Recent studies have highlighted the adverse impact of corruption on economic performance. This paper advances the … hypothesis that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that … provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of “perceived corruption.” The hypothesis is tested by …

The financial health of a company can be seen as the ability to maintain a balance against changing conditions in the … environment and at the same time in relation to everyone participating in the business. In the evaluation of financial health and … method for evaluation of financial health has been analysed in post-communist countries, since they have common historic …

electricity suppliers. Outages may have an adverse impact on the household's welfare including the health of household members … investigates whether there is a relationship between outages and the health of children. Specifically, I study the differences in …

-rated health. While the first welfare gap in happiness has closed recently, the second transition gap in self-perceived gap only …-rated health. Although the gap in self-perceived health for transition nations in Eastern Europe is present in a basic model, it … "Good" or "Very Good" health compared to other transition and non-transition countries. Controlling for communist party …

Global health scholarship has failed to adequately consider the “BRIC” cluster of nations - Brazil, Russia, India and … China - particularly in the aggregate. An article search with the keywords “BRIC” and “public health” yields just one … publication. But these countries have a unique role to play in the global health enterprise by addressing global health problems …