IF TREATING PATIENTS ATOP THE ROOF of the world in the Himalayan mountains, a hospital in war-torn Afghanistan, or a refugee camp in Sudan’s Darfur region sounds intriguing, physicians can do more than dream about such scenarios—they can volunteer with organizations that will allow them to mix altruism with adventure. But physicians willing to donate their skills and some time do not always hav...

INTRODUCTION Equitable health financing remains a key health policy objective worldwide. In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is evidence that many people are unable to access the health services they need due to financial and other barriers. There are growing calls for fairer health financing systems that will protect people from catastrophic and impoverishing health payments in t...

The literature show evidence that small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) are understood as main source of technology development and employment creation. At the same time they are vulnerable to a number of restrictions such as access to finances, skilled labor and public support, while are exposed to high competition and suffer from low survival rate. This research aims to shed lights on the ro...

This article presents the issues and needs for modern solutions in building urban infrastructure, based on smart city idea to improve living standards of residents. Particular attention is paid one most important aspects life, related road safety children as pedestrians cyclists. Pedestrian sidewalks bicycle paths with high pedestrian traffic are classified dangerous areas many countries. More ...

The main goal of this study is to investigate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on human development in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), particularly, the effect of ICT development index on the three-key component of human development; income, health, and education. The study focused on the years 2005-2014. Based on the theoretical background explaine...

The main goal of this study is to investigate the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on human development in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), particularly, the effect of ICT development index on the three-key component of human development; income, health, and education. The study focused on the years 2005-2014. Based on the theoretical background explaine...

This paper analyzes the role of infrastructure availability in determining the attractiveness of countries for FDI inflows and for export-orientation of MNE production. We posit that investments by governments in providing efficient physical infrastructural facilities improve the investment climate for FDI. MNEs may be particularly sensitive to infrastructure availability for locating their inv...

In this contribution we investigate how results from the ongoing discussion about ‘eInfrastructures’ can be used to improve the design of IT infrastructures in organizations. We first establish a perspective on organizational IT as ‘work infrastructure’ that focuses on the infrastructural nature of organizational Information Systems and describe challenges for designing within and for this type...