Drivers and determinants

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(c) What are the determinants of successful South South cooperation in industrial development for poverty reduction?

National resource endowments, economic structure and energy mix are key determinants of sustainability challenges for any country.

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C. Determinants of the degree of South South cooperation in industrial development and trade

We can be encouraged by the broader understanding of the determinants of women's health.

The research project will then identify and analyse the deep determinants of productivity across countries

It is vital that women's health promotion evolves to meet changes in the determinants of health.

In addition, the country case studies will examine the major determinants of the productivity experience in the countries concerned, and in this context assess the strengths and weaknesses of these countries with regard to five broad groups of determinants of productivity growth.

Among economic factors, labour productivity based on low labour costs (for efficiency seeking investors) and high GDP growth rates (for market seeking investors) have been the most important determinants (Dasgupta and Ratha, 2000).

Determinants of Health Public Policy and Risk Assessment Infrastructure, Info structure and New Tools Development Infectious Diseases Environmental Health Aboriginal Health.

In March 2005, the Commission, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a meeting on social determinants of health.

Cho JW (2003). Foreign direct investment determinants Trends in flows and promotion policies. In Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific 1. New York United Nations.

Pradhan JP (2004). The determinants of outward FDI A firm level analysis of Indian manufacturing. Oxford Development Studies 32 (4) 619 639.

Among the many determinants of the cost of Internet connectivity, the high costs that Internet service providers (ISPs) in developing countries often face for their access to global Internet backbone networks are a cause for concern.

Recent theoretical and empirical work by Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein took explicitly into account the determinants of the existence of an external sector.

Although these determinants have so far been considered at the country level, they can theoretically be considered at a much more disaggregated level.

Progress has been made in poverty alleviation and in the preparation of technical studies on the measurement, characteristics and determinants of poverty, as well as the development of policy tools necessary for poverty reduction.

The existing UNICEF analytical framework (see annex) has proven useful in the analysis of health and nutrition outcomes and their determinants among mothers and children.

One project is currently being implemented in this field under the title of The Determinants of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) Utilization in Selected Developing Countries .

Besides an extensive information set, this approach requires the adoption of a model that includes in a satisfactory manner determinants of trade in an unregulated context.

Comparing Pakistan's investment position with those of India and China, he stressed the need to continually analyse and evaluate investment determinants, including in relation to government policy.

Specifically, it examined the determinants of FDI in the services sector and why some locations had succeeded in attracting FDI to service clusters while others had not.

Recognizing also that information and communication technologies are among the critical determinants for creating a global knowledge based economy, accelerating growth, increasing competitiveness, promoting sustainable development, eradicating poverty and facilitating the effective integration of all countries into the global economy,

National AIDS policies are increasingly looking into age gaps between sexual partners as a factor for the spread of the disease, as unprotected sexual intercourse and the age differentials between spouses are the main determinants of HIV risk in married couples.

It should reflect the firm commitment of all stakeholders on women's health promotion to draw upon the widest range of resources to tackle women's health determinants in the 21st century.

Cultural beliefs and practices associated with causes and treatment of illness, and other lifestyle behaviors, are important determinants of women's health status, and in the prevention of morbidity and mortality.

The econometric model is essentially the one used in the gravity literature that encompasses the determinants of the size of a country's external sector and the goods flow between trade partners.

The existence and quality of infrastructural services are key determinants of trade services such as transport and logistics, but also distribution, telecommunications, financial and business services, are crucial to the competitiveness of economies.

The Strategy provides a framework to guide legislative, policy and program work towards improving the health of women in Canada and creates a vision for a multi sectoral, interdisciplinary, determinants of health approach with operational and horizontal policy commitments to address women's health issues.

Economists are using automated information retrieval routines, or bots, to scrape bits of novel information about economic decisions from the World Wide Web. Websites where commercial artists submit designs for company logos and freelance editors offer services for authors promise to shed new light on issues like the determinants of innovation.

To be sure, their reasoning is basically correct. But when the ultimate determinants of values today become so dependent on a distant future that we cannot see clearly, we may not be able to think clearly, either.

These case studies on India, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda seek to identify the underlying determinants of linkages formation and to better understand under what circumstances the establishment of linkages between transnational corporations (TNCs) and SMEs can become a key driver for economic growth and an effective channel for the transfer of foreign technology and knowledge.

In this context, UNIDO will continue to update and use the UNIDO Industrial Development Scoreboard, which provides a periodic assessment of the relative industrial performance of regions and countries, as well as of the main determinants underpinning that performance.

(c) Compiling situation analyses, outcomes of forums organized, views articulated by diverse stakeholder groups and information on progress made on regional priorities and mandates on issues concerning the development determinants of health, gender equality and social inclusion in five regions

The prevailing explanation for health inequalities is rooted in the social determinants of health that is, the environments in which people work and live. Affluent people have better access to health promoting environments, such as well maintained schools that offer a good education, high quality housing, and stable jobs in secure, safe settings.

All of this implies that analyzing the determinants of economic success is a subject not just for economists. Why do some societies achieve the compromises needed to sustain an independent judiciary and a modern regulatory framework both necessary for an efficient modern economy while others perpetuate a partisan, winner take all approach to governance that weakens public policy and erodes private sector confidence?

Heterodox economics includes core theoretical concepts that are fundamentally incompatible with neoclassical economics in either of its two contemporary forms. These concepts result in significantly different explanations of the real world, including income distribution and the determinants of economic activity and growth.

We urgently need to monitor and understand the role of shadow banking and the too big to fail banks in creating the global credit glut. Obtaining a full picture of global monetary and credit numbers and their determinants is a vital first step.

The report stresses the role of many sectors in the prevention of road traffic injuries, describes the fundamental concepts of road traffic injury prevention, the impact of road traffic injuries and the major determinants and risk factors and highlights effective intervention strategies.

There is a perennial temptation to focus on even to overemphasize the short term, tactical drivers of commodity price movements, at the expense of giving longer term, structural factors their due. While short term factors for example, political instability, weather related disruptions, and speculative activity are important determinants of prices, they tell only part of the story.

Recognizing that health and nutrition outcomes are not the results of action in the health and nutrition sectors alone, UNICEF will build on its intersectoral experience to promote innovative approaches to address immediate and underlying determinants of maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition.

A number of suggestions were made by the panelist to promote FDI by SMEs, including the need to study home and host country measures, examine the determinants and drivers of FDI by SMEs, and establish programmes to foster policy dialogue that promoted South South FDI.