Jumping from the Hot Pot: notes on democracy in a technological age
It presents a critique of exceedingly risky scientific and technological developments, with suggestions about how co-intelligent political approaches could monitor them to avoid catastrophe. Also it p...
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Democracy, Technology, Population council, CCCiudadano, Consensus development conference [publication type], CCC
A toolbox of processes for community work
It presents a list of processes through which stakeholders and citizens can be engaged in co-intelligent exploration and decision-making on public issues (still in progress): that can increase the cap...
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Group Processes, Community Participation, Community Networks, CCCiudadano, Consensus development conference [publication type], CCC
Population aging and Its macroeconomic implications: A framework for analysis
"This paper develops a model to examine the macroeconomic implications of population aging. Using a general equilibrium framework, the analysis examines the various channels through which changes in d...
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Population Characteristics, Social Security, Demographic, Macroeconomic, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Social protection policy and practice in Bolivia: Its implications for Bolivias poverty reduction strategy paper
The objective of this paper is to document the nature and scope of social protection policy and practice in Bolivia, utilizing the World Banks social protection framework. The paper is divided into ...
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Poverty, Social Security, Advocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions, Poverty reduction
The need fore a more focused response: European donor policies toward internally displaced persons (IDPs)
...The central, ongoing policy debate among those who contributed insights to this paper is whether the humanitarian response to IDPs should be specifically targeted to this group or be integrated...
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23543, 16081, Advocacy
Maternal mortality Update 2002 - a focus on emergency obstetric care
This edition of the UNFPA Maternal Mortality Update focuses on emergency obstetric care, anintervention that is fundamental to reducing maternal mortality worldwide, and analysesthe issue and shares t...
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Maternal Mortality, Morbidity, Health Equity, Emergency Medical Services, Obstetrics, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Mapping progress on the road to the knowledge economy: Brazil, China, and India
This article presents the knowledge assessment scorecards for Brazil, China, and India as well as that of the United States, which is one of the most knowledge-driven economies in the world. (Fall 200...
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Technological Development, 23927, Economic Development, cyvocacy, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Basic patterns in national health expenditure
This paper analyses national health accounts estimates for 191 World Health Organization Member States for 1997, using simple comparisons and linear regressions to describe spending on health and how ...
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Health Expenditures, Financing, Personal, Health Care Sector, Linear Models, edanizedanizedanized, Measuring, Methods and Indicators
Scaling up the response to infectious diseases: a way out of poverty
This Report shows that just a few conditions are responsible for a high proportion of the avoidable deaths in poor countries - and that well-targeted measures. It will help decision makers see how we ...
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Communicable Diseases, Malaria, HIV, Health Equity
Poverty and health sector inequalities
This paper provides an overview of research relating to inequalities in health to the disadvantage of the poor, and to changes in impoverishment and income inequality associated with payments for heal...
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Evidence-Based Medicine, Poverty, Health Status, Health Services Accessibility, Social Justice, Health Equity, Income, Financing, Organized, Advocacy, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
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