Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional … development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new … stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of …

professional development for its residents. Through an empiric research, we have identified the most important factors which …

, the paper contributes an analytic derivation of the tax elasticity of taxable income, the welfare cost of the tax, and … government revenue as a percent of output. It shows how an increase in the tax rate causes the tax elasticity and welfare cost to … elasticity of reported income, the welfare cost of taxation and the tax revenue as a percent of output, with sensitivity analysis …

understand limitations and limits to change towards sustainable water resources management. This serves the development of …

We argue that the partition of ethnic groups following the Scramble for Africa does not itself matter for development … a ect development. Furthermore, the analysis of data from the Afrobarometer shows that the persistence of informal … partitioned group a ects development …