Showing papers by "World Institute for Development Economics Research published in 1996"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors test the hypothesis that the current transition population crisis is the result of growing economic instability social stress unfavourable expectations about the future and inadequate policy action.
Abstract: In most of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (hereafter referred to in brief as `Eastern Europe) the economic and political reforms of the last six years have been accompanied by an unprecedented fall in output a rapid impoverishment of large sections of society increasing uncertainty about the future and an exceptional population crisis....Neither fashionable explanations nor major demographic and household behaviour models seem to be able to explain the transition population crisis of Eastern Europe....This paper aims at debunking the traditional approach and at testing the hypothesis that the current transition population crisis is the result of growing economic instability social stress unfavourable expectations about the future and inadequate policy action. If this hypothesis is verified the most suitable solution to the current mortality and fertility crisis of Eastern Europe would require not only stronger measures in the field of health and family policy but also more aggressive initiatives to support employment minimum wages and social transfers enhance tax collection and control inflation. (EXCERPT)
34 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the importance of women's networks in both North and South America, and propose a model for women's empowerment networks in the south. The Journal of International Communication: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 111-126.
Abstract: (1996). Feminist networks north and south. The Journal of International Communication: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 111-126.
21 citations
01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this article, the authors take a preliminary look at tropical deforestation in light of the latest data provided in the Forest Resources Assessment 1990, Tropical countries, by FAO, by discussing different land use options and their requirements and consequences.
Abstract: The article takes a preliminary look at tropical deforestation in light of the latest data provided in the Forest Resources Assessment 1990, Tropical countries, by FAO. The phenomenon of deforestation is studied from the spatial point of view by discussing different land use options and their requirements and consequences. The variables included are forest cover, relative annual rate of deforestation, population density, and per capita GNP, as well as GNP per km2. The meaning of population density as the main variable in explaining the rate of deforestation is expanded with a classification of deforestation into three types: natural deforestation, subsistence deforestation and deforestation caused by profit maximization. These three types of deforestation each have their own causes and they vary both in time and space. The present state (1990) of deforestation and the above mentioned variables in the tropical countries are described in thematic maps in order to give a global view to the problematics of deforestations a glance. Finally a few conclusions on Africa, Asia and Latin America are drawn. As this is a preliminary look at the phenomena, no statistical analysis has been included.
5 citations