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are at the greatest risk, with the heaviest toll on low- and lower-middle-income economies. These catastrophes threaten …
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healthcare system's spatial organization, the authors lead us through the inherent difficulties of building a GIS in an emerging …
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This paper looks at rural infrastructure facilities in India, the lack of which is demonstrated to be an impediment to sustained economic development. It is argued that problems of rural infrastructure provision are different from those of the urban, given the smaller size, density and per...
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Developments in the financial sector have led to an expansion in its ability to spread risks. The increase in the risk … bearing capacity of economies, as well as in actual risk taking, has led to a range of financial transactions that hitherto … appetite for risk may expand over the cycle. Not only can these intermediaries accentuate real fluctuations, they can also …
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The debate around retrenchment of pension systems became really popular in the 1990’s after the pioneering experience of Chile in 1981.The disastrous outcomes of the Chilean reform were widely known by the 2000’s although no relevant steps backwards were taken. This paper analyses...
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Pension assets have seen rapid growth world-wide over the past decades, although they suffered large losses during the global financial crisis of 2007–2008. Such growth is notably due to both structural and parametric pension reforms since the 1980s. In the Asian region too, the pension...
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The relationship between market value and innovation in the context of manufacturing firms in India was analysed, using data for 2001-2010. In a milieu where most firms do not patent, the concern was whether ‘small’ innovations would be valued by the stock market. [Working Paper No....
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resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the …
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risks. Interestingly, the use of protecting gadgets reduces the risk of health damages that emphasizes the necessity of …
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Youth at risk can be defined as individuals between the ages of 12 and 24 who face “environmental, social, and family … advice on how to create and implement effective policies for at-risk youth. Highlighted are 22 policies (six core policies …, nine promising policies, and seven general policies) that have been effective in addressing the following five key risk …
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