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Strengthening non-communicable diseases monitoring systems in Europe through a multistakeholder collaborative approach: a key priority for advancing data-driven policymaking. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Eur
Armocida B, Tolonen H, Rakovac I, Formenti B, Farrington J, Ekberg A, Bueno H, Capelli G, Francisci S, Frydensberg MS, Fullaondo A, Granlund L, Azcarate YH, Hansen TF, Høstrup E, Mäki-Opas T, Palmieri L, Peltonen M, Possenti V, Silano M, Weiler G, Wickramasinghe K, Wouters E, Klepp KI, Onder G, Galea G.   +25 more
europepmc   +1 more source

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

Active Yet Cautious: How Middle States Navigate Status in the Universal Periodic Review

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how states positioned in the middle of the international status hierarchy behave in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR). While the UPR was established as a cooperative mechanism to move away from confrontational naming and shaming, in practice it has become a reputational arena where states strategically ...
Chun‐Young Park
wiley   +1 more source

Rationality Patterns in Export Promotion Organizations

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Export promotion organizations (EPOs) play an essential role in supporting global trade. Amid escalating global trade tensions, rising tariffs, and increased multipolarity, specialized teams within EPOs assume decision‐making functions guided by distinct rationalities. The aim of this research was to identify the different rationalities within
Aline Tanno, Kuno Schedler, Andreas Klasen, Simona Casasola, Vera Hauser   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food, Affluence and the Consumption Basket*

Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy, EarlyView.
There are significant disparities across nations in incomes and spending. For example, consumers in the poorest countries spend more than half of their income on food, while in the richest, this is one‐tenth or less. We use data from the International Comparison Program for 176 countries to estimate cross‐country demand equations focusing on food and ...
Hai Long Vo, Kenneth W. Clements
wiley   +1 more source

Born Too Soon: Priorities to improve the prevention and care of preterm birth. [PDF]

Reprod Health
Langlois EV, Reid A, Lawn JE, Kinney M, Bizri ME, Belizán JM, Gruending A, Jacobsson B.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Measuring the time‐varying market efficiency in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market, 1924–1943

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 131-159, March 2025.
Abstract This study examines the adaptive market hypothesis in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market using a new market capitalization‐weighted price index. First, we find that the degree of market efficiency varies over time and with major historical events. This implies that the hypothesis is supported in this market.
Kenichi Hirayama, Akihiko Noda
wiley   +1 more source

Top 10 Public Health Challenges for 2024: Charting a New Direction for Global Health Security. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Lucero-Prisno DE, Shomuyiwa DO, Kouwenhoven MBN, Dorji T, Adebisi YA, Odey GO, George NS, Ajayi OT, Ekerin O, Manirambona E, Xu L, Obnial JC, Viola AM, Ogunkola IO, Ahmed MM, Ogaya JB, Huang J, Sium AF, Suntay MLR, Chung WK, De Paz PIV, Elmi HSA, Hersi OO, Gabaake KP, Baricaua T, Dirie NI, Yepes PIG, Wilson DJ, Tofaeono-Pifeleti R, Tapia EDT, Wong MC.   +30 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Monetary integration and purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the development of purchasing power parity between Singapore and Britain during the 19th century. Using new monthly data from 1831 to 1872, it finds that real exchange rates became more stable after the late 1850s. This convergence was supported by growing connections in international bullion markets, which reduced exchange
Atsushi Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source