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Thailand, like a number of other less‐developed countries, has experienced a rapid rise in the share of its national …. Section 3 evaluates seven ways in which medical care is financed in Thailand. It also makes recommendations for the future of … social insurance which are of relevance both to Thailand and to other countries at a similar stage of economic development.  …
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door to increased levels of special interest spending in Japan.  …
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incidents in Australia and overseas. Consumers in Australia and Japan were surveyed to obtain information on a range of issues …
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Tsuda Hiromichi is a most representative shishi (noble‐minded patriot) of the Meiji Restoration Era. He came from a middle class warrior family of Okayama han. Trained first in Confucianism and later in Western technologies, he was appointed to new high positions in the military and civil...
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Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to construct a poverty profile for Sri Lanka, and examine the micro-level determinants and correlates of poverty. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on the latest Sri Lanka Integrated Survey commissioned by the World Bank. The...
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Purpose – There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty-related issues. However, there have not been many attempts at empirical estimation of best-fit income distribution functions with an objective of subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this...
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Purpose – There has been growing interest in recent years in modelling various poverty-related issues. However, there have not been many attempts at empirical estimation of best-fit income distribution functions with an objective of subsequent use in poverty focused models. The purpose of this...
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need to develop a comprehensive theoretical model to capture non-economics gains from FTAs. Originality/value – Although …
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Purpose There is a large body of literature on the link between trade liberalisation, growth and poverty. However, less attention has been paid to the relationship between trade and regional disparities. The purpose of this paper is to identify and quantify the regional impacts of trade...
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Analyses the impact of concessional sales of rice under public food distribution schemes on the open market demand and total consumption of rice in Sri Lanka from 1953 to 1989. The results show that, on average, 73 per cent of the concessional issues of rice under the non‐targeted (universal)...
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