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Improving Learning in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2023
AbstractThe current challenge of education systems is learning. Across low-income countries (LICs) and lower-middle-income countries (LMCs), 62 % of 10-year-olds could not read at a minimally sufficient level in 2015. This study provides an overview of recent spending on education and its correlation with learning outcomes.
Noam Angrist, Elisabetta Aurino, Harry Anthony Patrinos, George Psacharopoulos, Emiliana Vegas, Ralph Essem Nordjo, Brad Wong   +6 more
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Global Burden of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter by National Income: Results From the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Database

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (AFL) are common conditions that can lead to significant morbidity and death. We aimed to understand the distribution and disparities of the global burden of AF/AFL as well as the underlying risk ...
Amelie H. Ohlrogge, Jan Brederecke, Renate B. Schnabel   +2 more
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Global migration of clinical research during the era of trial registration. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Since the site of human subjects research has public health, regulatory, ethical, economic, and social implications, we sought to determine the global distribution and migration of clinical research using an open-access trial registry. METHODS:
Paul K Drain, Robert A Parker, Marion Robine, King K Holmes, Ingrid V Bassett   +4 more
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Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-SAGE survey [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The use of self-reported measures of chronic disease may substantially underestimate prevalence in low-income and middle-income country settings, especially in groups with lower socioeconomic status (SES).
Aitsi-Selmi, A., Basu, S, Ebrahim, S, Khan, Z., Millett, C., Stuckler, D, Vellakkal, S.   +6 more
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Cancer Mortality Rates Increasing vs Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Decreasing in the World: Future Implications

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2021
Objective: To highlight the current global trends in mortality for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Methods: The World Health Organization and the World Bank DataBank databases were used to analyze mortality rates for cancer and cardiovascular disease ...
Karim ReFaey, MD, Shashwat Tripathi, BSA, Sanjeet S. Grewal, MD, Adip G. Bhargav, MD, David J. Quinones, Kaisorn L. Chaichana, MD, Samuel O. Antwi, PhD, Leslie T. Cooper, MD, Fredric B. Meyer, MD, Roxana S. Dronca, MD, Robert B. Diasio, MD, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD   +11 more
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The relationship between transport, economic growth and environmental degradation for ninety countries

Sustinere: Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 2018
This paper investigates the relationship between freight transport, economic growth and environmental degradation (CO2 emissions) experienced by ninety countries over the period 1980-2014.
Listiono Listiono
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Crime and Social media [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose-The study complements the scant macroeconomic literature on the development outcomes of social media by examining the relationship between Facebook penetration and violent crime levels in a cross-section of 148 countries for the year 2012 ...
Asongu, Simplice, Nwachukwu, Jacinta, Orim, Stella-Maris, Pyke , Chris   +3 more
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Price and Affordability of Cigarettes among 14 European Countries

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2018
Introduction The aim of this study was to explore price and affordability of cigarettes and make comparisons across 15 European partner countries (Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia ...
Varduhi Hayrumyan, Arusyak Harutyunyan, Charis Girvalaki, on behalf of EPACTT2 project partners   +3 more
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Household structure across childhood in four lower- and middle-income countries

Demographic Research, 2022
Objective: Using data from developing countries, we determine the proportion of children in these samples that experience stable household composition over childhood and the proportion of children that experience each stable household type.
Brigid Cakouros, Sarah Reynolds
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Anti-stigma interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic reviewResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: Background: Stigma exacerbates power imbalances and societal disparities, significantly impacting diverse identities and health conditions, particularly for low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Tazeen Majeed, Gareth Hopkin, Katie Wang, Smriti Nepal, Nicole Votruba, Petra Gronholm, Dristy Gurung, Maya Semrau, Tanmay Bagade, Nick Farina, Christine Musyimi, Luca Pingani, Erica Breuer, Crick Lund, Graham Thornicroft, Sara Evans-Lacko   +15 more
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