Economics of tobacco toolkit: assessment of the economic costs of smoking.

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An assessment of the long-term economic impact of the new regulatory framework

The conventional view of poverty in the European Union countries is based on a relative measure, which defines all those with incomes below 60 percent of the median as poor. In the U.S., poverty is defined according to an absolute measure—the federal poverty line computed by the Census Bureau—which was $21,200 for a family of four in 2008 (somewhat higher in Alaska and Hawaii). In tallying up n...

This article presents a process for an integrated policy analysis that combines risk assessment and benefit-cost analysis. This concept, which explicitly combines the two types of related analyses, seems to contradict the long-accepted risk analysis paradigm of separating risk assessment and risk management since benefit-cost analysis is generally considered to be a part of risk management. Yet...

The US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change provides compelling arguments for serious consideration of actions and adaptive measures by countries around the world to better manage impacts on water resources, agricultural economic sustainability and environmental quality. National resource planning at this scale requires integrated impact analysis t...

1. Economies differ in their vulnerability to climate change. How does climate change– both in terms of market and non-market damages – affect economic growth, structure and distribution of income? 2. Climate change stipulates capital flows and migration. How does this affect regional economies? 3. The risk of climate disruption induces mitigation as well as on anticipated adaptation to climate...

Real progress for the development of lifelong learning can be achieved through more flexible forms of educational provision [1]. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in order to provide more responsive pedagogical engagement to enhance the student experience, changes of values, attitudes, institutional organisation, modes of teaching and the provision ...