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Diabetes and depression comorbidity and socio-economic status in low and middle income countries (LMICs): a mapping of the evidence

Leone, Tiziana; Coast, Ernestina; Narayanan, Shilpa; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Non-communicable diseases account for more than 50% of deaths in adults aged 15–59 years in most low income countries. Depression and diabetes carry an enormous public health burden, making the identification of risk factors for these disorders an important strategy. While socio-economic...

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Identifying vulnerable groups in the Kyrgyz labour market: some implications for the national poverty reduction strategy

Bernabe, Sabine; Kolev, Alexandre - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working … is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty Monitoring Survey, which is the only survey to date that allows a comprehensive … analysis of poverty and labor market outcomes in the Kyrgyz Republic. The period under investigation covers the years 1997 …

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Individual choice and social exclusion

Le Grand, Julian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Why is social exclusion a problem? What about ‘voluntary’ social exclusion – when an individual chooses to exclude him or herself from the wider society? Brain Barry has addressed these questions in a recent CASE book, arguing that social exclusion, voluntary or involuntary, offends...

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Informal employment in countries in transition: a conceptual framework

Bernabe, Sabine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

In the past few years the informal sector in countries in transition has increasingly become the focus of research, public policy and the media. The term ¿informal sector¿ has been used to describe an extremely wide spectrum of activities, which do not necessarily have much in common, such as...

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Ambiguous connections: entitlements and responsibilities of global networking

Mansell, Robin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

This paper examines efforts to provide low cost Internet access devices for the poor in the light of debates about the appropriate role of information and communication technologies in development and the priority that should be given to enabling the poor to become connected to global networks....

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Transactionalizing technologies versus performing contracts: from ERP to credit default swaps at AIG

Scott, Susan V.; Paris, Carolyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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Innovation and institutional ownership

Aghion, Philippe; Van Reenen, John; Zingales, Luigi - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite-weighted patents). To explore the mechanism through which this link arises, we build a model that nests the lazy-manager hypothesis with career-concerns, where institutional...

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A historical analysis of core financial services infrastructure: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT)

Scott, Susan V.; Zachariadis, M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Research in this article traces the origins of a not-for-profit financial institution the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (S.W.I.T.). Swift is a core part of the financial services infrastructure and widely regarded as the most secure trusted third party network in...

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Understanding the characteristics of techno-innovation in an era of self-regulated financial services

Scott, Susan V. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Can we identify the key characteristics of techno-innovation in the era of deregulated financial services? This is an important question particularly now when many are laying the blame for the emergence of a “Credit Crunch! In 2008 on ill-managed innovations that fuelled growth in contemporary...

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On the performance of social benefit systems

Schluter, Christian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

evaluation comprise the alleviation of poverty and the reduction in income inequality, whilst the diversity of opinions about …

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