We are currently witnessing a seminal shift in power between the world’s countries. Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), recently drew attention to the fact that, as Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa – the so-called BRICS group of countries – gain in economic and political influence, they will no longer remain policy takers but will shape t...

Traditional security models are mostly centralized, coarse grained and static. They are not suitable for large distributed and anonymous evironments like internet. With the increasing importance of internet and highspeed networking, it is essential to provide a security model that could incorporate application speciic security policies dynamicaly and eeeciently. In this paper we proposed a new ...

AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE ANTARCTIC TREATY SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC, WILL CELEBRATE the 50th anniversary of an international agreement that has been centered around science, promoting cooperation to manage nearly 10% of Earth for peaceful purposes since 1 December 1959 (see www.atsummit50.aq). As the world moves toward negotiating effective policies related to climate change, lessons from t...

Due to the flexibilisation of labour and the trend towards the 'activating welfare state' social policies show an increasing interconnection of work and welfare issues. The Netherlands are no exception. It is generally believed that the Dutch welfare state is successfully activating its unemployed labour potential (often referred to as 'the Dutch Miracle'), and that flexible and part-time work ...

Check: I accept the terms and conditions and privacy policy statements associated with this technological artefact! The informed consent process is becoming more of a challenge with the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) as data may be collected without the digital health citizen being aware. It is argued in this paper that the first phase for universal usability of IoT within the smart heal...

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Unemployment insurance is an important social protection policy that buffers unemployed workers against poverty and poor health. Most unemployment insurance studies focus on whether increases in unemployment insurance generosity are predictive of poverty and health outcomes. Less work has used theory-driven approaches to understand and explain how and why unemployment insurance works, for whom,...

We examine the relationship between socio-economic factors and public opinion on environmental policies in Brazil, drawing on a survey conducted in June 2012. There are few systematic studies of the determinants of environmental preferences in emerging economies, and Brazil is a particularly interesting case because of its democratic political system, rapid economic growth, and importance for t...

BACKGROUND Executive Order (EO) 13045, Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks, directs each federal agency to ensure that its policies, programs, activities, and standards address disproportionate environmental health and safety risks to children. OBJECTIVES We reviewed regulatory actions published by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Federal R...

Draft: please do not cite without permission. When poverty measures reflect the experiences of poor people, then this empowers those working to reduce poverty to do so more effectively and efficiently. The literature on Multidimensional Poverty Measures has surged forward in the last decade. This paper describes the broad directions of change, then presents a new and very simple measurement met...