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HDR 2010 - The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development

UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …

The 2010 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways...

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Synthese: Rapport 2014 Sur La Nutrition Mondiale: Mesures et redevabilite en vue daccelerer les progres mondiaux en matiere de nutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014

Une alimentation équilibrée est le socle sur lequel reposent des vies saines, des moyens de subsistance solides et durables et des économies prospères. En l’absence de ce socle, leur construction s’appuie sur des sables mouvants. Les enfants souffrant d’un retard de croissance ne...

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Where Happiness Varies: Recalling Adam Smith to Critically Assess the UK Government Project Measuring National Well-Being

Eichhorn, Jan - In: Sociological Research Online 19 (2014) 2, pp. 6-6

This paper provides a constructive critique of the work on the Office for National Statisticâ€™s Measuring National Well-being project. Recalling Adam Smithâ€™s work on happiness highlights how the work in this project, as well as most of the dominant work in the field remains based on...

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Cognitive, Affective and Eudemonic Well-Being in Later Life: Measurement Equivalence over Gender and Life Stage

Vanhoutte, Bram; Nazroo, James - In: Sociological Research Online 19 (2014) 2, pp. 4-4

order structure is neutral to gender in its measurement. A lower influence of feeling energetic on self-actualisation, and … respondents in the third age (). These small measurement artefacts underline that somatic symptoms of later life depression should …

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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014

A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...

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Risikomaßzahlen für Kreditportfoliotranchen

Tillich, Daniel - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 5 (2011) 1, pp. 59-76

There is a multitude of measures to evaluate the tranches of a structured credit portfolio. One problem is that for each concept there exists a variety of different terms. Furthermore, some of these terms are used for different measures. For this reason, this paper aims to catalog the terms used...

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Organisational Culture:Concept, Context, and Measurement(In Two Volumes)

Kummerow, Elizabeth; Kirby, Neil - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

>Organisational Culture: Concept, Context and Measurement (In Two Volumes)</i> aims to encourage an agenda for organisational culture research … questions and questions of measurement. In Volume I of the book, the main focus is on the concept of organisational culture … research into the measurement and practical application of organisational culture, the book provides a methodological approach …

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THE EVALUATION OF THE WATER NETWORKS LOSSES CAUSED BY THE MEASUREMENT DEVIATIONS OF THE WATER METERS

STAICU, DORIN; STAICU, ALEXANDRA - In: Romaqua 95 (2014) 5, pp. 37-49

The article presents the analysis of the causes that lead to measurement deviations of the counters used at water … increasing the precision of the theoretical model of evaluating the measurement deviations. …

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Wealth as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Welfare: Islamic Views

Zaman, Asad; Naveed, Arif; Atiq-ur-Rehman - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics - 2014

currently in use in the west. It is worth considering the reasons for undertaking the project of measurement and assessing what … needs to be measured, and whether measurement itself is necessary, for achieving these goals? …

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Perceived Organizational Justice in Care Services: Creation and multi-sample validation of a measure

Pérez-Arechaederra, Diana; Briones, Elena; Lind, Allan; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 102 (2014) C, pp. 26-32

Organizational justice (OJ) perceptions predict attitudes and behaviors of customers and employees across a broad range of services. Although OJ has proven predictive power and relevance, it has rarely been studied in health care settings. This stems partially from the lack of a reliable and...

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