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In: Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, 2018, vol. 2, issue 2, 59-64
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In: Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, 2018, vol. 2, issue 2, 59-64
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In: Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources; Ecological Economics of Sustainable Watershed Management, S. 183-210
In: Journal of developing societies: a forum on issues of development and change in all societies, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 27-55
ISSN: 1745-2546
Nigeria has implemented structural adjustment policies for the past twenty years, with the intensity of reforms increasing each year. However, there is an ongoing debate as to whether strong adjustment is more effective than weak reforms in alleviating poverty in African economies. In this article, we use primary socio-economic data collected from two surveys, one conducted in 2001 and the other in 2007, of residents in the village of Umulwe in Southeastern Nigeria, to examine whether the intensity of structural adjustment policies has led to poverty reduction in the village. Specifically, we use changes in the poverty headcount index and the poverty gap index, as well as non-income measures to analyze the dynamics of poverty in the village. A cross-sectional OLS regression on the survey data does not indicate a direct link between structural adjustment and the poverty reduction observed in the village over time. By linking structural adjustment to changes in household behaviour, the article provides a micro-foundation for the analysis of the impact of structural adjustment on poverty.
In: Journal of developing societies, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 27-56
ISSN: 0169-796X
In: Earthscan Research Editions
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature; 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis; 4 Empirical Evidence for the Jevons Paradox; 5 Conclusion; Index.
Health outcomes research typically uses cost-effectiveness or cost-utility analysis. These approaches take a narrow perspective of the individual effects, typically from the payer or the provider point-of-view. However, using these narrow perspectives misses macro-level, or societal level, benefits and costs that could significantly alter whether an intervention is considered beneficial or cost-effective. The societal perspective accounts for all the effects impacting patients, their families, the public, and government expenditures for a healthcare intervention. Such a perspective is vital for healthcare interventions for illnesses where morbidity and long absences from work are probable. A cost-benefit analysis would account for all the societal benefits and costs, allowing policy-makers to observe an outcomes analysis more closely reflective of the real impacts. This paper clearly presents why a societal perspective using cost-benefit analysis should be the preferred method of health outcomes research. An example of breast cancer interventions is used to illustrate this point.
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In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 89-98
In: International Conference on Comparative Public Administration and Management Innovation, Change, Partnership in Social Media Era, Adriana Grigorescu, Corina-Georgiana Antonovici, Adelina Dumitrescu-Peculea, Florin-Marius Popa, Editors, ProUniversitaria Publishing House, 2015
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