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The Millennium Development Goals have become the frame of reference for most of the development community: the standard by which performance will ultimately be judged. Given their importance, considerable attention has been paid as to whether these goals will be met or not. The overwhelming...
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The reduction of child mortality is one of the most universally accepted Millennium Goals. However, there is a … child mortality is mainly determined by the evolution of macroeconomic environment. The influence of per capita income level … on mortality is frequently underlined. But a given income growth does not have the same effect on child survival if it is …
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This paper aims to assess the impact that the impoverishment process has had on IPD health dynamics and micronutrient-related morbidity via the changes which have occurred in food consumption in terms of average intake, its ditribution and the quality of diets.
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changes in adult mortality rates. An upsurge of cardiovascular and external cause mortality caused a massive premature loss of … life among working-age men in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s. In contrast, cardiovascular mortality has fallen at a … changes and assesses the possible consequences of the changing fertility and mortality patterns. Much remains unknown about …
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Agriculture is one of the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in China. This paper aims to identify the key … factors that have led to rising GHG emissions in China.s agricultural sector in recent decades. This research allows for …
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China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide … domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to import raw materials. In order to satisfy its needs, China has …
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The paper discusses views on China and India as country role models. In so doing the article recounts the economic and …
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Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered ‘intriguing’ and ‘puzzling’ since it … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political … regimes, autocratic leaders are interested in high growth rates. It also studies the historical development of China …
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