Legislative Fragen betreffend die Juden im Preussischen Staate

von I. M. Jost

Nachträge zu den legislative Fragen betreffend die Juden im Preussischen Staate

von I. M. Jost

Die Struktur der Bevölkerung Palästinas als Schlüssel für die Zusammensetzung des Legislative Council

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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition

The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms have had positive effects in those countries that have been steadfast in implementing market reforms, the overall impact on growth has been small for many countries and in most cases not pro-poor. I present a general theory of pro-poor growth that includes ten principles that should be incorporated in all economic reforms that seek to generate pro-poor growth. These principles highlight the importance of understanding the poor, their economic activities, capabilities, constraints that impede their participation in markets and also an appreciation of linkages within sectors and regions. It is argued that pro-poor reforms cannot have the intended impact unless there are significant changes in the institutions of governance. Finally, the principles presented underscore the fact that pro-poor growth policies cannot be sustained without workable partnerships between markets and states in the ever changing and complex processes of social and economic development.

Technical Efficiency of State Owned Enterprises in China (1980-1989): An Assessment of the Economic Reforms

This paper uses Data Envelopment Analysis to examine changes in levels of technical efficiency over time in China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) during 1980-1989. Our paper adds to the growing body of literature in this area by obtaining measures of technical efficiency of individual SOEs over years and by identifying how different aspects of the reforms have affected efficiency. We estimate a Tobit regression model, using the technical efficiency score as the dependent variable and a set of reform variables and firm attributes as regressors. We find that specific aspects of the reforms were very effective in improving technical efficiency.

Childhood obesity prevention in the 80th Texas legislative session

The increased number of obese children in the United States has prompted many efforts to reduce obesity by predominantly focusing resources to develop better education, awareness, nutrition and physical activity. There has been increased interest within communities and governments to turn to policy makers for help in taking action. The possibility for various health policies geared toward preventing childhood obesity is diverse in nature. In order to understand strategies taken by Texas legislatures to address childhood obesity, this study examines childhood obesity prevention policy recommendations and subsequently uses them to identify relevant legislation. This study follows identified legislation during the 80th Texas legislative session to gain an understanding of the steps that the Texas legislatures are currently taking to prevent childhood obesity. This study concludes that the Texas legislative process was successful at effecting changes in education policy. However, during this legislative session Texas legislators did not follow many strategies and recommendations which may be more effective at reducing childhood obesity. ^

The impact of 1995--1996 health sector reforms in the effectiveness of malaria control program in the state of Orissa, India

Malaria poses a significant public health problem worldwide. The World Health Organization indicates that approximately 40% of the world's population and almost 85% of the population from the South–East Asian region is at risk of contracting malaria. India being the most populous country in the region, contributes the highest number of malaria cases and deaths attributed to malaria. Orissa is the state that has the highest number of malaria cases and deaths attributable to malaria. A secondary data analysis was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the World bank-assisted Malaria Action Program in the state of Orissa under the health sector reforms of 1995-96. The secondary analysis utilized the government of India's National Anti Malaria Management Information System's (NAMMIS) surveillance data and the National Family Health Survey (NFHS–I and NFHS–II) datasets to compare the malaria mortality and morbidity in the state between 1992-93 and 1998-99. Results revealed no effect of the intervention and indicated an increase of 2.18 times in malaria mortality between 1992-1999 and an increase of 1.53 times in malaria morbidity between 1992-93 and 1998-99 in the state. The difference in the age-adjusted malaria morbidity in the state between the time periods of 1992-93 and 1998-99 proved to be highly significant (t = 4.29 df=16, p<. 0005) whereas the difference between the increase of age-adjusted malaria morbidity during 1992-93 and 1998-99 between Orissa (with intervention) and Bihar (no intervention) proved to be non significant (t=.0471 df=16, p<.50). Factors such as underutilization of World Bank funds for the malaria control program, inadequate health care infrastructure, structural adjustment problems, poor management, poor financial management, parasite resistance to anti-malarial drugs, inadequate supply of drugs and staff shortages may have contributed to the failure of the program in the state.^

Making Abortion Services Accessible in the Wake of Legal Reforms: A Framework and Six Case Studies

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La política criminal del legislador [Argentina, 2000-2009]

Investigación sobre la actividad legislativa que se encuentra en el trasfondo de las reformas al Código Penal argentino. El período analizado comprende los años 2000-2009. A través de proyectos de ley y dictámenes de comisiones de las cámaras del Congreso de la Nación se analiza el proceso de creación de las leyes, y las representaciones de violencia e inseguridad que tienen los legisladores. Así, pueden desentrañarse diversas categorías de violencia, derechos, bienes tutelados y el rol de la política criminal en un Estado de derecho

La política criminal del legislador [Argentina, 2000-2009]

Investigación sobre la actividad legislativa que se encuentra en el trasfondo de las reformas al Código Penal argentino. El período analizado comprende los años 2000-2009. A través de proyectos de ley y dictámenes de comisiones de las cámaras del Congreso de la Nación se analiza el proceso de creación de las leyes, y las representaciones de violencia e inseguridad que tienen los legisladores. Así, pueden desentrañarse diversas categorías de violencia, derechos, bienes tutelados y el rol de la política criminal en un Estado de derecho

La política criminal del legislador [Argentina, 2000-2009]

Investigación sobre la actividad legislativa que se encuentra en el trasfondo de las reformas al Código Penal argentino. El período analizado comprende los años 2000-2009. A través de proyectos de ley y dictámenes de comisiones de las cámaras del Congreso de la Nación se analiza el proceso de creación de las leyes, y las representaciones de violencia e inseguridad que tienen los legisladores. Así, pueden desentrañarse diversas categorías de violencia, derechos, bienes tutelados y el rol de la política criminal en un Estado de derecho

Economic Reforms and Income Inequality in Urban China

This paper reports the results of an analysis of changes in income inequality, and in its determinants, in urban China since the economic reforms that began in 1978. The intention is to identify new characteristics of economic inequality. It first shows that income differentials acrossand in provinces widened and that their economic rankings were becoming fixed during the period from 1988 to 1995. Second, age was the major factor in inequality in 1988, while education became the important factor in 1995. Third, education significantly contributed to increasing inequality during the period. Fourth, the higher education-level groups had less within-group inequality. These changes reflect the penetration of the market mechanism into China after the reforms. However, this will be problematic without equality of opportunity.