Projecting input-output table for Malaysia / Norhayati Shuja’ by Shuja, Norhayati

“…It serves as a dataset for input-output analysis which provide the tools to perform economic modelling. The construction of the input-output tables based on detailed census or surveys is a complex procedure that requires substantial financial expenditures, large human capital and time. …”
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Determinants of public debt in Malaysia/ Fatin Nur Syaffira Abdul Razak by Abdul Razak, Fatin Nur Syaffira

“…This research looks at 5 major economic indicators (Gross Domestic Product, Inflation, Interest Rate, Current Account Balance and Foreign Direct Investments) that give impact towards public debt in Malaysia. …”
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A study on the factors that influence students’ academic performance at Kolej Poly-tech Mara Kota Bharu / Siti Nurul Jannah Stapa by Stapa, Siti Nurul Jannah

“…Several factors that being discussed in this research are socio-economic factor, psychological factor and environmental factor. …”
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The factors influence the tax assessment (quit rent) arrears in Kemaman / Syarifah Khatijah Syed Mohamed by Syed Mohamed, Syarifah Khatijah

“…The research methodology use for this study is by using the secondary data from the institution and also economic data from the economic report. Meanwhile, in analyzing the data the Statistical Procedure of Social System (SPSS) is being used in order to transfer the data into output. …”
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Viuron (self security product) / Mohd Ikmal Hakim Bakri by Hakim Bakri, Mohd Ikmal

“…In this decade, Tourism is one of largest, dynamic and attractive for economic development specifically in the developing countries. …”
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IBM Malaysia: a study on the public sector market / Mashitoh Arshad by Arshad, Mashitoh

“…The salient global trends of Information Technology are as-follows: # Information Technology is permeating into all other economic sectors and act as a key competitive tool in these sectors. # Information technology production and services is becoming the biggest and fastest growing economic sector. # Competition in Information Technology industries is becoming increasingly global. # Strong government intervention and support of national information technology industries is increasingly evident. …”
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Book review : Handbook of European social policy and The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems by Ginsburg, Norman

“…Sadly in many ways this has not come about for a host of reasons, above all because of the hegemonic influence of neoliberal economic and social policy thinking, exemplified in the approach to the Greek crisis. …”

Combination therapy for malaria: the way forward? by Nosten, F, Brasseur, P

“…Unless new strategies are deployed to combat malaria, the already enormous health and economic burden related to the disease in tropical countries is bound to worsen. …”

The Zimbabwe–South Africa migration corridor by Ndlovu, DS, Landau, LB

“…It presents the corridor as dating back to importing labour in South Africa during apartheid (1948–91), subsequent changes when Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, South Africa’s democratisation in the mid-1990s, and Zimbabwe’s almost two-decade economic crisis. The chapter argues that poor South Africans who have seen few economic benefits from their country’s political freedom perceive black Zimbabwean migrants as a quintessential threat. …”

Personal travel and climate change : exploring climate change emissions from personal travel activity of individuals and households by Brand, C

“…The top 10% of emitters are responsible for 43% of emissions and the bottom 10% for only 1%. Income, economic activity, age, household structure and car availability significantly influence emissions levels. …”

Can Indonesia’s policy of reconfiguring its energy mix by increasing natural gas usage support its initiatives to reform subsidies? by Seah, S

“…Against a backdrop of rapidly growing oil and gas production and exports, the Indonesian government introduced fuel subsidies in the late 1950s to stimulate economic development. However, since the country ceased to be a net exporter of oil in 2004, increasing demand for oil products and political pressure to maintain subsidies has meant that government expenditure on subsidies has steadily escalated. …”

The demise of sovereign wealth funds by Di Bonaventura Altuve, L

“…Drawing from conventional political and economic explanations, this article finds that SWFs are almost always depleted in highly unstable political environments, while economic crises rarely impact SWFs to the point of exhaustion. …”

Endogenous growth and exogenous shocks in Latin America during the twentieth century by Astorga, P, Bergés, A, Fitzgerald, V

“…Our method is innovative as it includes external economic shocks as well as endogenous growth variables. …”

The rise in uncertainty and reforms of social security systems in Chile and Sweden by Spivak, A

“…<p>In the new society, the individual and the family are subject to substantial increases in uncertainty in the economic environment. These are caused by globalization, technological changes, shifts in global power structures, and developments in labour and family relations.…”

Dopamine neurons learn relative chosen value from probabilistic rewards by Lak, A, Stauffer, W, Schultz, W

“…Economic theories posit reward probability as one of the factors defining reward value. …”

The European Green Deal: challenges and opportunities for the Southern Mediterranean by Sandri, S, Hussein, H, Alshyab, N, Sagatowski, J

“…The European Green Deal (EGD) marked the commitment of the European Union (EU) to a carbon-free, socially inclusive economic system. Even if conceived as an essentially domestic growth strategy, the EGD is inspiring EU diplomacy, as economic cooperation will be needed to realize the EGD’s ambitious vision. …”

US foreign policy, 1959-80: impact on refugee flow from Cuba. by Scanlan, J, Loescher, G

“…The second major migration wave began in 1965, in the midst of a US campaign for systematically isolating and economically depriving Cuba and its citizens. When thousands of those citizens left Cuba, primarily to improve their economic circumstances and rejoin family members, they were welcomed as refugees because of the symbolic value of their rejection of Latin America's only communist state. …”

The fiscal benefits of repeated cooperation: coalitions and debt dynamics in 36 democracies by Weisstanner, D

“…Comparing 36 economically advanced democracies between (up to) 1962 and 2013, I estimate the effects of coalitions’ cooperation prospects on the dynamics of public debt. …”

Management of invading pathogens should be informed by epidemiology rather than administrative boundaries by Thompson, R, Cobb, R, Gilligan, C, Cunniffe, N

“…Plant and animal disease outbreaks have significant ecological and economic impacts. The spatial extent of control is often informed solely by administrative geography – for example, quarantine of an entire county or state once an invading disease is detected – with little regard for pathogen epidemiology. …”

Life in a slum: understanding living conditions in Nairobi’s slums across time and space by Bird, J, Montebruno, P, Regan, T

“…However, improvements to building quality, public-service provision, and socio-economic characteristics are mostly outpacing those seen in the formal sector. …”