In this text the authors try to research how values/culture/ethics/norms (VCEN) influence economic results in the perception of a representative sample of Slovenian intellectuals. A field research, including a questionnaire was conducted, backed by a development economics-based view of the so-called transitional countries of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC), especially Slovenia. The text d...

The experience of creation and research of information analytic system is discussed. The system is oriented towards a solution of socioeconomic problems. The report describes “Monitor 2.1” system, which have been developed for The Ministry of Economy of Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The report contents the principles and approaches to the development of the next version of that system – “Monit...

This article assesses the socioeconomic effects of solar microgrids. The lack of access to electricity is a major obstacle to the socioeconomic development of more than a billion people. Off-grid solar technologies hold potential as an affordable and clean solution to satisfy basic electricity needs. We conducted a randomized field experiment in India to estimate the causal effect of off-grid s...

Previously reported associations between race/ethnicity and tuberculosis infection have lacked sufficient adjustment for socioeconomic factors. We analyzed race/ethnicity and self-reported tuberculosis infection data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a well-characterized cohort of 5115 black and white participants, and found that after adjusting for socio...

This study examines the relationship between the level of socioeconomic development of the EU 28 countries and the adoption of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 environmental management system. First, through a multivariate comparative analysis of the secondary data obtained from the public statistics, a Hellwig's synthetic indicator is created to rank the level of soci...

Protected areas (PAs) are a key strategy for protecting biological resources, but they vary considerably in their effectiveness and are frequently reported as having negative impacts on local people. This has contributed to a divisive and unresolved debate concerning the compatibility of environmental and socioeconomic development goals. Elucidating the relationship between positive and negativ...

PURPOSE To investigate the association among types of breastfeeding, presence of child development risk, socioeconomic and obstetric variables. METHODS The sample was composed of 182 mother-child dyades. Data were collected through an initial interview about breastfeeding; obstetric, socioeconomic, demographic and psychosocial aspects; and mother-child interaction analysis by the Child Develo...