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Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe : A Comparison of Labour Market Attitudes, Educational Achievement and Poverty between East and West
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2005
tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449678
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The political economy of child labor
Maffei, Alessandro - 2005
Kinderarbeit ist besonders in Entwicklungsländern ein weit verbreitetes Phänomen. In den letzten Jahren entwickelte … sich eine weit verzweigte ökonomische Literatur, welche sich mit dem Problem der Kinderarbeit beschäftigt. Im ersten Teil … gegeben, wobei ich im Vorfeld zunächst Fakten über die Verbreitung von Kinderarbeit und deren verschiedenen Facetten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471803
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Globalization and child labor
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2010
Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen von Globalisierung auf Kinderarbeit sowohl aus theoretischer als auch aus … Evidenz über die Formen und Verbreitung von Kinderarbeit, und skizziert den internationalen Regelrahmen, in dem … Kinderarbeitsstandards festgelegt werden. Nach einem Literaturüberblick über die unterschiedlichen ökonomischen Gründe für Kinderarbeit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448903
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Child labor and multinational conduct : a comparison of international business and stakeholder codes
Kolk, A.; Tulder, R. van - 2002
Increasing attention to the issue of child labor has been reflected in codes of conduct that emerged in the past decade in particular. This paper examines the way in which multinationals, business associations, governmental and non-governmental organizations deal with child labor in their codes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460183
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
Lesotho; and has slightly declined in Ghana. The underlying factors with regard to the apparent increase hinge on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438868
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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana
Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia - 2007
affects the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care delivery in these countries. Ghana is faced with this precise set … of circumstances as it struggles to adopt policies to overcome these challenges. The Republic of Ghana is implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440791
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The need for a security/privacy model for the health sector in Ghana
Ami-Narh, James Tetteh; Williams, Patricia A. - 2007
affects the safety, quality, and efficiency of health care delivery in these countries. Ghana is faced with this precise set … of circumstances as it struggles to adopt policies to overcome these challenges. The Republic of Ghana is implementing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440804
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An Adoption Model for Mobile Banking in Ghana
Standing, Craig; Standing, Susan; Karjaluoto, H; … - 2009
more fully, we examine the reasons for the adoption and non-adoption of mobile banking in Ghana. Through a survey of 271 … people in Ghana, it has been found that social and cultural factors in the form of perceived credibility, facilitating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440844
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Production changes in Ghana cocoa farming households under market reforms
Teal, Francis; Vigneri, Marcella - 2004
The Ghana cocoa market has been extensively liberalised over the period since the mid 1980s. Three issues have been … occurred. In this paper we investigate these issues by estimating a production function for cocoa in Ghana drawing on two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441515