... In the past decades, the countries in Asia and the Pacific have made significant progress in addressing poverty reduction through their socio-economic development. Today more than ever, however, we increasingly need a strong business voice and action in addressing openly and transparently the world’ ...
Inequality in Capitalist Societies - Der WWW2
... classes. Linked to revolutionary struggles, there was more socioeconomic mobility in the newly independent states than would have been possible at any moment in the history of Northatlantic societies. At the same time, persisting inequalities were rendered invisible much faster because underprivileg ...
... classes. Linked to revolutionary struggles, there was more socioeconomic mobility in the newly independent states than would have been possible at any moment in the history of Northatlantic societies. At the same time, persisting inequalities were rendered invisible much faster because underprivileg ...
The Economics of Sustainability: A Review of Journal Articles
... worried about how Britain’s apparently inexorable rise in population could be sustained from a finite amount of land. In 1865, Jevons (1865/1977) wondered how Britain’s ever-increasing energy consumption could be sustained from finite supplies of coal. In 1952, the President’s Materials Policy Commi ...
... worried about how Britain’s apparently inexorable rise in population could be sustained from a finite amount of land. In 1865, Jevons (1865/1977) wondered how Britain’s ever-increasing energy consumption could be sustained from finite supplies of coal. In 1952, the President’s Materials Policy Commi ...
Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?*
... growth does not seem to be robust: A number of researchers — including Ann Harrison (1996) and Edwards (1998) in addition to those whose work we have already discussed — find a large and significantly positive relationship between policies related to openness and growth. Other researchers — like Ha ...
... growth does not seem to be robust: A number of researchers — including Ann Harrison (1996) and Edwards (1998) in addition to those whose work we have already discussed — find a large and significantly positive relationship between policies related to openness and growth. Other researchers — like Ha ...
The Sociological Perspective - Indiana Wesleyan University
... Although we need people, they create problems for us that may interfere with our personal freedom. This not only counteracts God’s command to “love one another,” but is a prime example that: a) society changes people b) people change society c) institutions alter people d) people alter institutions ...
... Although we need people, they create problems for us that may interfere with our personal freedom. This not only counteracts God’s command to “love one another,” but is a prime example that: a) society changes people b) people change society c) institutions alter people d) people alter institutions ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Timothy J. Kehoe Kim J. Ruhl
... growth does not seem to be robust: A number of researchers — including Ann Harrison (1996) and Edwards (1998) in addition to those whose work we have already discussed — find a large and significantly positive relationship between policies related to openness and growth. Other researchers — like Ha ...
... growth does not seem to be robust: A number of researchers — including Ann Harrison (1996) and Edwards (1998) in addition to those whose work we have already discussed — find a large and significantly positive relationship between policies related to openness and growth. Other researchers — like Ha ...
Types of Societies
... One of the results of increased productivity and technology was the rise of urban centers. Workers ocked to factories for jobs, and the populations of cities became increasingly diverse. The new generation became less preoccupied with maintaining family land and traditions, and more focused on acqu ...
... One of the results of increased productivity and technology was the rise of urban centers. Workers ocked to factories for jobs, and the populations of cities became increasingly diverse. The new generation became less preoccupied with maintaining family land and traditions, and more focused on acqu ...
Chapter 8, Deviance
... People behave as they do because of the meanings attributed to situations. Deviance originates in the interaction between groups and is defined by society’s reaction to ...
... People behave as they do because of the meanings attributed to situations. Deviance originates in the interaction between groups and is defined by society’s reaction to ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CHINA’S INVESTMENT IN HUMAN CAPITAL James J. Heckman
... tuition for schooling, which would produce higher salaries. China could rely on personal incentives to encourage schools to perform well as students shop among them and schools would gain resources directly from the students they educate. For this system to operate effectively, credit markets for sch ...
... tuition for schooling, which would produce higher salaries. China could rely on personal incentives to encourage schools to perform well as students shop among them and schools would gain resources directly from the students they educate. For this system to operate effectively, credit markets for sch ...
terms of trade
... Import Tariffs and Export Subsidies in Other Countries • But we have ignored the effects of tariffs and subsidies that occur in a world with many countries and many goods: A foreign country may subsidize the export of a good that the US also exports, which will reduce the price for the U.S. in wo ...
... Import Tariffs and Export Subsidies in Other Countries • But we have ignored the effects of tariffs and subsidies that occur in a world with many countries and many goods: A foreign country may subsidize the export of a good that the US also exports, which will reduce the price for the U.S. in wo ...
Dependent on Comprehensive Advantages for Business Innovation
... is those techniques adopted better than current ones. Technological innovation is particularly important for developing countries including China. There is a big technological gap between developed and developing countries —a lot technologies are outdated for a long time in developed countries while ...
... is those techniques adopted better than current ones. Technological innovation is particularly important for developing countries including China. There is a big technological gap between developed and developing countries —a lot technologies are outdated for a long time in developed countries while ...
corruption and poverty
... ABSTRACT The quantitative methods have been questioned, mostly because at certain points they served as tools to identify the poorest countries as being the most corrupt, and the most developed ones, such as Germany, as being the least corrupt. In the end, the criticism to the econometric models of ...
... ABSTRACT The quantitative methods have been questioned, mostly because at certain points they served as tools to identify the poorest countries as being the most corrupt, and the most developed ones, such as Germany, as being the least corrupt. In the end, the criticism to the econometric models of ...
16. A Reflexive Methodology of Intervention
... The discussion about problems and adequate forms of intervention by social scientists is pres1 ently dominated by two paradigms: (1) The first is the model of knowledge transfer from science, the locus of knowledge production, into practice, locus of knowledge application. Roles of subject and objec ...
... The discussion about problems and adequate forms of intervention by social scientists is pres1 ently dominated by two paradigms: (1) The first is the model of knowledge transfer from science, the locus of knowledge production, into practice, locus of knowledge application. Roles of subject and objec ...