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on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty traps, ii) a literature review of evidence that different human …
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Per capita GDP has limited use as a well-being indicator because it does not capture many dimensions that imply a "good life," such as health and equality of opportunity. However, per capita GDP has the virtues of easy interpretation and can be calculated with manageable data requirements....
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focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
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In India, 52–98 million people live in urban slums, and 59% of slums are "non-notified" or lack legal recognition by …
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India, one of the world's two population superpowers, is undergoing unprecedented demographic changes. Increasing … context, scope, and magnitude of India's demographic changes.It then details the major challenges these shifts pose in the … presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …
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remain untested. In this study, we examine the demographic effects of India’s national childhood vaccination program (the … preference data of 625,000 adult women from the National Family Health Survey of India 2015–2016. We include women who were born …
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the long-term economic benefits of India's national program of childhood vaccinations, known as the Universal Immunization … Programme (UIP). We combine individual-level data from the 68th round of the National Sample Survey of India (2011 2012) with … exposure also reduces the probability that an individual's household relies on agriculture as the main source of income by 1 …
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This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
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