Income inequality in China: Causes and Policy Responses

Strategies for corruption prevention in the Philippines ...

participatory good governance. A number of success stories relating to good governance, especially in local communities, have received media attention. While the situation may be far from ideal, mechanisms for community participation and partnership have been put in …

  Community, Corruption, Participatory

The Trajectory of the Anthropocene: the Great Acceleration

2010. In the graphs of socio-economic trends, where the data permit, the activity of the wealthy (OECD) countries, those countries with emerging economies, and the rest of the world have now been differentiated. The dominant feature of the socio-economic trends is that the economic activity of the human enterprise continues to grow at a rapid rate.

  Code, Trends

Modeling nonlinear ultrasound propagation in …

ultrasound beams in heterogeneous media, ultrasonic tissue classification, training ultrasonographers to use ultrasound equipment and interpret ultrasound images, model-based medical image registration, and treatment planning and do-simetry for high-intensity focused ultrasound.1 The most general approach for ultrasound simulation is to directly

  Focused, Ultrasound, Focused ultrasound

Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress

Since its creation, economists who are familiar with GDP and SNA meth-odology have emphasized that GDP is a measure of economic activity, not economic well-being. In 1934, Simon Kuznets, the chief architect of the United States national accounting system, cautioned against equating GDP growth with economic or social well-being.

  Economists

Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions

Autonomous Vehicle Implementation Predictions: Implications for Transport Planning Victoria Transport Policy Institute 3 Executive Summary Many decision-makers and practitioners wonder how autonomous (also called self-driving or robotic) vehicles (AVs) will affect future travel, and therefore the need for roads, parking facilities and public transit services, and what public …

  Autonomous

The Impact of Infrastructure on Trade and Economic …

Apr 18, 2015 · The Working Paper series is a continuation of the formerly named Discussion Paper series; the numbering of the papers continued without interruption or change.

  Economic, Infrastructures, Trade, Impact, The impact of infrastructure on trade and economic

An Overview of the Economic Outlook: 2021 to 2031

4 AN OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: 2021 TO 2031 FEbRUARy 2021 follows the federal funds rate. The interest rate on 10-year Treasury notes rises gradually as the Federal Reserve reduces the pace of its asset purchases and

PANDEMIC SCHOOLING MODE AND STUDENT TEST SCORES

Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from US States Clare Halloran, Rebecca Jack, James C. Okun, and Emily Oster NBER Working Paper No. 29497

Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment

Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment Written for the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy (Princeton University Press) By Linda S. Goldberg1 Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an international flow of capital that provides a parent

  Federal reserve bank of new york, Federal, Reserve, Bank, York, Direct, Rates, Foreign, Investment, Exchange, Exchange rates and foreign direct investment

Rising Government Debt: Causes and Solutions for a Decades ...

Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 33, Number 2—Spring 2019—Pages 115–140 S ince US government debt as a fraction of GDP reached a trough in the