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Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and...
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Allocations to the budget for health appear to be impressive but a closer look shows that this is not so, especially … neglect of urban public health care. Importance has to be given to Millennium Development Goals that are still unmet. Health …
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The empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate …
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and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …
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In this paper three diseases- malaria,diabetes and rotavirus- selected because of their contrast. The paper examines the severity of their presence in developing countries and suggests viable solutions.
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Poor quality essential medicines, both substandard and counterfeit, are serious but neglected public health problems … differences between public health and intellectual property approaches to the problem. It is argued that public health, and not … the World Health Organization (WHO) should be encouraged and supported to take a more prominent role in improving the …
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Sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of … girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions …. This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking …
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productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered …
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The relationship between trade liberalization and industrial productivity in developing countries, drawing upon a large … trade liberalization, the paper reviews the relationship between trade liberalization and industrial productivity at …
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Health economics is increasingly recognized as a discipline that has much to offer developing countries in addressing … these problems, but how can it help? What economic concepts and tools can be applied to the health sector? A wider … understanding of the discipline is required if it is to support health sectors, rather than remaining the preserve of a few …
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