This research examines possible effects of climatic change focusing on global warming and its impacts on world agricultural product markets, by using a world food model developed to consider climate changes. GDP and population for each scenario were constructed by IPCC and climate data for each scenario was reported by the Hadley Center and are used in this research to consider results in diffe...

In 2012, the Chatham House established a Working Group on Health Financing, of which I was a member, to deliberate on a global framework for health financing (Røttingen et al., 2014) (reference to paper by McIntyre et al., 2017). Intensive discussions and exhaustive studies brought out 20 recommendations. Of them three were important points emphasizing the need for countries to (i) ensure a min...

INTRODUCTION Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) using country-specific thresholds tied to gross domestic product (GDP) might not be appropriate in countries with low healthcare investment and a high disease burden as a consequence. METHODS Using data from previously published CEA of rotavirus vaccination across nine countries worldwide, we calculated the cost neutral price (Pn) for the new int...

Purpose: In today's world; where technology, capital and workforce are in a rapid flow across borders; quantitative indicators, that provide insight into the economic innovative performance of countries, key importance for decision makers. One these indicators is Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); which not only mechanism drives competition development, but also an international flow. This paper ...

Letter Carragher et al. 1 describe the development and application of an alcohol policy score (TEASE-16) to nine study areas in the western Pacific. In their analysis they attempt to relate the policy score to average alcohol consumption for these areas. My analysis shows that their correction for income is not required , and that their use of division to correct for consumption needs justifica...

This paper examines modern economic growth according to the multidimensional scaling (MDS) method and state space portrait (SSP) analysis. Electing GDP per capita as the main indicator for economic growth and prosperity, the long-run perspective from 1870 to 2010 identifies the main similarities among 34 world partners’ modern economic growth and exemplifies the historical waving mechanics of t...

The textile industry is the most important sector in Pakistan’s economy. Based on the availability of raw cotton, the industry provides the largest employment (38% of the total employment) and is also its largest foreign exchange earner. It contributes 68% of total exports, 46% of total manufacturing, 8.5% of total GDP, 31% of total investment and 12% of total market capitalization. Over the ye...

Many emerging market economies oscillate between periods of high and low growth (see Aguiar and Gopinath, 2007). These changes in growth regimes generate business cycles that are markedly different from the ones observed in developed countries: consumption and investment are volatile relative to output, and net exports are strongly counter-cyclical. This volatility is often accompanied by sharp...