Reference emission scenarios in the literature have been the target of criticisms that suggest they convey too optimistic views on spontaneous energy-GDP decoupling of emerging countries economies. This article focuses on the case of India. It explores the role of current suboptimalities of the Indian power sector (structural under-investment in the sector leading to capacity shortage, power cu...

OBJECTIVE  To quantify the cost effectiveness of a government policy combining targeted industry agreements and public education to reduce sodium intake in 183 countries worldwide. DESIGN  Global modeling study. SETTING  183 countries. POPULATION  Full adult population in each country. INTERVENTION  A "soft regulation" national policy that combines targeted industry agreements, governme...

BACKGROUND Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is an important prevention initiative in reducing HIV/AIDS transmission. Despite current global prevention efforts, many low- and middle-income countries continue reporting low VCT levels. Little is known about the association of within- and between-country socioeconomic inequalities and VCT. Based on the 'inverse equity hypothesis,' this study ...

South Asia is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. Home to approximately 1.3 billion of the world's population, the region's GDP growth rate of 5.6 per cent in 1990-2000 surpassed the world average of 2.6 per cent, second only to East and Southeast Asia at 7.0 per cent (The World Bank, 2004). During 1980-2000, the GDP per capita in South Asia grew at a rate of 3.3 per cent per annum...

This cross-national study examines factors that impact eHealth infrastructure and usage growth. The independent variables in the study are: confidence in heath care system, perception of one’s state of health, per capita national expenditure in health, % of people belonging to voluntary organizations concerned with health, human development index, cost of health care per capital, and cost of he...

Goods and Service Tax is one of the most harmonized regime in world more than 175 countries were adopted this at present scenario (2023) it also called as Value Added (VAT) world. France was first nation to implement GST 1954; eliminates tax evasion cascading effect. This creates changes economic growth nations. The probably explored by their GDP. Hence study consistency if GDP selected which h...

Introduction The World Food Summit: Five Years Later was held in Rome from 10 through 13 June 2002. As in the World Food Summit (WFS) in 1996, the dominant frameworks five years later pitted a push for trade liberalisation against the right to food; open trade for the expansion of global markets versus pro-poor strategies that strengthen local resources, markets and strategies. Less attention w...

The ratio of trade to GDP is often used as a summary measure country's openness the rest world. It well known that trade-GDP affected by relatively time-invariant factors, such country size and remoteness from trading partners, can largely be controlled for in cross-country panels using fixed effects. shown here there are also other important, time-varying influences on have been little investi...

This paper studies the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development on economic growth in different countries and regions of the world. The results indicate that there is a positive relationship between real GDP growth and ICT development (as measured by the ICT Development Index) for 153 countries over the world. This study also finds that ICT development in the upper-m...