Development priority

The Priority of Human Development

Since 1990, with the publication of the United Nations Development Programme’s first Human Development Report, the concept of Human Development has been strongly advocated as the central objective of development, in place of economic growth. Its intellectual antecedents may be traced to Sen’s concept of capabilities and the earlier basic needs approach. Although mainstream thinkers sometimes ac...

Choosing Development Path According to Priority Power: Determination of key sector for Iran economy

Resources’ scarcity, especially in developing countries, has caused allocation essentially among competing activities to create value. The importance of resource allocation would be more understood if we pay attention to growing complexity in societies and economic development problems they face. In the context of the national economic development literature, the notion of “Key or Critical Sect...

Experience With the Priority Review Voucher Program for Drug Development.

The development of an index of orthodontic treatment priority.

The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reproducible index of orthodontic treatment priority. After reviewing the available literature, it was felt that this could be best achieved by using two separate components to record firstly the dental health and functional indications for treatment, and secondly the aesthetic impairment caused by the malocclusion. A modification of the index us...

Development of the preterm infant gut microbiome: a research priority

The very low birth weight (VLBW) infant is at great risk for marked dysbiosis of the gut microbiome due to multiple factors, including physiological immaturity and prenatal/postnatal influences that disrupt the development of a normal gut flora. However, little is known about the developmental succession of the microbiota in preterm infants as they grow and mature. This review provides a synthe...