What choices do democracies have in globalizing economies?
Democratization has expanded a great deal in most regions of the world. A large number of authoritarian regimes have lost power in competitive elections as citizens demand better forms of representati...
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Democracia, Economia, Accountability, Governance, Advocacy
A City of all ages: fact or fiction? Effects of Government policy decisions on the quality of life of Toronto seniors
The transition to a positive, active and developmentally oriented view of aging may well result from action by older people themselves, through the sheer force of their growing numbers and influence.
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Envelhecimento, Política, Formulação de Políticas, Advocacy
World agriculture: Towards 2015/30
FAO has made a report available on "Agriculture towards 2015/2030", which forecasts global trends in food, nutrition and agriculture over the next 30 years.
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Alimentos, 52503, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Living Conditions
Decentralization of health systems in Latin America
The studies found that relatively little decision space was allowed to local authorities over key functions of health care systems. The studies also found that central authorities often reduce the dec...
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Sistemas de Saúde, 16763, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
From state to market: the Nicaraguan labour market for health personnel
"...Few countries in Latin America have experienced in such a short period the shift from a socialist government and centrally planned economy to a liberal market economy as Nicaragua. The impact of s...
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Pessoal de Saúde, 16048, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
The impact of reforms on equity in Latin America
Over the last 25 years a dramatic change in development policy has occurred in Latin America. Increasingly it has come to be accepted that the old model of state directed import-substituting industria...
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Telócitos, Células Germinativas Embrionárias, Impact, Reform, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util
The decline in child mortality: a reappraisal
"...The paper examines, describes and documents country-specific trends in under-five mortality rates (i.e., mortality among children under five years of age) in the 1990s. Our analysis updates previo...
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Mortalidade da Criança, Equidade em Saúde
Salón hogar
Presenta: adolescencia como estado de desarrollo, ¿Quién es el adolescente?, ritmo de maduración normal, tendencia atípica, caracteristicas sexuales secundarias, desarrollo físico y personalidad,...
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Adolescente, Educação, Família, Sexualidade, Comportamiento del adolescente
El Apoyo a las Niñas en la Temprana Adolescencia
Presenta los resultados de los estudios sobre adolescencia, la percepción de uno mismo y los logros académicos, la imagen de sí misma y la imagen física, estrategias para apoyar a las niñas pread...
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Adolescente, Apoio Social, Comportamiento del adolescente
What should macroeconomists know about health care policy?
This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant mac...
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Economia, Política de Saúde, Equity, Living Conditions, Equity, Health Services Accessibility^util