National development planning is a decision process at the central government level that defines the strategic plan for a country’s long-term development. The System Dynamics Group at the University of Bergen in collaboration with Millennium Institute and the University of Iowa is developing an interactive learning environment for national development planning. BLEND is the acronym for Bergen L...

Until recently, investments for improving transportation infrastructure have been undertaken solely on a national level. Nowadays, however, since international traffic is increasing significantly, there is a growing tendency, especially among European countries, to undertake transportation investments as a group rather than alone. Such multinational transportation investments are beneficial to ...

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Developing countries are starting the process of planning for climate change adaptation at the national level. One of the options available is ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), which recognizes the value of ecosystem services and biodiversity for reducing people's vulnerability to climate change. The effectiveness of EbA is increasingly recognized and EbA options have been used by least-develop...

Impressive progress has been made in global surgery in the past 10 years, and now serious and evidence-based national strategies are being developed for scaling-up surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. Key to achieving this goal requires developing a realistic country-based estimate of burden of surgical disease, developing an accurate estimate of existing need, deve...

this survey is a descriptive analytic study which was carried out to assess the effects of population control programs on national health development in islamic republic of iran (1986-1998). the objectives of the study are: 1)to determine the effects of family planning program on national health development ( 1986-1998). 2)  to indicate the relationship between family planning coverage and some...