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Traditional forest knowledge of the Yi people confronting policy reform and social changes in Yunnan province of China

Jinlong, Liu; Renhua, Zhang; Qiaoyun, Zhang - In: Forest Policy and Economics 22 (2012) C, pp. 9-17

The Yi minority group has a long history, and their livelihoods and culture exist in complex, holistic interrelationship with forests. This paper aims to document the dynamic, traditional forest knowledge (TFK) of the Yi, including: forest categorization methods; routine forest utilization; land...

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Diffusion and use of health technology assessment in policy making: What lessons for decentralised healthcare systems?

Ciani, Oriana; Tarricone, Rosanna; Torbica, Aleksandra - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 2, pp. 194-202

The Italian National Healthcare System (NHS) is one of the most decentralised systems since the devolution reform approved in 2001. HTA is spreading as an important tool for decision-making processes both at central and local levels. The aims of this study were to review the state of the health...

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The case for including reach as a key element of program theory

Montague, Steve; Porteous, Nancy L. - In: Evaluation and Program Planning 36 (2013) 1, pp. 177-183

against equity considerations. An alternative approach described in this paper that explicitly considers reach demonstrates … that an explicit description of reach in program theory and results logic depictions can improve equity in health and …

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Asking questions in the solution space: Methodological issues in evaluating equity

Carden, Fred - In: Evaluation and Program Planning 36 (2013) 1, pp. 213-217

This paper presents an overview of some core methodological issues in improving the evaluation of health equity … suggests a process to rethink health equity interventions, reshape policy based on evaluation at the systems level, and reform … evaluation of health equity so that it has the capacity to adapt and to more realistically reflect the dynamic and changing …

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Evolution of cooperation in asymmetric commons dilemmas

Janssen, Marco A.; Rollins, Nathan D. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 220-229

also had higher equity compared to groups who were not able to derive significant levels of social efficiency. These …

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A comparative study of the returns on Mudharabah deposit and on equity in Islamic banks

Diaw, Abdou; Mbow, Abdoulaye - In: Humanomics: The International Journal of Systems and Ethics 27 (2011) November, pp. 229-242

Purpose – The paper aims to compare the return on Mudharabah deposits (ROMD) to the return on equity (ROE) in Islamic …

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A New Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development

Jabareen, Yosef - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 10 (2008) 2, pp. 179-192

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The concept of ecological debt: some steps towards an enriched sustainability paradigm

Goeminne, Gert; Paredis, Erik - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 12 (2010) 5, pp. 691-712

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The efficiency of the buy-write strategy: Evidence from Australia

Mugwagwa, Tafadzwa; Ramiah, Vikash; Naughton, Tony; … - In: Journal of International Financial Markets, … 22 (2012) 2, pp. 305-328

We examine the performance of the buy-write option strategy (BWS) on the Australian Stock Exchange and analyse whether such an investment opportunity violates the efficient market hypothesis on the basis of its risk and returns. This study investigates the relationship between buy-write...

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Access to benefits from forest commons in the Western Himalayas

Naidu, Sirisha C. - In: Ecological Economics 71 (2011) C, pp. 202-210

Little statistical evidence exists on the effects of forest management regimes and wealth on forest access rates in South Asia. To determine the magnitude and significance of these effects, this paper analyzes a dataset of communities from Himachal Pradesh, India, with a fractional logit model....

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