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Telecommunications industry efficiency: A comparative analysis of high and middle income countries [PDF]

, 2020
This study evaluates telecommunications industry efficiency in 19 countries grouped into high income countries (HICs) and middle income countries (MICs).
Oredegbe, Abayomi, Zhang, Yahua
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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao, Simon Meister, Lucie Maruejols, Xiaohua Yu   +3 more
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Fewer Jobs or Smaller Paychecks? Labor Market Impacts of the Recent Crisis in Middle-Income Countries [PDF]

This note presents early evidence on the labor market impacts of the recent economic crisis in 41 middle-income countries.A broader geographic coverage is prevented by the lack of high-frequency labor market data in other middle-income countries and in ...
Paci, Pierella, Newhouse, David, Khanna, Gaurav   +2 more
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Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a district level situation analysis from five low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Little is known about how to tailor implementation of mental health services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to the diverse settings encountered within and between countries.
Mark Tomlinson, Graham Thornicroft (44441), Kathree Tasneem, Shrivasta Sanjay, Tasneem Kathree (524107), Tomlinson Mark, Mark Jordans, Nagendra P. Luitel (288395), Mark Jordans (291705), Shidhaye, Rahul, Inge Petersen (291706), Erica Breuer (524110), Abebaw Fekadu (291703), Rahul Shidhaye (291704), Charlotte Hanlon, Luitel Nagendra P., Breuer, Erica, Kigozi, Fred, Joshua Ssebunnya, Petersen Inge, Fekadu, Abebaw, Abebaw Fekadu, Kathree, Tasneem, Kigozi Fred, Nagendra P Luitel, Lund Crick, Fred Kigozi, Inge Petersen, Petersen, Inge, Shidhaye Rahul, Tasneem Kathree, Fekadu Abebaw, Shrivasta, Sanjay, Thornicroft Graham, Hanlon, Charlotte, Rahul Shidhaye, Girmay Medhin, Mark Tomlinson (204460), Medhin Girmay, Tomlinson, Mark, Vikram Patel, Prince Martin, Vaibhav Murhar, Crick Lund, Lund, Crick, Murhar, Vaibhav, Medhin, Girmay, Luitel, Nagendra P., Sanjay Shrivasta (524109), Joshua Ssebunnya (304581), Crick Lund (291701), Jordans, Mark, Breuer Erica, Thornicroft, Graham, Graham Thornicroft, Vikram Patel (10704), De Silva Mary, Martin Prince, Prince, Martin, De Silva, Mary, Fred Kigozi (291708), Hanlon Charlotte, Jordans Mark, Murhar Vaibhav, Erica Breuer, Patel Vikram, Sanjay Shrivasta, Mary De Silva, Girmay Medhin (347685), Luitel, Nagendra P, Patel, Vikram, Ssebunnya Joshua, Martin Prince (34414), Charlotte Hanlon (291709), Vaibhav Murhar (524108), Mary De Silva (291702), Ssebunnya, Joshua   +76 more
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical trials landscape in a lower-middle-income country (Pakistan)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Abstract In recent times, there have been calls from within the developing nations for increased ownership by governmental research bodies and universities of the priority research setting and research that aligns with national health strategies.
Hassan Mumtaz, Syed Muhammad Ali Haider, Fnu Neha, Muhammad Saqib, Abdullah Nadeem, Ammad Fahim, Zoha Allahuddin   +6 more
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Income and child mortality in developing countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2013
Objective: We aimed to quantify the relationship between national income and infant and under-five mortality in developing countries. Design: We conducted a systematic literature search of studies that examined the relationship between income and child ...
Makuta, Innocent, Bar-Zeev, Naor, O'Hare, Bernadette Ann-Marie, Chiwaula, Levison   +3 more
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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Immunodeficiency in children starting antiretroviral therapy in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND The CD4 cell count or percent (CD4%) at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is an important prognostic factor in children starting therapy and an important indicator of program performance.
Leroy, Valeriane, Egger, Matthias, Ayaya, Samual, Chimbetete, Cleophas, Chi, Benjamin H, Koller, Manuel, Truong, Huu Khanh, Wools-Kaloustian, Kara, Dicko, Fatoumata, Avila, Dorita, Patel, Kunjal, Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya, Davies, Mary-Ann, Hazra, Rohan   +13 more
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