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prosociality. Research has also shown that poverty and economic inequality are major risk factors for the development of problem … wellbeing might be improved. Research in psychology, prevention science, and neuroscience is converging on an evolutionary … account of the importance of two contrasting suites of social behavior—prosociality vs. antisocial behaviors (crime, drug …
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Capitalism evolves through stages that differ in institutional structure and policy regime. Finance is crucial to … periods of evolution, the paper shows that these two stages of capitalism are much alike. This suggests that the current … period's financial instability should be expected, and that public policy measures meant to address financial crisis may have …
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Long-run economic development in Ghana is potentially vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change given the country.s dependence on rainfed agriculture, hydropower, and unpaved rural roads. We use a computable general equilibrium model, informed by detaile
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defined by spatial position and natural resources. It is basic for Russia and its evolution only for the last century had an … evolution of this factor allows to assert that the one who will provide higher quality of life in region will win fight. Here …
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The transfer from an import-substitution to an export-orientation strategy has been in effect in Vietnam since the reform process, Doi Moi, necessitating the reformulation of macroeconomic, trading and sectoral policies. As a result, the industry sector h
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Policy prescriptions for sustainable consumption have been dominated by neoclassical economics, which is built around … economics is inadequate to guide policy prescriptions in the presence of evolving preferences and complex dynamics. Evolutionary … so far. In particular, policy criteria for evaluating evolutionary outcomes and processes are ambiguous. The paper …
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, and individuals. A policy-maker chooses, in period 1, a fraction of funds to be allocated to disease prevention, and the … disease prevention and treatment. If the policy-maker funds substantially, the international community free rides by funding … less. We quantify how more allocation of funds by the policy-maker to disease prevention causes lower disease contraction …
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promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The first of three major issues in this dissertation analyses macroeconomic … second issue evaluates policies which alleviate poverty by increasing agricultural production, creating employment and … provide original and effective policy prescriptions which may have important economic, social and political consequences. This …
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promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. The first of three major issues in this dissertation analyses macroeconomic … second issue evaluates policies which alleviate poverty by increasing agricultural production, creating employment and … provide original and effective policy prescriptions which may have important economic, social and political consequences. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
The paper models the policy challenges facing globalizing developing countries. Models from the pure theory of … diversification and currency crises models are reviewed to distil policy guidelines to promote the globalization of developing … countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income …
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