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Global Responses to Chronic Diseases: What Lessons Can Political Science Offer?
Blouin, Chantal - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 1, pp. 120-134
Designing and adopting a global response to address the rise of chronic diseases in both the industrial and developing world requires policymakers to engage in global health diplomacy. In the context of the recent United Nations’ High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, the paper first...
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Urban Governance of Disease
Katz, Rebecca; Mookherji, Sangeeta; Kaminski, Morgan; … - In: Administrative Sciences 2 (2012) 2, pp. 135-147
strengthen collaboration and communication among national and municipal agencies and between their local and international non …
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Main features of the labour policy in Portugal
Moniz, António; Woll, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
, diversity); b) Education and training (skilling outcomes, rules on retraining and further training, employability schemes …
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Time Discounting, Education, and Growth: Evidence and a Simple Model
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - In: Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver) 59 (2009) 1, pp. 71-86
In the paper we propose a new channel through which education may promote economic growth: education makes people more … findings are consistent with the causal effect of education on the subjective discount rate. In the second part of the paper … wider role of education in tackling possible development traps. …
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A Model of Human Capital, Time Discounting and Economic Growth
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2008
development regimes and it illustrates wider role of education in tackling possible development traps. …
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Migration and Educational Outcomes of Children
Schapiro, Kristina A. - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2009
. It discusses the various channels through which migration affects the education and wellbeing of non-migrant children in …. To conclude, the paper recognizes the policy challenges surrounding the migration-education linkage and considers some of …
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HDR 2010 - The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...
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Growth challenges for the business services industry - international comparison and policy issues
Kox, Henk L.M. - EconWPA - 2003
This report summarises the findings of a study on the growth factors and growth prospects of the business services (BS)industry, applying an internationally comparative perspective. The report untangles factors behind the extraordinary growth of the BS industry during last decade,comparing it...
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Forest-based Tourism in Bangladesh: Status, Problems and Prospects
Alam, Mahbubul; Furukawa, Yasushi; Akter, Salma - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Bangladesh is a land of diverse forest-based natural attractions throughout the evergreen, semi-evergreen, and mangrove forest ecosystems. The article attempts at exploring various dimensions of ecotourism industry and critically analyzes the relationship among the stakeholders, overall...
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Inequality,Poverty and Hunger in Developing Countries: Sustainability Implications
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
For several decades, the international community has aspired to integrate the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Yet, no country has achieved the patterns of consumption and production that could sustain global prosperity in the coming decades. Thus, with the...
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