The Human Development Index (HDI) is recognised as the most commonly used composite index to assess the socio-economic progress of a country. To preserve its pioneering role in development, there has to be a reduction in inequalities and cross-state conv
What is the relationship between the CPI, PPI, and GDP deflator to inflation? Do CPI, PPI, and GDP have an impact on inflation or do they tell the country's overall inflation level? Define: - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Inflation rate. Write th...
Under a Creative Commons license Open accessHighlights Abstract Universities in developing countries have rarely been able to subscribe to academic journals in the past. The “Online Access to Research in the Environment” initiative (OARE) provides institutions in developing countries with free online ...
This paper analyzes the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in developing countries. Through both fixed-effects and robust least squares estimators, w
Economic growth refers to the rate at which the value of commodities, services or/and goods, which are produced in a country increase over a specific duration of time. The unit of measuring economic growth is the percentage change of the gross domestic product ...
That notwithstanding, little is known about the linkages between infrastructure development and African participation in GVCs. Most studies that considered the relationship between infrastructure and GVCs, focused only on a single element of infrastructure such as ICT (Gniniguè et al., 2023, Lanz and...
Wind is an integral constituent of the microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort of cities, and it may affect people's everyday decision making. Since the 1970s, researchers have been looking into the impact of wind on pedestrians in urban spaces. Some measured the mechanical effect of wind on...
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This study analyses the priorities of public donors in funding HIV prevention by either integrated condom programming or HIV preventive microbicides and vaccines in the period between 2000 and 2008. It further compares the public funding investments of the USA government and European governments, includi...
Thus, the response of human development to the inflow of FDI would be differentiated based on the stages of human development. These would require the appropriate policy response. For example, a negative effect of FDI on human development would not require the same policy response as a positive...