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Growth and Redistribution: Is there 'Trickle Down' Effect in the Philippines?
Parel, Danileen Kristel C - eSocialSciences - 2014
The aim of this research is to explore the determinants of household income and expenditure growth, and assess whether the poor are benefitting from economic development. Using regression analysis, five factors were examined (1) location of the household, (2) access to infrastructure, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945338
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Commodity Taxation and Social Welfare : The Generalised Ramsey Rule
Dreze, Jean; Coady, David - eSocialSciences - 2010
Commodity taxes have three distinct roles: (1) revenue collection, (2) interpersonal redistribution, and (3) resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008673467
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Is There a Global Bioethics? End-of-Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference
Stonington, Scott; Ratanakul, Pinit - eSocialSciences - 2007
As developing countries build allopathic medical systems, what should their bioethics be? In this essay, we explore possible answers to this question, ultimately arguing that Western bioethics is insuffi cient to solve the problems that arise in the practice of allopathic medicine in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341678
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Ethics and the World of Finance
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2009
How do we, as individuals, approach issues of ethics and values? Are our approaches different in our personal and … professional lives? Are issues of ethics different in the financial sector? What are the ethical issues thrown up by the current …? Some of these questions are addressed here. [Keynote address at the Conference on ‘Ethics and the World of Financeâ …
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Ethics Without Borders
eSocialSciences; Plos medicine Editors - 2009
The authors shows the problems that can arise when research is done in the context of humanitarian relief work and also notes that ethical oversight of such research needs to be rigorous, but also pragmatic. It discusses particularly the role of journals when papers arising from such research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250402
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Book Review: This is Water: The Ethics of Memory
Barker, Jeffrey H. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This review of Avishai Margalit's The Ethics of Memory (Harvard University Press, 2004. New York) explores the ethical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250524
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Ethics in Health Research: A Social Science Perspective
Jaitly, Tejal Barai; Jesani, Amar - eSocialSciences - 2007
in ethics in the social sciences. Some papers elaborate on practitioners’ experiences that illustrate these principles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487571
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Ethics in Social Science Research: Reflections from a Student of Economics
Swaminathan, Padmini - eSocialSciences - 2006
If poverty and nutrition are issues also of social justice and the commitment that a democratic state makes to its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487602
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Application Of Ethical Principles With Cultural Sensitivity: Case Study Of Research Among Tribal Population
Sajitha O.G; Ramanathan, Mala - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper aims to bring out the need to incorporate cultural sensitivity to ensure the principle of essentiality in research processes while undertaking research among tribal populations. The authors establish the difference in the outcome of obtaining consent between tribal and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487664
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Ethics in Sociological and Social Anthropological Research: A Brief Note
Shah, A. M. - eSocialSciences - 2006
While there is a considerable body of writing on ethics in social sciences in general, in India ethical issues need to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487690