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Functional Foods : Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries

by: shinta, 4 pages

Functional foods have been the topic of considerable interest in the food and nutrition industry for years, but the term currently lacks a common definition. A practical ...

Blindness and cataract in children in developing countries

by: shinta, 2 pages

Blindness in children is considered a priority area for VISION 2020, as visually impaired children have a lifetime of blindness ahead of them. Various studies across the globe ...

Strategie issues in preventing cataract blindness in developing countries

by: shinta, 10 pages

Cataract blindness is a public health problem of major proportions in developing countries. Intracapsular cataract extraction with aphakic spectacles has been the standard surgical technique ...

SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN MALNUTRITION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

by: shinta, 24 pages

The objectives of this study are to report socioeconomic inequalities in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence on the association between socioeconomic ...

Ergonomics evaluation of a manually operated cassava chipping machine

by: shinta, 14 pages

A manually operated machine for chipping cassava was evaluated. Six farmers took part in the study, with physiological, postural, and subjective measurements being taken. Using the ...

Ethical issues in clinical trial collaborations with developing countries - with special reference to preventive HIV vaccine trials with secondary endpoints

by: shinta, 33 pages

One central ethical concern when conducting research on human subjects which involves a collaboration between research groups in different countries is to avoid research which has been ...

ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

by: shinta, 4 pages

THERE has been considerable controversy about the ethics of clinical trials that are sponsored or conducted by groups in industrialized countries but carried out in developing ...

What Effect Does Free Trade in Agriculture Have on Developing Country Populations Around the World?

by: shinta, 20 pages

Highlighted in the “battle in Seattle” in 1999, anti-trade sentiments still persist, even with development considerations placed at the core of reform negotiations at the World

Labour Market Effects of Migration-Related Supply Shocks: Evidence from internally displaced populations in Colombia

by: shinta, 36 pages

This paper studies the labor market effects of migration-related supply shocks. We exploit forced migration caused by the Colombian conflict as a natural experiment to examine the impact ...

Improving Business Environments through Regulatory Impact Analysis - Opportunities and challenges for developing countries

by: shinta, 15 pages

Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is a tool now used in most developed countries to improve the understanding of economic and social welfare impacts of regulation. It is widely recognized as

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