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Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of the Pandemic on International Trade in the Republic of Moldova

ACROSS, 2022
The article analyses the impact of isolation measures applied both nationally and internationally on reducing external demand from the main partners of the Republic of Moldova (Moldova), which has caused and resulted in declining exports, economic ...
Corina BULGAC, Dr, Irina STRATULAT
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Pilemia tigrina (Mulsant, 1851), new for the fauna of Republic of Moldova (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) [PDF]

, 2014
Pilemia tigrina (Mulsant, 1851) is recorded for the first time from the Republic of Moldova.
Csathó, A. I.
core   +1 more source

Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting educational assumptions: The surprising negative link between creative extracurricular activities and creative thinking in PISA 2022

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background While skill development is generally linked to relevant practice, the 2022 PISA creative thinking report revealed a negative association between students' creative thinking performance and their engagement in creative activities. Aims This study explored whether this negative association was linear, persisted across countries and ...
Sofiia Kagan, Denis Dumas, Yoojoong Kim
wiley   +1 more source

EMPLOYMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2021
The current COVID-19 Pandemic had a significant impact on the economies, especially the labor markets of the world. Hundreds of millions of workers around the world have felt the negative consequences of the pandemic.
VACULOVSCHI DORIN
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Expansion of health insurance in Moldova and associated improvements in access and reductions in direct payments [PDF]

, 2016
Background Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. Economic constraints mean that Moldova faces challenges in protecting individuals from excessive costs, improving population health and securing health system sustainability.
Atun, R, Domente, S, Habicht, J, Hone, TV   +3 more
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The Genetic Landscape of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia in Greece

Clinical Genetics, EarlyView.
We investigated 112 Greek index‐cases with hereditary spastic paraplegia collected over > 25 years using NGS and MLPA. We identified a causative variant in 68 patients (60.7%), including 7 novel causative variants. This study presents a comprehensive overview of the phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of HSP in the Greek population.
Georgios Koutsis, Viorica Chelban, Chrisoula Kartanou, Zoi Kontogeorgiou, Chrysoula Koniari, Nikolaos Ragazos, Charalampos Voudommatis, Kristina Zhelcheska, David S. Lynch, Reza Maroofian, Ehsan Barkhordari, Rahema Mohammad, Ioannis Zaganas, Minas Drakos, Georgia Xiromerisiou, Efthymios Dardiotis, Leonidas Stefanis, Marios Panas, Henry Houlden, Georgia Karadima   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

New research areas in the modern historical science of Moldova. Results and Prospects

Tyragetia, 2014
After the collapse of the USSR, with the independence of the former Soviet republics there established a period characterized by historians as a transition from a totalitarian to a democratic regime.
Lilia Zabolotnaia
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