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Social Development and Happiness in Nations

Veenhoven, Veenhoven, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2012

The term "social development" is used rhetorically in pleas for less focus on "economic development". In that context … it is commonly assumed that social development will add to human happiness and more so than economic development does …. These claims are checked in an analysis of 141 contemporary nations. Social development is measured using five ISD "Indices …

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Measuring socio-economic gender inequality : towards an alternative to the UNDP gender-related development index

Dijkstra, Dijkstra, A.G.; Hanmer, Hanmer, L.C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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The social accounting matrix extended with social and environmental indicators : an application to Bolivia

Alarcón, J.V.; van Heemst, van Heemst, J.J.P.; de … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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social accounting matrix extended with social and environmental indicators : an application to Bolivia

ALARCON, J.V.; HEEMST, J.J.P. van; JONG, N. de - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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Measuring socio-economic gender inequality : towards an alternative to the UNDP gender-related development index

DIJKSTRA, A.G.; HANMER, L.C. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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Human Trafficking, Globalisation and Transnational Feminist Responses

Truong, Truong, T-D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2014

This paper presents a historical overview of feminist frameworks for analysis and advocacy on human trafficking. It traces the major differences and similarities in the forms of knowledge produced since the Anti-White Slavery campaigns nearly two centuries ago. It highlights how institutional...

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Development through global value chains and the achievement of decent work : challenges to work and representational processes

Pegler, Pegler, L.J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

globalisation on labour, especially for developing countries. Whilst many development agencies argue for value chain insertion and … upgrading as optimistic development pathways, many studies suggest a nuanced, conditional evaluation of the potential impacts on … unions, rural unions and cooperatives. Whilst further work is required on the local, national and international contexts …

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Firm Heterogeneity and Development: A Meta Analysis of FDI Productivity Spill-overs

Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Mebratie, Mebratie, A.D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

abstract: In order to assess the relationship between economic development and firm heterogeneity, this paper studies ….000, but also remains substantial at higher levels of development We take stock of the rich literature on FDI …

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The weight of economic and commercial diplomacy

Yakop, Mina; Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of economic and commercial diplomacy on the geography of international trade. We …

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Feminist knowledge and human security: bridging rifts through the epistemology of care

Truong, Thanh-Dam - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

The essay proposes to re-orient feminist debates on epistemology towards the care-security nexus as a pathway that can plausibly provide an integral understanding of a human-centred and eco-minded security. Seeing ‘gender’ in binary terms tends to produce an understanding of ‘care’ as...

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