In this paper I highlight the importance of incorporating the institutional features of local labor markets into the analysis of trade reforms. A trade reform is often deemed beneficial because the elimination of trade barriers allows labor to reallocate toward those sectors in the economy in which the country has a comparative advantage. The amount and speed of the reallocation, however, and t...

In Fiji and other Pacific Island countries, obesity has rapidly increased in the past decade. Therefore, several obesity prevention policies have been developed. Studies show that their development has been hampered by factors within Fiji's policy landscape such as pressure from industry. Since policymakers in the Fijian national government are primarily responsible for the development of obesi...

OBJECTIVE To provide insights for nutrition and public health practitioners on how to engage with other sectors to achieve public health goals. Specifically, this study provides lessons from the example of integrating family farming and a nutrition into a legal framework in Brazil on how to successfully shift other sectors toward nutrition goals. METHODS The study analyzed policy processes th...

Diferrent aspects of investigation of the interbranch connections of the national economy of the republic are prezented in this article which use not only money estimations but energy estimations also as a method of evaluation of production. Some approaches to the reflection in of import products and calculation of balanced volumes of the production in IB (intersectoral balance) are considered ...

OBJECTIVE The present paper analyses the advances and challenges of the school feeding programme in Brazil (PNAE), as part of the Brazilian experience building up an integrated food and nutrition security national system. It explores the role of policy and regulatory frameworks in constructing quality service delivery and intersectoral integration. DESIGN Review of PNAE and federal government...

Technological innovation depends on knowledge developed by scientific research. The number of citations made in patents to the scientific literature has been suggested as an indicator of this process of transfer of knowledge from science to technology. We provide an intersectoral insight into this indicator, by breaking down patent citations into a sector-to-sector matrix of knowledge flows. We...

Purpose The current pandemic and ongoing climate risks highlight the limited capacity of various systems, including health social ones, to respond population-scale long-term threats. Practices reduce impacts on well-being populations must evolve from a reactive mode preventive, proactive concerted actions beginning at individual community levels. Experiences lessons learned will help better pre...

The world is rapidly changing in many aspects concerning veterinary medicine, and man-animal relationships in urban areas represents a real challenge for the profession. Unlike the vertical approach of the academic teaching tradition, veterinary urban hygiene needs a strong holistic-epidemiologic support. Year by year, new animals, new animal uses, new fashions, new zoonoses, and new problems a...

BACKGROUND Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a form of intersectoral action that aims to include the promotion of health in government initiatives across sectors. To date, there has been little study of economic considerations within the implementation of HiAP. METHODS As part of an ongoing program of research on the implementation of HiAP around the world, we examined how economic considerati...

BACKGROUND Effective and efficient interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is needed between departments in a healthcare setting. Although Japanese physicians are expected to provide leadership in IPC, it has been suggested that their perception of IPC is more negative than among other healthcare professionals. The purpose of this study was to clarify Japanese physician's perceptions of IPC and w...