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AgricultureThis study evaluates growth and income distribution targets needed to alleviate poverty and eradicate hunger, and assesses strategies to achieve these goals in rural areas in South Africa. Most development policy studies concentrate on growth, inequality,
Ramos E. Mabugu, Ismaël Fofana
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Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past century, the discovery of insulin transformed type 1 diabetes from a fatal disease into a manageable chronic condition, and the subsequent recognition of its autoimmune basis laid the foundation for screening and intervention before clinical onset.
Noriko Kodani
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Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This systematic review examined the impact of front‐of‐pack labeling (FOPL) on social inequality in sugar consumption and purchase. Methods We searched Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, and Web of Science for studies published in English since 2005. Eligible studies included randomized controlled trials and observational studies.
Ziyao Ge +5 more
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The energy–population dividend: evidence from energy-specific population projections
Environmental Research LettersIn a climate-constrained world, understanding the energy required to achieve universal access to modern energy is critical. This requires making assumptions on future population trajectories.
Camille Belmin +4 more
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Microsimulation of Metropolitan Employment Deconcentration [PDF]
, 2007 Employment deconcentration has become a major issue on the policy and planning agenda in many metropolitan areas throughout the western world. In recent years, growing evidence indicates that in many developed countries, the deconcentration of employment - particularly of retail centres and offices - has become a key planning issue.
D. Felsenstein, E. Ashbel, A. Ben-Nun
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Population and Development Review, EarlyView.Abstract Up‐to‐date subnational population estimates—disaggregated by age, sex, and to the lowest possible geographical level —are a key component of evidence‐based humanitarian action. In many humanitarian crises, however, large‐scale population mobility, combined with disruptions to national statistical systems, makes updating subnational population ...
Romesh Silva, Mallika Snyder
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Sequential educational expansion, equality, and growth in the Republic of Korea
KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 2009 It is a well-known fact that the Republic of Korea has followed a rapid growth path since the 1960s. This successful growing experience was accom- panied by the maintenance of a moderate economic inequality level and the development of its educational ...
Álvaro Choi
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Nowcasting in Microsimulation Models: A Methodological Survey [PDF]
Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2014 In this paper, we survey the use of nowcasting methods in Microsimulation models. These nowcasting methods differ in a number of respects to the more established methods of forecasting. The main distinction is that while forecasting extrapolates from current data to estimate the future, the methods of nowcasting extrapolate from data of the recent past
Cathal O'Donoghue, Jason Loughrey
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 1214-1226, September 2026.ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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International Journal of Cancer, Volume 159, Issue 5, Page 1196-1203, 1 September 2026.Uncertainty persists over whether the benefits of prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) screening outweigh harms from overdiagnosis, a key barrier to population‐wide adoption. Here, English male mortality rates were analyzed alongside long‐term data from the UK Cluster Randomized Trial of PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer (CAP) to estimate age‐specific ...
Adam R. Brentnall +5 more
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