Global health expenditures to prevent and treat diabetes and its complications will total at least US dollar (USD) 376 billion in 2010. By 2030, this number will exceed some USD490 billion. Expressed in International Dollars (ID), which correct for differences in purchasing power, the global expenditures on diabetes will be at least ID418 billion in 2010, and at least ID561 billion in 2030. An ...

in the United States and a leading cause of death. Estimates based on the 1993 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that diabetes has been diagnosed in 1% of the U.S. population age <45 years, 6.2% of those age 45-64 years, and 10.4% of those age ≥65 years. In other terms, in 1993 an estimated 7.8 million persons in the United States were reported to have this chronic condition, inc...

in this paper, we intend to investigate the impact of privatization on economic growth in developing and transition economies. previous studies that have attempted to measure this relationship have conflicting results, some indicating a positive impact of privatization on growth, while others indicate a negative relationship. our study uses recent world bank data on privatization for 117 countr...

middle east is a strategic region because of its abundant oil reserves, hostile struggles among the countries, and threat of the radical groups. the countries of this region spend a large amount of their annual budgets on buying weapons and war armaments. the purpose of this paper is to study the impact of military expenditures on economic growth of oil and non-oil middle east countries by a dy...

abstract human development and the importance of focusing on women’s participation has become one of the main concerns and issues attracting the attention of many people. in fact, many gender-related models and patterns have been proposed in this regard. accordingly, this paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of development process on women’s participation in iran using an econometrics m...

This study deals with foreign direct investment and its impact on economic growth in the context of Bangladesh. The main objective of our study is to evaluate the impact of FDI on the economy of Bangladesh based on the secondary data covering year 2013-2017. This study considers FDI as a dependent variable and GDP, export and investment as independent variables and is used as the indicators of ...

extensive studies in human development show that achieving stable human development without considering the social and economic development of women in different aspects of life would not be possible. regarding the situation of women in different societies, the importance of the issue appear to be more important in developing countries. considering the key role of governments, the impact of gov...