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COVID-19 Lockdowns and Decline in Traffic Related Deaths and Injuries

Oguzoglu, Umut - 2020

This paper investigates the decline in traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries during the months that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders implemented in Turkey. Taking into account the decline in accidents in March and April together, these rates roughly translate to 200 traffic related deaths and...

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Covid-19 Fatalities and Internal Conflict: Does Government Economic Support Matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Gholipour, Hassan F. - 2021

In this study, we look at the association between COVID-19 fatality rate and internal conflict, highlighting the … COVID-19 fatality rates are likely to be positively associated with internal conflict in countries with lower levels of … countries, the estimation results demonstrate that the positive effect of COVID-19 fatality rates on internal conflict may …

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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Health Service Coverage in the Philippines

Flaminiano, Clarisa Joy A.; Puyat, Vicente Alberto R.; … - 2022

We conducted a spatiotemporal analysis of trends and disparities in health service coverage indicators using PhilHealth data on insurance claims, membership, and accredited facilities merged with auxiliary datasets from the Department of Health and Philippine Statistics Authority. The results...

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Policy-relevant assessment method of socio-economic impacts of floods: An Italian case study

Farinosi, Fabio; Carrera, Lorenzo; Maziotis, Alexandros; … - 2012

This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river basin (Italy) using a combination of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model and Spatial and Multi-Criteria Analysis. A risk map for the whole basin is generated as a function...

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Making agricultural support more objective-oriented: Linear programming approach for Ukraine

Vysotskyi, Taras - 2011

In this article we investigate how to integrate the experience and knowledge of local agricultural experts in order to facilitate more objective-oriented use of the agricultural support funds. For this purpose we apply the Linear Programming methodological approach. Within this approach the...

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Macro-economic Impact Assessment of Future Changes in European Marine Ecosystem Services

Bosello, Francesco; Delpiazzo, Elisa; Eboli, Fabio - 2015

The present research has been developed within the EU FP7 VECTORS project (http://www.marine-vectors.eu/). The main scope of the project (2011-2015) has been to evaluate, from a multilateral perspective, drivers, pressures and vectors of changes in marine life of three main European seas...

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Towards an analytical strategic environmental assessment: The ANSEA Network

Jiliberto, Rodrigo; Alvarez-Arenas, Manuel; García, … - 2002

The objective of the Analytical Strategic Environmental Assessment method is to provide a complementary and decision-centred approach to the SEA process. The focus is to evaluate the decision-making process instead of the quantitative output of an assessment. Thus, the project provides a...

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The impact of the expansion of the Bolsa Família programme on the time allocation of youths and labour supply of adults

Chitolina, Lia; Foguel, Miguel Nathan; Menezes-Filho, … - 2013

This paper evaluates the impact of the 2007 expansion of the Bolsa Família programme to families with youths aged 16 to 17 years (Benefício Variável Jovem) on the time allocation of youths and on the labour supply of adults. The differences-in-difference estimator was used to compare...

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Impact Assessment of the Agricultural Production Support Services of the Department of Agriculture on the Income of Poor Farmers/Fisherfolk: Review of the Evidence

Briones, Roehlano M. - 2013

Expenditures on agriculture have been rising over time, as expression of the state's commitment to reduce poverty, raise rural incomes and household welfare, and promote food security. However, agriculture continues to exhibit disappointing performance, namely, laggard growth, lack of...

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Prospects for a Philippines-European Union Free Trade Agreement: Implications for Agriculture

Briones, Roehlano M.; Galang, Ivory Myka R. - 2014

This study examines the impact of a potential Philippines-European Union (EU) free trade agreement (FTA) on the agricultural sector. Static analysis indicates that potential gains to the agricultural sector of the Philippines are limited, primarily owing to the low size of initial agricultural...

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