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Brazilian social policy : outcomes and dilemmas
Matijascic, Milko - 2019
Since redemocratization in 1985, Brazil’s system of social protection became more focused on the neediest while at the … policies. Yet, Brazil's social protection model favors cash transfers over social services, and reduces inequalities in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061772
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Methodological Opportunities for Improving the Quality of Higher Education Institution
Mihály, Nikolett; Tari, Katalin - 2016
As a consequence of the demographic tendencies of the developed countries the competition between higher education institutions is more and more intense in order to have and hold students. In this way they are interested in surveying their students' expectations and satisfaction to find out how...
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Why Banning the Worst Forms of Child Labour Would Hurt Poor Countries
Dessy, Sylvain; Pallage, Stephane - Centre de Recherche sur l'Emploi et les Fluctuations … - 2001
Although it is intuitive and morally compelling that the worst forms of child labour should be eliminated, banning them in poor countries is unlikely to be welfare improving and can come at the expense of human capital accumulation. We show that the existence of harmful forms of child labour, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827159
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Professional Training of Human Resources
NEAMTU, Mioara - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 1 (2008) 36, pp. 399-403
Each organization has a human capital which resides in the knowledge and experience of its own employees, in their professional competence. For the purpose of using this capital as efficiently as possible in the process of carrying out working tasks, it must be given attention and support to...
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Health care system in the Republic of Macedonia – current situation and development perspectives
Kjosev, Sasho; Nedanovski, Pece - In: Revista Tinerilor Economisti (The Young Economists Journal) 1 (2008) 11, pp. 71-77
Health care in Macedonia is provided through an extensive net of health care organizations. After the independence, the need for central resource management led to the transformation of disjointed system of municipally-funded health services to a social insurance-funded model with central...
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Why Banning the Worst Forms of Child Labour Would Hurt Poor Countries
Dessy, Sylvain; Pallage, Stéphane - Département d'Économique, Université Laval - 2001
Although it is intuitive and morally compelling that the worst forms of child labour should be eliminated, banning them in poor countries is unlikely to be welfare improving and can come at the expense of human capital accumulation. We show that the existence of harmful forms of child labour, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696402
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L’INDICE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT HUMAIN : UNE ÉVALUATION POUR MAYOTTE
GOUJON, Michaël; HERMET, François - In: Region et Developpement 36 (2012), pp. 229-244
The position of Mayotte in terms of development is a critical issue following its recent accession to the status of … French Overseas Department. In this article we propose measuring the level of development by the Human De-velopment Index … (HDI) established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a composite indicator that integrates dimensions …
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Policies for Industrial Learning in China and Mexico: Neo-developmental vs. Neo-liberal approaches
Shafaeddin, Mehdi; Gallaher, Kevin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
industrial learning and the development of capabilities of indigenous firms in Mexico and China in order to shed light on why …-developmental.” Mexico’s hands-off approach to learning has resulted in a lack of development of endogenous capacity of domestic firms …
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Bem-estar social nos anos e 2000: Traços estilizados da história brasileira
Campos, André Gambier - 2015
In a stylized way, this text presents the dynamics of the welfare in Brazil in recent decades, highlighting especially …
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Germany's fiscal policy stance
Siebert, Horst - 2004
This paper analyzes Germany's fiscal policy position. Half of GDP passes through the hands of government, a high debt to GDP ratio limits the maneuvering, and the revenue sharing mechanism prevents a competitive federalism. Most importantly for the future, the federal finance minister has to...
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