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Increasing sedentary time, minimum dietary energy requirements, and food security assessment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract We compute corrections for sedentary behavior in physical activity levels (PALs) and incorporate them along with corrections for over estimation of basal metabolic rates (BMRs) into threshold caloric intakes, known as minimum dietary energy requirements (MDERs).
Jacob Michels +2 more
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Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries [PDF]
, 2007 Almas Heshmati +2 more
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How log-normal is your country? An analysis of the statistical distribution of the exported volumes of products [PDF]
, 2015 We have considered the statistical distributions of the volumes of the different products exported by 148 countries. We have found that the form of these distributions is not unique but heavily depends on the level of development of the nation, as expressed by macroeconomic indicators like GDP, GDP per capita, total export and a recently introduced ...
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Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study aims to provide actionable recommendations for leveraging digital innovation for the achievement of scalable, equitable, and transparent Net Zero Energy Transition by offering actionable recommendations. As a result of this comprehensive analysis, the review highlights the critical interplay between digital technologies and GF as vital ...
Furkan Ahmad +3 more
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Bringing Financial Literacy and Education to Low and Middle Income Countries: The Need to Review, Adjust, and Extend Current Wisdom [PDF]
This paper presents a World Bank led and Russia trust fund financed work program to measure financial capability and the effectiveness of financial education in low and middle income countries.
Holzmann, Robert
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"Compensations and contributions under an international carbon treaty" [PDF]
The simulations in this paper use actual 2004 data on carbon emissions and per capita GDP from 178 countries to provide a rough estimate of how much better off high-income countries might be by compensating low-income countries to help reduce carbon ...
Kenneth A. Lewis, Laurence S. Seidman
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Economic cost of childhood unintentional injuries
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2012 Aims: This study aims to review the economic cost of childhood (0-18 years) unintentional injuries (UI) and focuses upon comparing the cost burden between developing and developed countries.
Zhiqin Lao +2 more
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The Impact of Vaccines in Low- and High-Income Countries [PDF]
Annales Nestlé (English ed.), 2008 Vaccination has become the most effective public health measure for the control of infectious diseases after the provision of clean drinking water. The history of vaccination is marked with great hopes and some disappointments. In particular, the second half of the 20th century witnessed the development of remarkable vaccination projects.
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Is corruption anti labor? [PDF]
This paper investigates the effect of corruption on trade openness in low-income and high-income countries. The results suggest corruption is anti-labor, since it reduces trade in low-income countries and increases trade in high-income countries.Openness;
Roy, Suryadipta
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Methods used by WHO to estimate the Global burden of TB disease [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 This paper describes methodological details used by WHO in 2015 to estimate TB incidence, prevalence and mortality. Incidence and mortality are disaggregated by HIV status, age and sex. Methods to derive MDR-TB burden indicators are detailed. Four main methods were used to derive incidence: (i) case notification data combined with expert opinion about ...
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