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The Government of Ethiopia has recently confirmed its commitment to accelerate progress on maternal and child health … essential health and nutrition services to the country's rural poor. Health outcomes are slowly improving but remain low …
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examples where basic services such as water, sanitation, health, education, and electricity do work for poor people means that …
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examples where basic services such as water, sanitation, health, education, and electricity do work for poor people means that …
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and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …
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with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been …
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, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health … (young) adults who worked as children. The authors find no significant effects on health. Over a longer horizon, they …
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health of its population. This effort is part of the long-term vision of the country. Improving health status, especially for … Millennium Development Goals, including 3 on the health sector. This review was also an opportunity to further analyze the … constraints in the health system, consistent with the new strategy Health Nutrition and Population World Bank, Strategy adopted in …
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The Government of Ethiopia has recently confirmed its commitment to accelerate progress on maternal and child health … essential health and nutrition services to the country's rural poor. Health outcomes are slowly improving but remain low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553486
"It is so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that it is cliche to say so. This article studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing sectors. The author assesses the predictions of...
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agricultural sector and a significant increase in rice productivity. A resulting increase in output has been associated with a …-ante approaches, the authors investigate the implications of the changes in rice productivity and prices for the welfare of households …. They find that the net effects of increased rice productivity and lower rice prices have benefited the poor. Regardless of …
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