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Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2009

The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher...

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Shadow economy revisited: logic, morality and intuition in corrupt practices and illegal channels

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2010

The aim of the paper is to analyze how corruption contributes to the spread of shadow economy and damages viable economic development of any country. The unfreedoms that are created under the conditions of illegal transactions and corrupt practices considerably limit the opportunities of...

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Partnerships for Women's Health - Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact / United Nations University Research Brief 1/2009 (www.unu.edu)

Timmermann, Martina; Kruesmann, Monika - 2009

Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...

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Quality education through Child-Friendly Schools: resource allocation for the protection of children’s rights

Orkodashvili, Mariam - 2010

The paper discusses the idea and purpose of Child-Friendly Schools (CFSs) initiated by the UNICEF. It analyses the implications of CFSs in terms of improving children’s health and nutrition, promoting gender equality, protecting children’s rights, re-defining education quality and creating...

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Charting Income Inequality: The Lorenz Curve

Bellù, Lorenzo G.; Liberati, Paolo - 2005

This paper explains how to build Lorenz Curves for income distributions and discusses their use for inequality measurement. A short conceptual background, a step-by-step procedure and a simple numerical example illustrate how to calculate and draw Lorenz Curves. A discussion on the use of Lorenz...

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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Lorenz Curves

Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - 2005

This paper illustrates how Lorenz Curves can be used to identify the best income distribution on social welfare grounds … using specific functional forms of the Social Welfare Function (SWF) to infer welfare judgments, the rationale for using …

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Social Welfare Analysis of Income Distributions: Ranking Income Distributions with Crossing Generalised Lorenz Curves

Bellù, Lorenzo Giovanni; Liberati, Paolo - 2005

on social welfare grounds within a set of alternative income distributions generated by different policy options. It … welfare grounds on the basis of Shorrocks’ Theorem. After observing that Shorrocks’ Theorem is not applicable, because GL … curves cross once, necessary additional conditions, such as restrictions on the features of the Social Welfare Function (SWF …

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Social Networks and Supply chain Management in Rural Areas: A Case Study Focusing on Organic Olive Oil

Medicamento, Umberto; Degennaro, Bernardo - 2006

In recent years, due to the growing supply of organic production, the economic performances and the competitive advantages of the farms, have become more dependent on network organisations in the supply chains. This evolution requires methodological approaches able to capture all the variables...

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Do Trust-Based Relations Improve Firm’s Performance? Evidence from Transition Economies

Berulava, George - 2013

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of trust-based relations on firm’s performance in transition economies. The trade credit variable is used as a proxy of trust-based relations and the propensity score matching method is employed to establish casual link between relational...

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Do Trust-Based Relations Improve Firm’s Performance? Evidence from Transition Economies

Berulava, George - 2013

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