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Measuring the maritime potential of nations. The CenPRIS ocean index, phase one (ASEAN)
Evers, Hans-Dieter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper describes the methods used to construct an index to measure the maritime potential of nations. This prototype uses a limited number of variables to measure (a) the locational advantage of having a long coastline in comparison to the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147910
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Development patterns and the international order
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1977
The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate economic output, in particular, the welfare of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619684
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Colonial Institutions, Slavery, Inequality, and Development: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil
Summerhill, William - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Brazil is frequently portrayed as exhibiting persistent and structural economic inequality that is rooted in the early … inequality for 1905 in what is today Brazil’s largest state, using farm-level micro data for some 50,000 farms. Using these … measures of inequality, along with contemporary covariates and other historical variables I assess the impact of colonial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622262
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An axiomatic approach to sustainable development
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
The paper proposes two axioms that capture the idea of sustainable development and derives the welfare criterion that they imply. The axioms require that neither the present nor the future should play a dictatorial role. Theorem 1 shows there exist sustainable preferences, which satisfy these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836308
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Development and social security system sustainability
Burz, Răzvan-Dorin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper we propose to investigate the link between economic development, social security system and the sustainability of the policies pursued by states. In doing so, we start from clarifying and summarizing the main ideas on the concepts of development and social security. Depending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257786
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A Theoretical Approach for Dynamic Modelling of Sustainable Development
Ene, Corina-Maria; Gheorghiu, Anda; Gheorghiu, Anca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This article presents a theoretical model for a dynamic system based on sustainable development. Due to the relatively absence of theoretical studies and practical issues in the area of sustainable development, Romania aspires to the principles of sustainable development. Based on the concept as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869289
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Sustainable development and North-South trade
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
The present acceleration of environmental destruction can be linked to the economic trading strategies that came into vogue after World War II. The theory of comparative advantages of trade, which recommends that developing countries emphasize resource exports and exports of labor-intensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619441
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Assessing Gender Mainstreaming in Developmental Organizations of Abbottabad
Razzaq, Sadia; Sadiq, Tayyaba; Naseem, Imran - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The study assesses strategies of various developmental organizations in Abbottabad to incorporate gender in Project management. This is census based research because of various limitations attached with data collection, whole population considered to reduce the chances of maximum error. Data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112484
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Transformación económica desde la óptica fiscal. ¿Puede existir un equilibrio entre el corto, mediano y largo plazo para fomentar el desarrollo?
Valdivia, Daney; Loayza, Lilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
formation, leading improvements in poverty and inequality indicators enabling greater economic and social development. …
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Declining inequality in Bolivia: How and Why
Fortun Vargas, Jonathan M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
inequality, the figure decline dramatically starting from the year 2000. In this setting, Bolivia has been one of the poorest … research applies a method of inequality decomposition– as developed by (Fields, 2003)-, this technique consists on regressing … other variables) has contributed on the reduction of inequality in Bolivia. Moreover, the sources of inequality are mainly …
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