Booms and booze: on the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and alcohol consumption. [PDF]
This paper investigates the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and alcohol consumption using country-level data from 159 countries between 1961 and 2004.
Helble, Matthias, Sato, Azusa
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AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.The majority of patients in Malaysia purchase medications at community pharmacies for simple medical conditions. One‐fourth of them are not satisfied with the pricing practices at these pharmacies. The majority rely on medical insurance to purchase routine medications.
Amelia Ravindran +3 more
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Does task shifting yield cost savings and improve efficiency for health systems? A systematic review of evidence from low-income and middle-income countries [PDF]
, 2017 Gabriel Seidman, Rifat Atun
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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Use of failure-to-rescue to identify international variation in postoperative care in low-, middle- and high-income countries: a 7-day cohort study of elective surgery [PDF]
, 2017 Tahania Ahmad +9 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had profound consequences for the global economy. As both countries are major commodity exporters, the food value chain was also affected. This study investigates the impact of the invasion on stock prices, profitability and sentiments of agribusinesses along the food supply chain by using an ...
Julia Höhler +2 more
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Planned delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia in low-income and middle-income countries (CRADLE-4): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2023 Alice Beardmore‐Gray +32 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Studies of the effectiveness of transport sector interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map [PDF]
, 2021 Suchi Kapoor Malhotra +7 more
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MONETARY INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH [PDF]
Favorable conditions existed for world economic growth during the 1980s and early 1990s. Yet real GDP growth rates for 76 out of 87 countries included in this study decreased during this time, relative to the 1968-80 period.
Peterson, Willis L.
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