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Social Sector Development in South West Bengal
Majumder, Rajarshi; Ray, Jhilam; Sen, Anindita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Development economics in recent years have become more people centric than before. It has rediscovered that human beings are both the means and the end of economic development process, and without Human Development that process becomes a hollow rhetoric. The maze of technical concepts and growth...
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Health, social policy, and inclusive growth in MENA
Alami, Randa - Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African … - 2014
This paper takes stock of the current status of health sectors in MENA. From the narrow perspective of national aggregate indicators, as with most middle income countries, the region has seen significant achievements. Yet, health sectors face systemic challenges, and suffer from significant and...
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On the Concept of Equity in Opportunity
Son, Hyun H. - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2011
changes in the opportunities for health care and education in the Philippines from 1998 to 2007. …
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Neighborhood effects on food consumption
Leonard, Tammy; McKillop, Caitlin; Carson, Jo Ann; … - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 51 (2014) C, pp. 99-113
Food consumption behavior is likely a result of environmental stimuli, access, and personal preferences, making policy aimed at increasing the nutritional content of food consumption challenging. We examine the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the...
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Cognitive Development and Infectious Disease: Gender Differences in Investments and Outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
differentiated impacts is that the water reform induces parents to make complementary investments in education that favor girls …
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Education, paludisme et moustiquaires imprégnées d'insecticide en Afrique sub-saharienne
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
education. The analysis is based on a panel sample of 41 countries of sub-Saharan African over the period 2001-2006. Our results … suggest that cover of insecticide-treated mosquito net positivelyaffect the indicators of education. Cet articles’intéresse à … la relation entre la couverture en moustiquaires imprégnées d’insecticide et quelquesindicateurs d’éducation. L’étude est …
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Income Inequality and Poverty in Colombia - Part 2. The Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers
Joumard, Isabelle; Vélez, Juliana Londoño - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
small and dominated by non-redistributive schemes such as contributory pensions. Education coverage has increased steadily … de l'éducation et l'équité d'accès, en particulier pour l'université, restent des défis importants. De même pour la santé …
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Agricultural policy, migration, and malaria in the United States in the 1930s
Barreca, Alan I.; Fishback, Price V.; Kantor, Shawn - In: Explorations in Economic History 49 (2012) 4, pp. 381-398
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was associated with a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the relationship between the AAA and the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a...
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Day Surgery Development Aspects in Slovakia/Aspectos del desarrollo potencial de cirugía ambulatoria en Eslovaquia
GAVUROVÁ, BEÁTA; KLEPÁKOVÁ, ADELA; IVANČOVÁ, LADISLAVA - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 31 (2013) Septiembre, pp. 477-496
The day surgery is a highly effective tool for providing health care which has been used in Slovakia only for the last decade. The unified system of payment for inpatient or outpatient (day care) surgeries causes the reduction of health insurance companies´ spending. Incorrectly configured and...
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Health Policy, Inequity and Convergence in India
Purohit, Brijesh C. - Madras School of Economics - 2012
Existing situation in India is marked by laudable health indicators in terms of increased life expectancy which doubled since independence and eradication of some of the preventable diseases. Yet the main concern continues both for the policy makers and people in terms of inequity of health...
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