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Sociodemographic and health disparities in self-care difficulties among older individuals: Evidence from South Africa

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background As South Africa’s population rapidly ages, the burden of non-communicable diseases and the challenges of performing daily care activities among older individuals are increasing. This study investigates trends in self-reported difficulties with
Ghose Bishwajit, Sanni Yaya
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Institutional environment, innovative entrepreneurial entry and venture capital financing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We analyse the determinants of high growth expectations entrepreneurial entry (HGE) using individual data drawn on working age population, based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for the 1998-2004 period.
Fazio, G., Mickiewicz, T.
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Uncovering the drivers of food insecurity in Cameroon: insights from a nationwide cross-sectional analysis

open access: yesBMC Nutrition
Background Despite global efforts to achieve zero hunger, food insecurity remains a critical challenge in several African countries, including Cameroon. This study aims to identify sociodemographic predictors of food insecurity across Cameroon through a ...
Ghose Bishwajit, Sanni Yaya
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Exigency Politics or New World Order? [PDF]

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Since the onset of the current crisis, numerous intergovernmental organizations made declarations and plans, but only national packages were implemented to minimize adverse effects to real (national) economies.
Miroslava Filipović
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Linking Indigenous Social Capital to a Global Economy [PDF]

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Although the concept of social capital is intuitively appealing, policy-makers and scholars have been frustrated by difficulties in finding practical ways to build social capital where it is either weak or absent.
David O'Brien
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The Lucas Paradox and the quality of institutions: then and now [PDF]

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In the first era of financial globalization (1880-1914), global capital market integration led to substantial net capital movements from rich to poor economies.
Schularick, Moritz, Steger, Thomas M.
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Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis [PDF]

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Did global imbalances cause the financial crisis? A number of influential figures have argued that inflows of foreign capital into the US due to the current account deficit helped to trigger the crisis.
Karl Whelan
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Entrepreneurial Career Capital, Innovation and New Venture Export Orientation [PDF]

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This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial human capital, entrepreneurial social capital and innovation in explaining new ventures' levels of export orientation.
Jolanda Hessels, Siri Terjesen
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