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Searching for the economic gradient in self-assessed health
Lokshin, Michael - 2005
-assessed health of Russian adults in 2002 shows remarkably little gradient with respect to economic welfare. The authors document this …
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Togo : Towards a National Social Protection Policy and Strategy
World Bank - 2012
Over the last several years, the Government of Togo has made important advances in the area of social protection. Although Togo has had limited social insurance and social assistance programs, the economic shock and natural disasters starting in 2008 brought the need for better mechanisms of...
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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns
Kuegler, Alice - 2009
"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a reference point for new sample data from Venezuela....
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Turkey - Performance Based Contracting Scheme in Family Medicine : Design and Achievements
World Bank - 2014
overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with … feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …
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Uruguay : Family Agriculture Development
World Bank - 2013
of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …
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Comparing European and U.S. securities regulations : MiFID versus corresponding U.S. regulations
Bošković, Tanja - 2009
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Financial services and preferential trading arrangements : lessons from Latin America
Stephanou, Constantinos (contributor);  … - 2010
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A practical approach to pharmaceutical policy
Seiter, Andreas - 2010
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In from the shadow : integrating Europe's informal labor
Packard, Truman - 2012
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Doing Business 2014 : Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
World Bank - 2013
Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity including; starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting...
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