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Macroeconomic Effects of Public Investment in EMDEs: Nonlinear Effects of the Business Cycle, Fiscal Space, Capital Stock and Efficiency

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the macroeconomic effects of public investment in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). To this end the analysis develops a new measure of public investment shocks based on cyclically adjusted government investment.
Amat Adarov, Benedict Clements, João Tovar Jalles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Conflict Reshape the Military–FDI Nexus? Evidence From a Dynamic Panel Analysis

Review of International Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between military expenditure and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 61 low‐ and middle‐income countries over 1990–2018, with a focus on how this relationship is shaped by conflict dynamics and institutional contexts.
Prashant Bhandari, Narendra Regmi, Krishna Sharma   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living under the Rubber Boom: Market Integration and Agrarian Transformations in the Lao Uplands [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis investigates market integration and agrarian transformations in the uplands of the Lao PDR through the lens of the rubber ’boom’. The study addresses the processes and consequences of rubber expansion on upland spaces and populations.
LA-ORNGPLEW, WASANA
core  

Hepatitis E virus is prevalent in the pig population of Lao People's Democratic Republic and evidence exists for homogeneity with Chinese Genotype 4 human isolates

, 2011
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and genotypic range of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the pig population of northern Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR).
Jarman, R.G., Khamphouth Vongxay, Thompson, R.C.A., Blacksell, SD, Chinnawirotpisan, P, Vongxay, K., Melanie C. Melendrez, Thompson, RC, Melendrez, MC, Conlan, JV, Stanley Fenwick, Stuart D. Blacksell, Thompson, RCA, James V. Conlan, Conlan, J., Blacksell, S.D., R.C. Andrew Thompson, Chinnawirotpisan, P., Richard G. Jarman, Fenwick, S., Melendrez, M.C., Jarman, RG, Vongxay, K, Fenwick, S, Piyawan Chinnawirotpisan   +24 more
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Factors influencing sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in Lao PDR

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to poor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. In addition, Lao PDR has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in southeast Asia and a high maternal mortality ratio. Objective This study aimed to provide a
Khampheng Phongluxa, Ghislaine L Langeslag, Tej Ram Jat, S. Kounnavong, M. A. Khan, D. Essink   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association between children's feeding practices and the nutritional status of children 6–23 months in Lao PDR: Evidence from the Provincial Household Survey 2022

Reproductive, Female and Child Health
Purpose To investigate the association between children's feeding practices and the nutritional status of children 6–23 months in Lao PDR. Method The study is based on the latest Provincial Household Survey 2022 (PHS 2022). The WHO's guidelines were used
Kyle Taylor, Pany Sananikhom, Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Janneke Hartvig Blomberg, Prosper Dakurah, Vilon Viphongxay   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deteriorating Mental Well‐Being of the Young in the UK

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using several data sets for the UK we track rising perceptions of mental well‐being among the working‐age population in the UK. The trend is apparent among all age groups and for men and women, but it is most pronounced among the young, and especially young women aged under 25.
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, David N. F. Bell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of major bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

, 2012
Bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases pose a significant threat to human health in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). In all, 905 cattle and buffalo serum samples collected in northern Lao PDR in 2006 were used to determine ...
Khounsy, S, Blacksell, S. D., Thompson, R.C.A., Blacksell, SD, Fenwick, Stanley, Blacksell, S.D., Conlan, J.V., Vongxay, K., Thompson, R. C., Dorny, P., Thompson, RC Andrew, Khounsy, Syseng, Blacksell, Stuart D, Thompson, RC, Khounsy, S., Fenwick, S., Vongxay, K, Dorny, Pierre, Conlan, JV, Conlan, James V, Fenwick, S, Dorny, P, Conlan, J. V., Vongxay, Khamphouth   +23 more
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What is a Green Economy? Review of National-Level Green Economy Policies in Cambodia and Lao PDR

Sustainability, 2020
A green economy that simultaneously promotes environmental sustainability, social inclusiveness, and economic growth is expected to benefit the heavily resource-dependent least developed countries.
M. Vuola, Mika Korkeakoski, Noora Vähäkari, M. Dwyer, N. Hogarth, J. Kaivo‐oja, J. Luukkanen, E. Chea, Try Thuon, K. Phonhalath   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative Impact of Active Versus Passive Surveillance on Hepatitis C Virus Testing Uptake, Diagnosis and Linkage to Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a major global health challenge, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where limited diagnostic access and weak surveillance hinder progress toward the World Health Organization's 2030 elimination targets.
Katekani Precious Motau, Maureen Moyo Chilufya, Nyeleti P. Chauke, Smangaliso Morerwa, Kuhlula Maluleke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source