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Globalisation, inequality and poverty relationships : a cross country evidence

Neutel, Marcel (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2006

In this research, the relationship between globalisation and poverty and income inequality is determined. A whole new globalisation index has been constructed based on data covering a large sample of 65 developing countries. The index is based on the globalisation index proposed by A.T. Kearney...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355554

Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896161

Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the … economic growth in the current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901779

Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011

world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy, economic growth, gender equality, human development, research and … indicators, derived from sociological dependency and world systems theories, we also test the predictive power of several other …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523002

Testing an EU-candidate's place on the maps of global economic, political and social values : the case of Turkey

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2014

real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354745

A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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A review of the circular economy and its implementation

Heshmati, Almas - 2015

Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R principles are to reduce, reuse and recycle materials. The principles account for a circular system where all materials are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449209

Islamism and gender relations in the muslim world as reflected in recent world values survey data

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016

based on an empirical analysis of World Values Survey data. In recent economic theory, Carvalho (2013) maintained that … in the Muslim world are closely interrelated. Thus, it is imperative that Western Feminism develops solidarity with …

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Continental and sub-continental income inequality

Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The relationship between income inquality, poverty and globalisation

Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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