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Incentives in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes
ISBN: 9783631526873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The author presents a promising tool to increase the coverage rate of community-based health insurance schemes (CBHI) and access to medical care for poor population groups in developing countries. He addresses a key problem of CBHI: Authorities cannot sanction non-members and membership cannot be enforced. Therefore, it is proposed to award membership by offering incentives such as raffle participation for joining a CBHI. This approach attracts new members and can be a motivation to continue membership payments of healthy insurance members. The results of an ex-ante demand analysis conducted...
The author presents a promising tool to increase the coverage rate of community-based health insurance schemes (CBHI) and access to medical care for p...
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252,09 |
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Regional Integration Beyond the Traditional Trade Benefits: Labor Mobility Contribution: The Case of Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire
ISBN: 9783631533130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) seeks at changing the weak intra-regional trade and the strong disparities between countries. How to achieve such an objective, given the heterogeneous profiles of the member countries such as Cote d Ivoire (Regional pole) and Burkina Faso (one of the poorest)? This is an important issue at stake. Intra-African migration flows is one of the best arguments for regional integration in the face of negligible goods and investment flows. The presence of migrants makes Burkina Faso a -share-holder- in Cote d Ivoire s economic success. Based on...
The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) seeks at changing the weak intra-regional trade and the strong disparities between countries. How...
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310,24 |
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Household Food Consumption, Women's Asset and Food Policy in Indonesia
ISBN: 9783631640043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 179 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This study addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, the study reveals that food expenditure patterns, particularly those of the poor households, warrant food policy attention. The poor households spent more on alcohol and tobacco goods when their income increased. The impact evaluation of the -Rice for the Poor- program reveals that the program enabled beneficiaries to increase expenditures on nutrient-rich, animal source foods; however, unintended program impacts...
This study addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of th...
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327,56 |
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The Economics of Volunteer Labor Supply: An Application to Countries of a Different Development Level
ISBN: 9783631513897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Volunteerism represents a highly relevant institution for developed as well as developing countries. The potentials ascribed to voluntary work include its capacity to support public social welfare functions, build social capital, and mitigate unemployment problems. This study investigates four core aspects pertaining to volunteerism, and volunteer labor supply in particular, from an economic perspective. These encompass the analysis of the rise of the institution volunteerism, the estimation of the economic impact of voluntary labor contributions, the exploration of the underlying reasons for...
Volunteerism represents a highly relevant institution for developed as well as developing countries. The potentials ascribed to voluntary work include...
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341,83 |
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Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia
ISBN: 9783631666869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia s future energy security with a focus on long-term model of the energy sector, and institutional arrangements required for decentralized energy initiatives. Data from Ethiopian rural households reveal negative welfare effects associated with traditional biomass energy utilization, while increases in the opportunity cost of fuelwood collection is associated negatively with allocation of labour to agriculture and fuelwood use. It appears that investment on integrated energy source...
This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia s future energy security with a focus on lo...
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417,46 |
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The Private Sector and the Marginalized Poor: An Assessment of the Potential Role of Business in Reducing Poverty and Marginality in Rural Ethiopia
ISBN: 9783631671887 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The book examines the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia. It analyzes number, location and purchasing behavior of the marginalized poor in Ethiopia as well as institutions governing agricultural input markets to identify obstacles for private sector investments that benefit the marginalized poor.
The book examines the role that the private sector can play in reducing poverty and marginality in Ethiopia. It analyzes number, location and purchasi...
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417,46 |
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Use and Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries' Small Businesses: Evidence from Indian Small Scale Industry
ISBN: 9783631393208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Small businesses constitute an important part of developing countries economies. They are considered to operate on low technological levels. However, in the growing discussion on information and communication technologies (ICTs) and economic development small businesses have been identified as major potential beneficiaries of ICTs rapid evolution. Evidence, whether small businesses in developing countries manage to participate in these developments have, so far, been scarce. This work analyses in depth the use of ICTs in small businesses based on empirical data from the Indian Small-Scale...
Small businesses constitute an important part of developing countries economies. They are considered to operate on low technological levels. However, ...
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317,80 |
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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Farm Households in China
ISBN: 9783631396384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Observing the dramatic development and distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China, it is increasingly recognized that these technologies are an indispensable force of rural development. The study introduces conceptual framework for measuring the value of ICT use and presents a comprehensive understanding of the impact of ICTs on rural development and recommends a policy for the implementation of ICTs in rural China. The study provides a quantitative analysis of determinants of telephone subscription, and the relationship between telephone adoption and income at...
Observing the dramatic development and distribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China, it is increasingly recognized that ...
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257,62 |
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The Economics of Gender and the Household in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9783631546499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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259,19 |
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Costs of Illness, Demand for Medical Care, and the Prospect of Community Health Insurance Schemes in the Rural Areas of Ethiopia
ISBN: 9783631505533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. After the Health for All declaration of the Alma Ata conference, many countries in the developing world have been trying to provide basic health services to their population. However, it has become increasingly clear that due to market failure, state failure, and other reasons, the conventional sources of finance could not solve the health problem of developing countries, particularly that of the rural population and the high-risk groups.
As a result, there is a worldwide initiative to find additional sources of finance which are broad based, sustainable, and suitable to the... After the Health for All declaration of the Alma Ata conference, many countries in the developing world have been trying to provide basic health servi...
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452,08 |
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The Economics of Rural Health Insurance: The Effects of Formal and Informal Risk-Sharing Schemes in Ghana
ISBN: 9783631525845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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385,51 |
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Von Den Potenzialen Zur Realitaet: Wie Die Afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion Gesteigert Werden Kann: Investitionen Und Politische Prioritaeten Fuer
ISBN: 9783631853276 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2022 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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399,95 |
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Agricultural Policy and Soil Fertility Management in the Maize-Based Smallholder Farming System in Malawi
ISBN: 9783631546550 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This study assesses the impact of agricultural policy on soil fertility management and productivity in the smallholder maize-based farming system in Malawi. The study applies econometric and farm household modeling to address three specific objectives: to characterize factors affecting farmers choice and intensity of soil fertility management practices, to assess the productivity, profitability and technical efficiency implications of such practices, and to identify the most feasible options that maximize food security, i. e. household income, with lower soil fertility mining implications....
This study assesses the impact of agricultural policy on soil fertility management and productivity in the smallholder maize-based farming system in M...
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294,46 |
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Economics of Household Water Security in Jordan
ISBN: 9783631391020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Household water insecurity is a pressing problem in developing countries. Water withdrawals are increasing rapidly due to population growth, industrialization, urbanization, and increasing agricultural production. The number of countries facing problems of water scarcity, water quality, and insufficient water supply is rising. However, access to safe drinking water is a basic human need, which is essential for the health and well being of every individual. Jordan is among those countries of the world least endowed with water resources. The available water resources are already overexploited....
Household water insecurity is a pressing problem in developing countries. Water withdrawals are increasing rapidly due to population growth, industria...
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341,04 |
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An Economic Analysis of Public Good Provision in Rural Russia: The Case of Education and Health Care
ISBN: 9783631507742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Adequate access to public goods plays an important role in the economic and rural development of any country. For the transition countries, however, providing public goods is particularly problematic owing to several factors associated with the transition process itself, e.g. economic recession and a change in ownership of local public goods. Taking Russia as an example, this study examines the effect of the transition process on rural households access to public goods. With reference to education and health care, household access to public goods is addressed in terms of community...
Adequate access to public goods plays an important role in the economic and rural development of any country. For the transition countries, however, p...
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294,46 |
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Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
ISBN: 9789400797437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 389 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book focuses on marginality - chronic deprivation of resources, freedom of choice and opportunity - as a root of poverty and deprivation. Offers new insight into local, national and global causes of poverty, and explores promising actions to address it.
This book focuses on marginality - chronic deprivation of resources, freedom of choice and opportunity - as a root of poverty and deprivation. Offers ...
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208,80 |
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Industrial Clustering, Firm Performance and Employee Welfare: Evidence from the Shoe and Flower Cluster in Ethiopia
ISBN: 9783631667446 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The author examines the productivity, profitability and welfare effects of industrial clustering and a public policy promoting industrial clusters in Ethiopia. He uses reliable counterfactuals as well as original enterprise and worker level data. By investigating the effect of firm, time, entrepreneur and site specific factors as well as endogenous location choice issues, the author finds strong evidence for the existence of significant agglomeration economies in the Ethiopia leather footwear cluster. Using primary survey data collected from firms which benefited from the cluster policy and...
The author examines the productivity, profitability and welfare effects of industrial clustering and a public policy promoting industrial clusters in ...
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374,04 |
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China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme: Evolution, Design and Impacts
ISBN: 9783631648551 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. It holds the primary objective of insuring rural residents against catastrophic health expenses, protecting them from impoverishment caused by medical expenses. The objective of this study, therefore, is to explore variation in the determinants of household enrolment in this scheme and the impact of enrolment on health care utilization and medical expenditures in three large geographic regions in China and further to simulate the reimbursement package design in order...
The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) was implemented in 2003 in response to the poor state of health care in rural China. It holds the primary ob...
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The Economics of Land Degradation: Toward an Integrated Global Assessment
ISBN: 9783631630822 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Land degradation is increasingly considered as a global problem. The extent of degraded and degrading areas adversely impacts on large numbers of people and leads to significant social and economic costs, thus raising the questions: In which way is it worth taking action against land degradation? Where and when should action take place, and what are costs related to certain actions? For policy makers it is important to know the social and economic costs linked to the current and future status of land degradation. A conceptual framework that allows comparing the costs of action against land...
Land degradation is increasingly considered as a global problem. The extent of degraded and degrading areas adversely impacts on large numbers of peop...
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Telecommunication Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Access and Use in the Southern VOLTA Region in Ghana
ISBN: 9783631391617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. In order to show how rural households use and benefit from publicly available telecommunication services, determinants and degree of the use of public telephone facilities have been analysed. The results of the empirical assessment in three villages in Southern Ghana show the considerable catchment area of the services and the high penetration of use within the communities that had the services in place or were close-by. Additionally, the research uncovers that people are willing to take high costs in terms of time and money into account in order to be able to utilise the communication...
In order to show how rural households use and benefit from publicly available telecommunication services, determinants and degree of the use of public...
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