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Providing access to education for low-income populations is essential to reduce inequalities and promote social … inclusion. Although the spatial dimension of inequalities in access to education has received attention in recent studies, there … public transport, the study investigates education- -related social exclusion in the intra-urban scale as well as across …
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Preferences for transport activities are often considered only in terms of time and money. Whilst congestion in automobile traffic increases costs by raising trip durations, the same is less obvious in public transport (PT), especially rail-based. This has lead many economic analyses to conclude...
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Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in large metropolises and increasingly common in medium and large cities. Several studies have analyzed the negative effects of congestion in terms of economic productivity loss, increased environmental pollution, and negative health consequences....
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Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in large metropolises and increasingly common in medium and large cities. Several studies have analyzed the negative effects of congestion in terms of economic productivity loss, increased environmental pollution, and negative health consequences....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391359
-regular workers. Education reforms are also needed to promote inclusive growth, notably by: i) improving the access of low …-income children to high-quality early childhood education and care; ii) reducing reliance on private tutoring, notably at hagwons; and … de l’éducation sont également requises pour promouvoir une croissance inclusive, notamment: i) en améliorant l’accès des …
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the role of education in determining welfare and poverty and its reciprocal, the role of welfare and other aspects of … from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys. The results suggest that education levels play an important role in determining … household welfare and that higher levels of education have relatively larger and increasing benefits. Improvements are observed …
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Le developpement de l'enseignement superieur est percu depuis plus de trois decennies comme un phenomene naturel, mais une grille de lecture generale et theorique n'en est pas pour autant inutile. Complement indispendable a la theorie dominante du capital humain, l'article trop meconnu d'Arrow...
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One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public services, and amenities. For this reason, an increasing number of transportation and funding agencies have sought to incorporate accessibility studies in the planning and...
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One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public services, and amenities. For this reason, an increasing number of transportation and funding agencies have sought to incorporate accessibility studies in the planning and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013489644
The population's access to public health services contribute to reducing disease prevalence and raising life expectancy. In Brazil, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) is guided by the principles of universality and integrality of care to all health needs. Despite the advances of the SUS, it...
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