Rebuilding transformation strategies in post-Ebola epidemics in West Africa requires long-term surveillance and strengthening health system preparedness to disease outbreak. This paper assesses reconstruction efforts from socio-cultural, economic and ecological transformation response approaches and strategies in improving sustainable survivors and affected communities livelihood and wellbeing....

PURPOSE Different countries have different goals for social welfare policy. Consequently, it is reasonable to expect different outcomes after certain events. This article examines changes in the economic well-being of elderly women at widowhood in the United States and Germany. DESIGN AND METHODS Longitudinal data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socioeconomic Panel...

This paper gathers a wide range of indicators into distinctive profiles to show how configurations of gender economic inequality are shaped by both welfare state strategies and gender role ideologies. When multiple aspects of gender inequality are assembled together, it becomes evident that all societies exhibit both gender-egalitarian and inegalitarian features. These tradeoffs can best be und...

Livestock represent a fundamental economic and nutritional resource for many households in the developing world; however, a high burden of infectious disease limits their production potential. Here we present an ecological framework for estimating the burden of poultry disease based on coupled models of infectious disease and economics. The framework is novel, as it values humans and livestock ...

MARKANTONI M., KOSTER S. and STRIJKER, D. Diversification of economic activities in rural areas is a prominent theme in regional development studies. This article examines the expectations of the side activities’ owners about the future development of their activities. From a policy point of view, these activities may have spatial and economic effects on rural areas. The main conclusion is that...

I society today, technology, education, and economic growth go hand in hand. Technological literacy is important not only to children’s own future economic wellbeing, but also to the economic well-being of our nation. Technology can help expand opportunities for learners to improve their skills, maximize their potential, and ready them for the twenty-first century. Over the past seven years, th...

sustainability is a concept that emphasizes substantially on investments conservation (natural, social and economic) toward intra-generation equity. when sustainable development is achieved an overlapping is created between ecological, economic and social classes. the goal of this study is to measure and evaluate watershed sustainability. in order to evaluate sustainability in zidasht basin 1, ...

This paper approaches well-being from the two distinct perspectives of the Subjective and Objective wellbeing traditions. Drawing from Thai data collected in rural communities through the Resources and Needs Questionnaire (RANQ), the paper analyses the relationship between objective indicators of basic need satisfaction (following Doyal and Gough, 1991) and global happiness and domains satisfac...