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Nutrition, economic development and civil wars in Sub-Saharan Africa (1950-2000)
Moradi, Alexander - 2005
A life free of hunger is an essential part of human well-being. For measuring nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we … state of nutrition in SSA in the 1960s? Which development of nutrition took place 1950-1980? Which factors can explain the … nutritional status? Did the importsubstitution policy negatively affected nutrition? Our results indicate, that in the 1960s …
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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Three Essays on the Gender Differentials in Mortality and Undernutrition in Pakistan
Syed, Mohammad Asim - 2008
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Food supply in the European Union from 1961 to 2003
Neier, Anna-Magdalena - 2009
In dieser Studie über die Nahrungsmittelverfügbarkeit in der Europäischen Union mit den Mitgliederstaaten von 2009, werden Food Balance Sheets (FBS) der Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) von 1961 bis 2003 analysiert. Obwohl die Zuverlässigkeit und Präzision der FBS Daten stark von der...
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THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE FROM WEST AFRICA
Penders, Christopher L.; Staatz, John - 2001
Poor child health and nutrition persist throughout West Africa. This research analyzes the impact of key economic … variables, including income, education and background characteristics, on child health and nutrition across nine different …
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Modelling physical quantities of food and nutrients consumed from aggregate data – with an application to Finland
Irz, Xavier T. - 2009
Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge of how physical quantities of food consumed respond to price and income variations. A problem arises, however, because physical quantities are: 1- not consistent aggregates in...
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Do Income Constraints Inhibit Spending on Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Households?
Stewart, Hayden; Blisard, Noel; Jolliffe, Dean - 2003
This study assesses whether income constraints inhibit spending on fruits and vegetables among low-income households. If this is the case, then it is hypothesized that the distribution of expenditures on fruits and vegetables by low-income households should be stochastically dominated by the...
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