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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

The evolution of inequity in the access to health care in Spain: 1987-2001 [PDF]

This paper reports an analysis of the evolution of equity in access to health care in Spain over the period 1987-2001, a time span covering the development of the modern Spanish National Health System.
Pilar García Gómez, Ángel López
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Employment status and differences in the one-year coverage of physician visits: different needs or unequal access to services? [PDF]

, 2006
Background The dichotomy employed vs. unemployed is still a relevant, but rather crude measure of status in current labour markets. Also, studies concerning the association of employment status with health have to specify the type of the employment as ...
Vahtera, Jussi, Kivimäki, Mika, Mika Kivimäki, Vahtera, J, Kivimäki Mika, Virtanen, Pekka, Kivimaki, M, Vahtera Jussi, Markku Koskenvuo, Jussi Vahtera, Koskenvuo Markku, Koskenvuo, Markku, Virtanen, P, Virtanen Pekka, Pekka Virtanen, Koskenvuo, M   +15 more
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Equity in Maternal Health in South Africa: Analysis of Health Service Access and Health Status in a National Household Survey

PLoS ONE, 2013
South Africa is increasingly focused on reducing maternal mortality. Documenting variation in access to maternal health services across one of the most inequitable nations could assist in re-direction of resources.Analysis draws on a population-based household survey that used multistage-stratified sampling.
Njeri Wabiri, Matthew Chersich, Khangelani Zuma, Duane Blaauw, Jane Goudge, Ntabozuko Dwane   +5 more
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of equity in access to pharmaceutical services in selected cites of Isfahan Province, Iran

Journal of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management, 2017
Background: Equity is one of the pivotal aims and priorities of the pharmaceutical system. The World Health Organization report in 2000 clarifies the important role of equity in health-care systems. Equity and efficiency are prominent features of health-
Majid Davari, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Abolfazl Aslani, Zahra Bakhshizadeh, Elahe Khorasani   +4 more
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Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci, Md Deluair Hossen, Andrew Muhammad, Seong‐Hoon Cho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health care utilization and immigration in Spain [PDF]

The aim of this work is to analyze the use of health care services by immigrants in Spain. Using a nationally representative health survey from 2006-2007 that allows overcoming problems present in previous studies and negative binomial and hurdle models,
Antón, José-Ignacio, Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael   +1 more
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An equity-lens analysis of policies on child health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tropical Medicine and Health
Background Despite policy commitments to equitable healthcare, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to experience significant disparities in child health outcomes.
Etienne Mwokozi Bwira, Paulin Beya Mutombo, Théophane Kekemb Bukele, John Kebela Kamwina, Dosithée Ngo-Bebe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source