Results 81 to 90 of about 2,049,095 (309)

Assessing frailty amongst older people admitted to hospital in a low-income setting: a multicentre study in northern Tanzania

BMC Geriatrics
Background Populations are ageing globally and Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are experiencing the fastest rates of demographic change. Few studies have explored the burden of frailty amongst older people in hospital in LMICs, where healthcare ...
Sean L Davidson, Luke Emmence, Sara May Motraghi-Nobes, Emily Bickerstaff, George Rayers, Godrule Lyimo, Joseph Kilasara, Mary Chuwa, Fortunatus Kisheo, Elibariki Kisaruni, Sarah Urasa, Emma Mitchell, Catherine L Dotchin, Richard W Walker   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investing in Gender Equality: Looking Ahead [PDF]

The financial crisis of 2008-09 has highlighted the need for greater attention to gender, both to address the vulnerability of countries to global shocks and to reach growth and poverty reduction goals. Investments in girls and women need to be scaled up
Buvinic, Mayra, Lunde, Trine, Sinha, Nistha   +2 more
core  

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption’s Crossroads: Exploring Firm Performance and Auditors’ Role in Emerging Markets

Economies
This study examines the relationship between country-level corruption (proxied by the Corruption Perception Index, CPI) and firm performance (measured by Return on Assets, ROA) across 18,286 firms in the East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions.
Sheela Sundarasen, Izani Ibrahim, Ahnaf Ali Alsmady, Tanaraj Krishna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +1 more source

Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis [PDF]

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested
Axel Dreher, Friedrich G. Schneider
core  

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life is low in secondary school children in Fiji [PDF]

, 2012
The health and wellbeing of children in lower-income countries is the focus of much international effort, yet there has been very little direct measurement of this. Objective.
Goundar, Ramneek, Mavoa, Helen, Moodie, Marjory, Petersen, Solveig, Swinburn, Boyd, Waqa, Gade   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Women with Cancer in Low-Income Countries

Current Oncology, 2017
In the 1 November issue of The Lancet in 2016, three papers and three accompanying editorials reviewed the descriptive epidemiology of breast and cervical cancer in low-income countries, highlighting the shortcomings of current efforts at cancer control and the need for improvement [...]
openaire   +2 more sources