warming. In this … article I spell out the dominant notions of justice and the consequent criteria of equity for the main domains of global … factor which takes into account all undeserved inequalities, as suggested by Rawls’ theory of justice. With regard to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560972
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THE WORLD ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE FACING THE HUMAN RACE BUT THE PROCESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE BY NO MEANS FULLY UNDERSTOOD. HOWEVER, THE CORE CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IS TO ENSURE PRODUCTIVE WORK AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. THIS CHALLENGE...
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Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target
Clemens, Michael; Moss, Todd - EconWPA - 2005
The international goal for rich countries to devote 0.7% of their national income to development assistance has become a cause célèbre for aid activists and has been accepted in many official quarters as the legitimate target for aid budgets. The origins of the target, however, raise serious...
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A comment on “The End of Poverty”
Glinavos, Ioannis - EconWPA - 2005
Review of 'The End of Poverty' by Jeffrey Sachs …
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The Long Walk to School: International education goals in historical perspective
Clemens, Michael A. - EconWPA - 2004
Raising school enrollment, like economic development in general, takes a long time. This is partly because, as a mountain of empirical evidence now shows, economic conditions and slowly-changing parental education levels determine children's school enrollment to a greater degree than education...
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