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Child Malnutrition, Social Development and Health Services in the Andean Region

CARLOS, LARREA; PEDRO, MONTALVO; ANA, RICAURTE - EconWPA - 2005

This study analyzes social, ethnic and regional determinants of child malnutrition, as well as the effects of access to health services in the Andean Region, through a comparison between Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. These three countries share a profile with high stunting prevalence and strong...

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An Allais Measure of Production Sector Waste Due to Quotas

Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Perrin, Richard K. - EconWPA - 2005

producing sector due to quotas. The measure of waste is the additional profits available due to reallocation subject to …

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Origen y evolucion de la manufactura en el interior. El caso de Bahía Blanca

Valentina, Viego - EconWPA - 2005

, avoiding thus future drawbacks. This presentation offers a review of main factors that contributed, a hundred years ago, to the …

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AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT: A GENERAL OUTLINE OF A WESTERN EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN LINKAGE

salvary, stanley c. w. - EconWPA - 2005

It is recognized that the usefulness of accounting infor mation is contingent upon its (1) neutrality, (2) relevancy, and (3) reliability. Given that all socio-economic systems are comprised of participants and institutions, it would seem that the attainment of those three qualities is...

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DE-INDUSTRIALISATION

Stanners, Walter - EconWPA - 1996

The notion of de-industrialisation arises from the fact that industrial employment, having risen rapidly, is now in equally rapid decline. This paper presents the view that agriculture and industry together form, and have always formed, a logically seamless "primary" sector which from the...

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The international diffusion of new technologies: a multi-technology analysis of latecomer advantage and global economic integration

Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - EconWPA - 2004

The diffusion of modern, efficient technology has far-reaching consequences for the geography of economic activity, inequality and environmental quality. This article examines two popular yet highly controversial claims about the conditions most favorable to the rapid spread of new technology....

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Functional Distribution, Land Ownership and Industrial Takeoff

Bilancini, Ennio; D'Alessandro, Simone - EconWPA - 2005

by a continuum of small markets producing distinct commodities. Following Murphy et al. (1989) we model industrialization … conditions, there is a non-monotonic relation between the distribution of land property rights and both industrialization and … land property rights can be detrimental to industrialization, ii) landownership affects the economic performance of an …

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the Transition Process in China: A theoretic and empirical Study

Pu, Chen; Chihying, Hsiao - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we analyse the driving forces of the transition from plan to market in China. A two segments and two sectors model is constructed to take into account the particular economic situation in China during the transition process: a large agricultural sector and an industrial sector; a...

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Industrialization and Infant Mortality

Federman, Maya; Levine, David I. - EconWPA - 2005

early industrialization in some nations. This study examines the effects of growing manufacturing employment on infant … mortality across 274 Indonesian districts from 1985 to 1995, a time of rapid industrialization. Compared with cross … infant mortality in regions that experienced greater industrialization. …

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Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: How Well Do They Do, and Why?

Tybout, James - EconWPA - 1999

The manufacturing sectors of less developed countries (LDCs) have traditionally been relatively protected. They have also been subject to heavy regulation, much of which is biased in favor of large enterprises. Accordingly, it is often argued that manufacturers in these countries perform poorly...

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