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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Social indicators"”.
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Social indicators of efficiency and equity convergence in four distressed regions
… study is to develop a rationale for evaluating social alternatives. Basically this involves formulating a set of social characteristics (social indicators) which mirror or proxy for efficiency and equity. Social indicators can thus be employed to judge national versus regional welfare tradeoffs …
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Making urban progress legible : the role of territorial social indicators in the new economy
In the 1960s, a social indicator movement flourished in the United States: agencies ranging from the USDA to NASA advocated for a national social accounting body, cities regularly published data-driven reports on urban wellbeing, and academics assembled comprehensive social progress indices for …
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Sustainability at multiple scales: interactions between environment, economic and social indicators at the country, city and manufacturing facility scale
… between environmental, economic and social indicators at the country, city/regional and manufacturing facility scale. The study builds on almost 20 years of research on the EKC, which has shown conflicting results for confirmation of the EKC hypothesis that the environment first …
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Identification of social indicators and standards for acceptable conditions in the Cohutta Wilderness using a normative social judgment approach
… Cohutta Wilderness users place upon potential indicators of preferred wilderness experiences, 2) identify the extent to which norm, or standards, exist among these users for a variety of social indicators of the wilderness experience, and 3) to compare these characteristics among a number of …
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Impact of debt relief on fiscal allocation to social priority sectors and response of social indicators in the HIPCs : a case study of Tanzania
… were expected to increase public spending in social priority sectors and ultimately reduce poverty incidence in the HIPC-s. This study assesses, firstly whether the debt relief has helped to increase Government spending on education and health sectors in Tanzania and, secondly, whether …
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A Framework For Assessing Water Quality, Prioritizing Recovery Potential, And Analyzing Placement Of Best Management Practices
… (TP) prediction models, evaluating the impact of social indicators on assessing recovery potential, and developing a spatial decision support system for choice and placement of best management practices (BMPS). An artificial neural network was used to develop TN and TP predictive regional models …
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HOPE VI: A Case Study of Pittsburgh and New Orleans
… utilizes population projections and descriptive social indicators from data collected by the US Census for 1990 and 2000. Evaluation of ten social indicators derived from HOPE VI goals generally indicates that HOPE VI failed to achieve its objectives in these two cities. This research concludes …
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Ekonominės ir pinigų sąjungos plėtra ir pasekmės Lietuvai /
… is to perform the analysis of the economic and social changes in Lithuania during the period of the membership in the European economic and monetary union, as well as to investigate and compare the level of the economic development of Lithuania and the Czech Republic and compare social …
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Happiness and Policy Implications: A Sociological View
… discussed in using both big data and considering social indicators to make better and lasting policies.</p>
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The Electoral Success of Communist-Successor Parties in the Czech Republic and Romania
… parties are impacted by six social and political factors: party reimaging, coalition building, corruption and scandal, party leadership, EU accession, and social indicators. This project explores how the descendants of the totalitarian communist parties in the Czech Republic …
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Technology assessment of green hydrogen in South Africa
This study investigated the sustainability indicators for green hydrogen in South Africa's Northern Cape Province to inform investment and policy decisions. Using an exploratory sequential mixed-method approach, the study first conducted a systematic literature review to identify relevant …
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The Authoritarian Personality and Economic Distress
In this study, I combined the personality and social indicator approaches of authoritarianism to determine if these separate approaches reflect similar constructs, and also examined whether economic distress increases authoritarianism and its internal coherence. The writer, in contrast with the …
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The Social Impact of the International Monetary Fund: Structural Adjustment Programs in Latin America from 1980-2000
… countries to study the IMF’s impact on their social development. I try to determine if the funds provided by the IMF are associated with improvements in social development, as measured by the United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI), health, education, and GDP per capita. Overall, I found …
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Segregação socioespacial: o caso da cidade de João Pessoa – PB.
… a real radiograph of this urban space through social indicators of autonomy, quality of life, social inclusion/exclusion and vulnerability. Methodologically, relies on bibliographic survey. From a general discussion about urban segregation, we come to the theme of public policies required to …
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Multiple Psychosocial Factors as Predictors in the Progression of HIV-1 to AIDS
… understanding of the relationships between psychosocial factors, the central nervous system, the immune system, and disease. From this perspective, this study reviews the biopsychosocial medical model and components of the stress-immunity-health (SET) model. The constructs of stress and social …
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Política nacional de segurança alimentar e nutricional e o desafio da construção do SISAN
… its federal articulation and mechanisms of social participation. The working hypothesis is that the National Policy for Food and Nutrition Security represents, in the field of social policies in Brazil, an utmost important vector to deal social exclusion, besides being a social development …
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In the wake of structural adjustment programs : exploring the relationship between domestic policies and health in Argentina and Uruguay
… reduction in their progress on economic growth, social indicators and health outcomes. Comprehensive and contextualized explorations of the effects of SAPs are needed to assist health and social policy-makers in better determining responses to such programs that continue to dominate global trade, …
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Relazione tra contribuzione pubblica e performance economico-sociali nel settore turistico-ricettivo
… how government grants influence the economic and social performance of companies benefiting from them. Literature in this topic indicates various results: according to some studies subsidies seem to improve company performance and profitability, while, according to others, they have a negative …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de bisutería bañada en oro y plata en Lima Metropolitana
… cost of 20,72% along with financial and social indicators to determine the feasibility of the research.
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Uma análise da gestão do Fundo de Combate e Erradicação da Pobreza do Estado da Paraíba - FUNCEP - PB 2011-2014
Poverty can be understood as a social phenomenon that stems from multiple and different causes related to shortage of inputs necessary for a life with dignity. Paraíba is possibly understood as a poor state as it occupies in the state ranking of the Human Development Index (IDHM) of 2010, the 23rd …
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