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Distribution and Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Developing Countries

open access: yesJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 2016
Objectives Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health concern, especially in developing countries, and is frequently related to child morbidity and mortality.
R. Mahumud, M. Sultana, A. Sarker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Polycentrism and Poverty: Experiences of Rural Water Supply Reform in Namibia

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2009
Calls for new paradigms in water resource management have emerged from a broad range of commentators over the past decade. These calls arose as it became increasingly clear that the pressing problems in water resource management have to be tackled from ...
Thomas Falk   +2 more
doaj  

The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries

open access: yes, 2017
This paper assesses the current state of evidence on how international trade shapes inequality and poverty through its influence on earnings and employment opportunities.
Nina Pavcnik
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rural Health Care Access and Policy in Developing Countries.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2016
Compared to their urban counterparts, rural and remote inhabitants experience lower life expectancy and poorer health status. Nowhere is the worldwide shortage of health professionals more pronounced than in rural areas of developing countries.
R. Strasser   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Indo-Pacific cooperation: what do trade simulations indicate?

open access: yesJournal of Economic Structures, 2020
This paper investigates the potential economic effect of ‘Indo-Pacific’ regional economic cooperation and compares with the extended CPTPP. The Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) results show that the quadrilateral alliance between the United States ...
Mohammad Masudur Rahman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2014
Background: Economic growth is widely regarded as a necessary, and often sufficient, condition for the improvement of population health. We aimed to assess whether macroeconomic growth was associated with reductions in early childhood undernutrition in ...
Prof. Sebastian Vollmer, PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building financial institutions in developing countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Financial development and financial institution building are important prerequisites for economic growth. However, both the potential and the problems of institution building are still vastly underestimated by those who design and fund institution ...
Schmidt, Reinhard H., Winkler, Adalbert
core  

Adoption of processing technologies and innovative food preservation techniques: findings from smallholders in the Lindi Region in Tanzania

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Adopting processing technologies and innovative food preservation is crucial for improving the food security and nutritional status of rural populations in Tanzania and other countries in the Global South.
Malika Sarr   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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