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Banking for the Public Good [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012 Bank shareholders cannot be expected to provide good stewardship to banks because there is a conflict of interests between the shareholder owners and a non-mutually owned bank's depositors; who provide the bulk of the funds in traditional retail banks and are willing to accept a lower return on their savings than shareholders, in return for lower risk ...
Mullineux, Andrew, Mullineux, Andy
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Good Systems Network Meeting [PDF]
, 2020 You're viewing a past event from the Good Systems Grand Challenge team at The University of Texas at Austin that contains two presentations from May 19, 2020.Office of the VP for ...
Good Systems
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Public Action for Public Goods [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2006 This Discussion Paper is issued under the auspices of the Centre’s research programme in DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. Research disseminated by CEPR may include views on policy, but the Centre itself takes no institutional policy positions.
Banerjee, Abhijit V. +2 more
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What is public health? public goods, publicized goods, and the conversion problem [PDF]
Public Choice, 2021 AbstractPublic health programs began as an attempt to fight infectious diseases that are difficult to address without collective action. But the concept and practice of public health has ballooned to encompass an expanding list of controversial public policy goals ranging from reducing obesity to raising self-esteem.
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National Security Policy: Priority-Setting [PDF]
Антиномии, 2023 The need for security is one of the most significant human needs. The article discusses the theoretical content of this phenomenon, analyzes the existing approaches to its study.
Oleg M. Roy
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Menstrual Hygiene Management among School Adolescents
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2018 Background: Menstrual hygiene management remains a taboo in many communities in Nepal. Cultural beliefs about menstruation such as food taboos and untouchability have negative impact on dignity, health and education of adolescent girls. The objective of
Ram Naresh Yadav +3 more
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Public goods and public policy: what is public good, and who and what decides? [PDF]
Higher Education, 2018 Professor Ellen Hazelkorn and Andrew Gibson from Dublin Institute of Technology ask how we should determine higher education’s contribution to society. The paper highlights the fact that higher education is usually seen as serving the public good, especially when funded directly by the state.
Hazelkorn, Ellen, Gibson, Andrew
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Aspartame and cancer – new evidence for causation
Environmental Health, 2021 Background Aspartame is one of the world’s most widely used artificial sweeteners and is an ingredient in more than 5000 food products globally. A particularly important use is in low-calorie beverages consumed by children and pregnant women.
Philip J. Landrigan, Kurt Straif
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Maternal Deaths During a Pilot Study Using Digitized Maternal Early Warning System
Telehealth and Medicine Today, 2022 Background: India accounts for nearly one in six maternal deaths and over the last two decades, maternal mortality in India has decreased rapidly and faster than the global rate. However, the rate of decline has been slowing and further progress calls
Narmadha Kuppuswami +2 more
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Human–elephant conflict mitigation as a public good: what determines fence maintenance?
Ecology and Society, 2022 Negative interactions between humans and elephants are known to have serious consequences, resulting in loss of life and deterioration in the quality of life for both species. Reducing human–elephant conflicts (HEC) is essential for elephant conservation
Arjun Kamdar +5 more
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