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Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary

EU SOCIO - ECONOMIC RESEARCH Competences , Capabilities and Coporate Performances

A new type of socio-economic system

Existing models of our socio-economic system have proved to be of rather limited predictive usefulness. This is particularly true with respect to predictions about the effects of alternative governmental actions and with respect to any predictions of a long-range character. It is even the case with respect to very short-run forecasting. In addition, it is recognized that current models of our s...

A New Approach to Measuring Socio-Spatial Economic Segregation

In this paper we propose two measures of income segregation, the rank-order information theory index (HR), and the rank-order variation ratio index (HR). We propose spatially-explicit versions of these indices as well. These indices have several appealing features that remedy flaws in existing measures. First, they are relatively easy to compute, since they require simply computing a series of ...

A Comparative Study of Security Council's Dual Standards toward Recent Developments in Libya and Bahrain

With international peace and security covering a broader concept and restriction of governments' authority, issues such as human rights have become intertwined with international peace and security and are no longer an internal issue of governments. It is such that international society may react toward it and make some decisions. What seems important is how Security Council deals with such iss...

Socio-economic Conditions of Slums Dwellers: a Theoretical Study

The socio economic condition of the slum dwellers is generally poor because of the lack of basic social amenities; functional skills, proper education, source of the income, hygiene and health resources. However, slum dwellers directly or indirectly play an important role in nation building. With this point of view the study of slum dwellers becomes important. This paper attempts to demonstrate...