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Maximizing Human Development [PDF]

The Human Development Index (HDI) is widely used as an aggregate measure of overall human well being. We examine the allocations implied by the maximization of this index, using a standard growth model — an extended version of Mankiw, Romer, andWeil’s ...
Ian King, Merwan Engineer
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Reforming International Investment Treaty Practice: Comparing Policy Innovation in Australia and Uruguay

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Philip Morris lawsuits against Australia and Uruguay in the early 2010s highlighted the need to reform international investment agreement (IIA) practices to ensure that governments do not give up their regulatory autonomy for foreign investment. We undertook a policy analysis to reveal how interests, ideas and institutions shaped reform in
Dori Patay, Gastón Ares, Gerónimo Brunet, Anne Marie Thow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Success and Failure in Human Development, 1970-2007 [PDF]

The paper reviews experience in advancing Human Development since 1970 by investigating behaviour among countries that made the largest improvements in HD, and those that made the least improvement.
Frances Stewart, Gustav Ranis
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Machine Learning for Predicting Colorectal Cancer‐Specific Mortality: The Role of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Public Policy

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We investigated whether adding socioeconomic information to machine learning models can improve the prediction of colorectal cancer‐specific mortality. Methods Using data from the Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo (FOSP), we analyzed individuals diagnosed with ...
Felipe Mendes Delpino, Rocco Friebel, Francisco Tustumi, Marina Martins Siqueira, Gabriely Rangel Pereira, Marcelo Passos Teivelis, Lucas Hernandes Correa, Nelson Wolosker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Troubling tradeoffs in the Human Development Index [PDF]

The 20th Human Development Report has introduced a new version of its famous Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI aggregates country-level attainments in life expectancy, schooling and income per capita.
Ravallion, Martin
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A Qualitative Analysis of Social Indicators in Highly Polluting Sectors: The Challenge for Multifaceted Standards in Emerging Economies

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institutional current effort to regulate and increase the quantity and quality of sustainability information reported by companies is undeniable. However, the growing complexity of sustainability reporting standards creates isolated compartments for each major dimension of sustainability, leaving aside their interconnectedness and combined
M. Marco‐Fondevila, J. M. Moneva, S. Scarpellini, J. L. Osorio‐Tejada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where is the Human in HDI? [PDF]

This position paper views HDI from a human-centred perspective informed by the work of Martin Buber and Eric Fromm. Buber’s ideas of philosophical dialogue (Zank, 2020) concern how humans experience the world and themselves while Fromm’s principles of character orientation (Cherry, 2020) , concern how individuals relate to the world. We seek to discuss
Sellers, Luke, Carey, Daniel, Nash, Callum, Briggs, Jo   +3 more
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Master Constraint Operator in Loop Quantum Gravity

, 2006
We introduce a master constraint operator $\hat{\mathbf{M}}$ densely defined in the diffeomorphism invariant Hilbert space in loop quantum gravity, which corresponds classically to the master constraint in the programme. It is shown that $\hat{\mathbf{M}}
Ashtekar, Ashtekar, Ashtekar, Dittrich, Dittrich, Dittrich, Dittrich, Dittrich, Fairbain, Gambini, Guilini, Han, Han, Lewandowski, Muxin Han, Reed, Reed, Rovelli, Thiemann, Thiemann, Thiemann, Thiemann, Thiemann, Yongge Ma   +23 more
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Effects of postural intervention using a risshin chair on physical posture, class time perception, and subjective well‐being in junior high school students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Research based on embodied cognition has demonstrated that physical posture, particularly an upright seated posture, can influence emotions and cognition. However, although students spend most of the day sitting in classrooms, intervention research on upright seated postures suitable for learning environments is limited.
Yusuke Murakami, Takashi Akiyama, Genji Sugamura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and Evaluation of Regional Evelopment and Urban Poverty Human in GIS and HDI Model (City of Yazd) [PDF]

توسعه اجتماعی, 2014
Today developing countries to strengthen economic infrastructure - social, the elimination of regional imbalances and ultimately achieve sustainable regional development requires the identification and distribution of resources, facilities and resources ...
saeed maleki, elyas mavedat
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