Many western industrialized countries are currently suffering from a crisis in health human resources, one that involves a debate over the recruitment and licensing of foreign-trained doctors and nurses. The intense public policy interest in foreign-trained medical personnel, however, is not new. During the 1960s, western countries revised their immigration policies to focus on highly-trained p...

In the past twenty years, both gross and net capital flows have increased to unprecedented levels (see Lane and Milesi-Ferretti b, 2006). In industrialized countries, this has been the case for both stocks and bonds. One consequence of this period of financial integration is that gross financial positions now exceed 100% of GDP in several industrialized countries. This also means that differenc...

To investigate how economic conditions and crises affect mortality and its predictability in industrialized countries, we review the related literature, and we forecast mortality developments in Spain, Hungary, and Russia-three countries which have recently undergone major transformation processes following the introduction of radical economic and political reforms. The results of our retrospec...

Ekonomik küreselleşme ile birlikte önemi artan uluslararası ticaretin, ülkelere ait pek çok ekonomik gösterge üzerinde önemli etkileri olmaktadır. Ancak ticaretin iktisadi sonuçlarının yanında olmayan da olabileceği göz ardı edilmemelidir. Uluslararası ülkelerin sağlık alanını etkilediği düşünülmektedir. Yeni teknolojilerin gelişmesi ve ticaret yolu bu ülkeler arasındaki ticari alışverişe konu ...

In countries with industrialized agriculture, the contribution of fossil energy equals or exceeds provided to society in food. Poland is one which, absence its own sufficient oil and gas resources, forced import these fuels order benefit from modern solutions field food production distribution. This situation poses a serious threat security if there prolonged shortage such sources. Using exampl...