trends in national income, poverty and public expenditure. Debt Service: An Emerging Problem looks at the growth of external … Commonwealth of Independent States. It contains six articles: Economic Growth, Poverty and Long-Term Disadvantage examines recent …

In modern societies consumers often face a trade-off between health and taste, the latter which encourages consumption … of fatty, salty and sweet foods, whereas health awareness discourages consumption of the same food. The resulting diet …, often rich in calories, sweeteners and fat constitutes a threat to public health as poor nutrition has been linked to …

informed choices about foods with enhanced health attributes. The degree to which a particular jurisdiction permits health … claims for food products and the type of allowable health claim influence the information set available to consumers. In … Canada the regulatory environment governing health claims for functional food products is somewhat more restrictive than in …

related health problems caused, among others, by obesity, nutritional labelling has been regarded as an important topic mainly …

% of GDP, re-establishes the trend that monetary poverty would have followed in the absence of a crisis and even leads to a … modern health care services. A universal (non-targeted) variant of this transfer policy for 0-5 year-olds has similar results …

range of topics including income and poverty, fertility, infant and adult mortality, enrolment in education and care of …

chapters examine the record of the decade in four key areas affecting human welfare: income inequality and child poverty …, health, education, and child protection. An introductory chapter analyses key economic and demographic trends. In each case …

raising families in a new socio-economic climate. The Report looks at their health, their education, their entry into the …