Vulnerable Growth

Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People

Macroeconomic Structure and the (Non-)Vulnerable Employment Intensity of Growth

From a macroeconomic perspective, this paper asks whether or not output growth has been working in tandem with decent work targets over the past few decades. Though country experiences vary, growth has generally been much less of a driver toward decent work targets after the 2009 global downturn than previously. Using vulnerable employment data spanning 48 countries (1990-2010), this paper then...

Growth, Economic Development and Structural Transition in Small Vulnerable States

This paper reviews the critical theoretical and policy issues relating to growth, economic development and structural transition in small states. The paper discusses alternative perspectives on small size and highlights the salient characteristics which give rise to their economic sub-optimality. The theoretical and empirical relationship between size and growth is reviewed, including recent in...

[From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient].

Atherosclerotic plaque instability is directly involved in triggering acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden coronary death. Different and not completely unknown mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of the destabilisation of the vulnerable plaque; currently three mechanisms are considered to play a causal role in this process: emboliz...

Vulnerable leadership

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