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Why have traffic fatalities declined in industrialized countries? : implications for pedestrians and vehicle occupants

Kopits, Elizabeth - 2005

"This paper examines whether the relationship between traffic fatalities and per capita income is the same for different classes of road users and investigates the factors underlying the decline in fatalities per vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT) observed in high-income countries over recent...

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China : Road Traffic Safety, the Achievements, the Challenges, and the Way Ahead

World Bank - 2012

Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global public health problem. Worldwide, the number of people killed in road traffic accidents each year is estimated at almost 1.2 million, while the number injured could be as high as 50 million. Without increased efforts and new initiatives, the...

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India : Road Transport Service Efficiency Study

World Bank - 2012

This study reviews the long-distance road transport industry in India, in order to identify inefficiencies that could reduce the benefits to be derived from the large investments now being made by the Government in the nation's highway infrastructure. It has been undertaken to assess the present...

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Truck Drivers and Casual Sex : An Inquiry into the Potential Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Baltic Region

World Bank - 2013

This study, perhaps the first of its kind in this region, is based on a study that explores the practice of casual sex among truck drivers and commercial sex workers in the border areas of Poland and Lithuania at a point of time, and uses this evidence to extrapolate the potential impact on the...

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Trauma Incidence and Care in Tanzania : Report of Trauma Cases in a Sample of Health Facilities with a Focus on Road Traffic Crashes (2019-2020)

World Bank - 2021

Injuries due to road traffic crashes (RTCs) are one of the major causes of mortality in developing countries, with higher numbers of fatalities in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region and specifically in Tanzania, where fatalities due to RTCs are almost 1.7 times the global rate. This critical...

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Do market pressures induce economic efficiency? : the case of Slovenian manufacturing, 1994-2001

Vodopivec, Milan - 2004

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Slovenia : from Yugoslavia to the European Union

Silva-Jauregui, Carlos (contributor); … - 2004

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Republic of Slovenia : Accounting and Auditing

World Bank - 2013

This assessment of accounting and auditing practices in Slovenia focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the … benchmarks, and draws on international experience and good practices in the field of accounting and audit regulation. Slovenia … challenge that Slovenia has to tackle. This report draws upon recent international experience in developed economies and …

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Corporate Governance Country Assessment : Slovenia

World Bank - 2013

practices in Slovenia. The country has already upgraded its legislation to meet European Union (EU) Directives, and, its legal …

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Financial Sector Assessment : Slovenia

World Bank - 2013

A joint International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank mission visited Ljubljana, Slovenia during November 6-20, 2000 as …

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