Food was perceived as an edible natural resource, and healthy in its raw state. A food item retained its natural, healthy properties or became unhealthy depending on how it was prepared (e.g. frying vs boiling) and consumed (e.g. early or late in the day). These food beliefs reflected...
13 Why (Some) Corporations Have Positive Duties to (Some of) the Global Poor 751 countries (LDCs)24 specialise overwhelmingly in the pro- duction and export of primary commodities, whether agri- cultural produce such as coffee and cotton, or high-value natural resources such as ...
Different countries view Aid in different ways, and the standards of what exactly constitutes aid varies depending on the country, for example until around 1960 most countries considered military assistance a form of foreign aid but this has since been changed. Aid, however is not restricted to ...
But they do show that it is the poor countries who should have the maximum interest in addressing the problem of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has already reported that developing countries will be twice more vulnerable than developed countries,...
41Citations 118Altmetric Metrics Abstract Economic inequality is rising within many countries globally, and this can significantly influence the social vulnerability to natural hazards. We analysed income inequality and flood disasters in 67 middle- and high-income countries between 1990 and 2018 and fou...
Can comparative advantage explain differences between high and low income countries? "Nigeria's comparative advantage lies in human capital development but they are unskilled." Do you agree? Explain Explain how countries are dependent ...
Answer to: The condition of scarcity: a. cannot be eliminated. b. prevails in poor economies. c. prevails in rich economies. d. all of the above...
However, it has been noted that medium HDI countries may be exposed to higher stressors because of higher expectations, cost of living and the cost of managing depression (Ho et al., 2013). Further a recent study on the impact of the pandemic on physical and mental health in low and ...
AI/R on diverse groups of the poor will differ. Poverty and in- equality effects will also be context-specific across countries, partly depending on infrastructures. AI/R may theoretically reduce poverty while increasing inequality or vice versa. Key areas particularly relevant for poor people's ...
Existing infrastructure would aid in the timely conversion of the resource into production, but could also lead to competition with other natural gas supply sources. For an individual country the situation could be more complex. The predominant shale gas resources are found in countries (listed ...