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The Migration of Doctors and Nurses from South Pacific Island Nations

Little is known of the structure of the international migration of skilled health professionals. Accelerated migration of doctors and nurses from the Pacific island states of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga to the Pacific periphery is part of the globalization of health care. The findings from a recent survey of 251 doctors and nurses from the three island countries are reported here. Key determinants of both present migration status and future migration intentions were analyzed using econometric methods. Nurses' and doctors' propensities to migrate are influenced by both income and non-income factors, including ownership of businesses and houses. Migrants also tend to have more close relatives overseas, to have trained there, and so experienced superior working conditions. Migration propensities vary between countries, and between nurses and doctors within countries. Tongan nurses have a higher propensity to migrate, mainly because of greater relative earnings differentials, but are also more likely to return home. The role of kinship ties, relative income differentials and working conditions is evident in other developing country contexts. Remittances and return migration, alongside business investment, bring some benefits to compensate for the skill drain. National development policies should focus on encouraging return migration, alongside retention and recruitment, but are unlikely to prevent out migration. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

On labour market dualism in the Lewis model: A comment

In a special issue of this journal commemorating the 50th anniversary of W. Arthur Lewis's (The Manchester School, Vol. 28 (1954), No. 2, pp. 139-191) seminal paper, the Lewis model is treated as a model of labour market dualism (Fields, The Manchester School, Vol. 72 (2004), No. 6, pp. 724-735). This interpretation is flawed for a number of reasons. First, it overemphasizes the role ascribed by Lewis to intersectoral earnings differentials in his original model. Second, it fails to acknowledge that a major shortcoming of the model was its inability to account for the widening intersectoral earnings differential observed across a wide range of developing economies. For Lewis himself this was one of the 'major theoretical puzzles of the period' (1979, p. 150). Third, it ignores Lewis's subsequent revision of the model (Lewis, The Manchester School, Vol. 47 (1979), No. 3, pp. 211-229) that, ironically, incorporates a dual labour market to resolve this puzzle. However, for Lewis the critical issue was dualism within the modern sector, not, as Fields understands it, labour market dualism between the modern and traditional sectors. Fields's appreciation of the contribution of the Lewis model to understanding the process of wage determination in developing economies is therefore misplaced.

Radiocarbon dates of peatland initiation across the northern high latitudes

A compilation of basal dates of peatland initiation across the northern high latitudes, associated metadata including location, age, raw and calibrated radiocarbon ages, and associated references. Includes previously published datasets from sources below as well as 365 new data points.

Estudo do balanço de umidade por meio de modelos regionais para o clima do passado e do futuro sobre a América do Sul

In the context of climate change over South America (SA) has been observed that the combination of high temperatures and rain more temperatures less rainfall, cause different impacts such as extreme precipitation events, favorable conditions for fires and droughts. As a result, these regions face growing threat of water shortage, local or generalized. Thus, the water availability in Brazil depends largely on the weather and its variations in different time scales. In this sense, the main objective of this research is to study the moisture budget through regional climate models (RCM) from Project Regional Climate Change Assessments for La Plata Basin (CLARIS-LPB) and combine these RCM through two statistical techniques in an attempt to improve prediction on three areas of AS: Amazon (AMZ), Northeast Brazil (NEB) and the Plata Basin (LPB) in past climates (1961-1990) and future (2071-2100). The moisture transport on AS was investigated through the moisture fluxes vertically integrated. The main results showed that the average fluxes of water vapor in the tropics (AMZ and NEB) are higher across the eastern and northern edges, thus indicating that the contributions of the trade winds of the North Atlantic and South are equally important for the entry moisture during the months of JJA and DJF. This configuration was observed in all the models and climates. In comparison climates, it was found that the convergence of the flow of moisture in the past weather was smaller in the future in various regions and seasons. Similarly, the majority of the SPC simulates the future climate, reduced precipitation in tropical regions (AMZ and NEB), and an increase in the LPB region. The second phase of this research was to carry out combination of RCM in more accurately predict precipitation, through the multiple regression techniques for components Main (C.RPC) and convex combination (C.EQM), and then analyze and compare combinations of RCM (ensemble). The results indicated that the combination was better in RPC represent precipitation observed in both climates. Since, in addition to showing values be close to those observed, the technique obtained coefficient of correlation of moderate to strong magnitude in almost every month in different climates and regions, also lower dispersion of data (RMSE). A significant advantage of the combination of methods was the ability to capture extreme events (outliers) for the study regions. In general, it was observed that the wet C.EQM captures more extreme, while C.RPC can capture more extreme dry climates and in the three regions studied.

Bulk density, ash content, humification, peat accumulation and selected lithogenic data of Store Mosse peat bog

This datafile presents chemical and physical as well as age dating information from the Store Mosse peat bog in southern Sweden. This record dates back to 8900 cal yr BP. The aim of the research was to reconstruct mineral dust deposition over time. As such we have only presented the lithogenic element data (Al, Ga, Rb, Sc, Ti, Y, Zr, Th and the REE) as the sample preparation method was tailored to these. This data is supported by parameters describing the deposit including bulk density, humification, ash content and net peat accumulation rates.

"Lancea", Lusitanian Word, and the "Lancienses" Ethnogenesis

Analysis of the word lancea, of Hispanic origin after Varro, and of place names, people´s names and personal names derived from it. It confirms that the spear was the most important weapon in the Bronze Age, belonging to the iuventus and used as heroic and divine symbol. This analysis confirms also the personality of the Lusitanians, a people related to the Celts but with more archaic archaeological, linguistic and cultural characteristics originated in the tradition of the Atlantic Bronze in the II millennium BC. It is also relevant to better know the organisation of Broze and Iron Age societies and the origin of Indo-Europeans peoples in Western Europe and of pre-Roman peoples of Iberia.

Atténuation des changements climatiques en Chine : analyse des cibles et des stratégies de réduction des émissions de GES

La Chine est l’acteur le plus important dans la lutte internationale aux changements climatiques. Depuis 2007, ce pays est le plus grand émetteur de dioxyde de carbone avec près du quart des émissions mondiales et la croissance de sa consommation d’énergie depuis les années 2000 met en grand danger l’ensemble de la planète. L’objectif de cet essai est d’analyser la capacité de la Chine à réduire ses émissions de gaz à effet de serre et de participer à sa juste part à l’effort international d’atténuation des changements climatiques. Pour ce faire, la croissance économique chinoise des dernières décennies et ses impacts environnementaux sont présentés. On remarque que le modèle de croissance qui a permis à la Chine de se hisser au sommet de l’économie mondiale a montré ses limites et que le gouvernement a développé une nouvelle stratégie économique qui se veut plus durable. Ensuite, les cibles et engagements climatiques de la Chine sont analysés selon quatre critères (capacité, adéquation, responsabilité et effort). Les résultats de cette analyse montrent que la capacité du pays à réduire ses émissions est grande, mais que ses cibles ne sont ni suffisantes pour maintenir la hausse de la température à 2 °C, ni assez contraignantes et larges. Puis, l’impact de la nouvelle stratégie économique sur différents indicateurs est évalué. Cette évaluation montre que les facteurs qui ont largement contribué à la hausse des émissions de gaz à effet de serre en Chine – à savoir une croissance économique effrénée, une forte dépendance au charbon et une économie dominée par le secteur industriel – subissent d’importants changements. En effet, ces mutations majeures dans l’économie chinoise laissent croire que la Chine atteindra ses cibles d’intensité énergétique, d’énergie renouvelable et de plafonnement des émissions de dioxyde de carbone plus rapidement que prévu. Il est recommandé de bonifier les engagements climatiques de la Chine en imposant une cible absolue sur les émissions de dioxyde de carbone et en élargissant la portée de ces engagements pour inclure d’autres gaz à effet de serre. Aussi, certaines recommandations sont faites pour assurer le bon fonctionnement d’un éventuel système de plafonnement et d’échange en Chine. Le travail se conclut sur l’effort à venir dans la lutte internationale aux changements climatiques et sur la nécessité d’étudier la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre en Chine après leur plafonnement, prévu d’ici 2025.

Impulso de la legislación contractual de la República Popular China sobre las transacciones e inversiones económicas de naturaleza internacional celebradas en China

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