... Rather than providing a point-estimate of obesity’s impact on spending, Thorpe et al17 focus on assessing the link between increases in obesity prevalence and increases in spending over time They ... per-person cost of around $700 a year Productivity costs In addition to direct medical costs of obesity, a number of more indirect costs are part of the overall economicimpactof obesity Of these, ... to increase with rising obesity levels Several studies offer retrospective or prospective estimates of the degree of disease incidence that can be linked to obesity, and of the magnitude of associated...
... analysis meaningful, we compare the impactof additional [2] public spending on higher education with the impactof equivalent public spending on other kinds ofeconomic activity, including casinos, ... of higher education in that relationship In this report we examine both the short-run employment impactof additional spending on higher education and the long-run financial impactof investing ... percent of workers in construction, 83 percent of workers in installation, maintenance and repair, 90 percent of workers in public education, and only 44 percent of workers in services (Bureau of...
... million, assuming comparable leverage Operating and maintaining these housing units produces an annual economicimpactin the City of Austin of $38.5 million in today’s dollars When the remaining funds ... Source: Civic Economics, IMPLAN, HousingWorks Civic Economics 12 THE ECONOMICIMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Table ECONOMICIMPACT FINDINGS: ONGOING TOTAL IMPACTS ... analyze the economicimpactof the 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds to be issued in 2012 Summary of Findings The construction of housing made possible...
... burden of NCDs: • A global analysis of the economicimpactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health • An analysis of the costs of scaling up a core intervention ... per capita investment of under US$ in low-income countries, US$ 1.50 in lower middle-income and US$ in upper middleincome countries When considered in terms of overall health spending, these ... current information gaps in our understanding of what specific impact NCDs might have on economic growth and what resources are needed to mitigate this impact It brings together findings from...
... the University of Sydney Pain Management Research Institute to estimate the economicimpactof chronic (or persistent) pain in Australia in 2007 Prevalence in Australia Chronic pain is a complex ... ‘effective’ needs to be defined for chronic pain – it refers to minimising the impactof persisting pain on a person’s lifestyle (quality of life), and reducing use of health services • The cost ... both explaining and treating chronic pain Although rarely primary causes of chronic pain, psychological and environmental factors often play a critical role in the maintenance of chronic pain and...
... large pool of users, b) allowing for centralization ofEconomicImpactof Cloud Computing on Business Creation, Employment and Output 185 Evaluating the EconomicImpactof Cloud Computing: Methodology ... of customer spending, but also to a large part of the growth in IT spending The majority of cloud spending is and will remain allocated to business applications, with a relative increase of investment ... element of the era of Web 2.0, in which Internet is used as a software platform (O’Reilly, 2005), or simply as an application of the generativity power of the Internet (Zittrain, 2007) Economic Impact...
... following the drop in fat and protein prices but still remaining above intervention (which was also reduced in the baseline 14 See Annex for some explanations on the balancing of fat and protein in ... reform of the sugar quota, a 2% expansion of milk quotas in 2008 and the abolition of obligatory set-aside are included Member States had the possibility of maintaining certain maximum shares of ... of the dairy cows are held in herds of 20-99 cows, and 26% in herds with more than 100 cows In France over 90% of the dairy cows are in herds of 20-99 cows, with only 4.5% of the dairy cows in...
... narrow view ofeconomicimpactof chronic diseases, in that it mainly explored the impactof disease on the economy through change in labour supply, or the opportunity cost of one unit of labour, ... full-income method which adds the value of health gains (health income or welfare) to national income The majority of the studies on economicimpactof chronic disease have employed the cost of ... annum-increase ineconomic growth of between 0.3 to 0.4% is associated with a 10% increase in life expectancy (Report of CMH), which is mainly accounted for by the reduction in the burden of cardiovascular...
... annum (MMTPA) in Refinery I and 1.5 MMTPA in Refinery II and indigenous crude 2.2 of MMTPA in refinery II Thus the total processing capacity of Refinery I and II is 6.5 MMTPA By refining the crude ... livelihood of fishing folk, the study has been undertaken to examine the socio- economic conditions of fishermen in Ennore Creek Objectives To understand the socioeconomic profile of fishing community ... Statement of the problem Ennore Creek becomes the pollution point in Bay of Bengal which influences the marine resources and productivity of the region This coastal belt in the neighboring areas of...
... agriculture to industrialization as their main stay ofeconomic activity, there is no ruling out of agriculture as part of the basic economic activity in any part of the world There are still certain parts ... parts of globe, where agriculture is predominantly influential in determining well being of the people 1.2 India is also such a country, where about 70 per cent of the labour force is employed in ... is seized of the situation, yet it continues to remain a problem area due to non-availability of reliable statistical data and other information pertaining to working, living and socio- economic...
... us The information contained in the any liability arising out of the use of (or the inability to use) the material in the Report, including any action or decision taken as a result of using such ... this impact we have: productivity and intangible benefits Overall, this report finds that the economicimpactof mobile telephony in 2008 represents 4.0% of GDP in 2008 and further intangible impact ... GDP growth rates in Sudan by 0.12% for each 1% increase in penetration7 As such, the 6% increase in penetration in 2008 may have led to an increase in GDP growth rates of 0.7% in the long-run...
... employment economicimpactof the mobile industry in Sudan In sum, we estimate that the economicimpactof the mobile sector in Sudan represents 4.0% in 2008 and with a Supply Side Impact Demand Side Impact ... and • The presence of MNOs increasing inward investment acting as a signal to other international investors’ confidence in the Sudanese market as well as serving the needs of investors 3G ... impacts are summed together to give the total economicimpactIn this section we outline the approach we have taken in estimating the static Figure 15: Structure of our analysis ofeconomic impact...
... side impact: Intangible benefits Finally, we seek to identify the intangible impactof the mobile industry in Sudan We utilise information provided to us during interviews in Sudan and evidence of ... Africa’ was 2.6% of GDP in 2006 increasing to 4.0% of GDP in 2008 This increases to 2.9% in 2006 and 5.0% in 2008 when intangible benefits are included The increase suggests that economic value ... Figure 31: Economicimpactof mobile communications in Sudan (SDG millions) The impactof mobile telephony in Sudan is consistent to our findings in previous 2008 studies looking at a number of East...
... effects of CFS on earnings from the results of Linear OLS, GLM, and a twopart model (the first part using a logistic regression for binary indicator for having earnings and the second part using ... annual earnings, respectively In a separate analysis controlling for the interaction of CFS and the employment status, Table Age of CFS Onset and Educational Attainment (Finishing College) in the ... random-digit-dialing telephone screening interview initially classified respondents either as “well” or as having “symptoms of CFS.” A follow-up, detailed telephone interview was administered to all individuals...
... beginning of the model period, as well as the effects of each treatment regimen were obtained from a clinical trial assessing the efficacy of combining nateglinide (360 mg/day) with metformin ... efficacy of the combination of nateglinide and metformin on PPG values had a minor effect, a 50% reduction in efficacy led to a 3% increase in macrovascular disease related costs Varying the impactof ... nateglinide-metformin combination on the cost of managing complications, the difference in mean cost between metformin alone and the combination group was determined (Table 3) Thus, savings of £464...
... different socio- economic groups regarding the impacts of slow-onset floods may influence the effects of physical interventions in order to mitigate flood damage in the delta Thus, the emerging questions ... have influenced different socio- economic groups in accessing their livelihood resources for coping with and adapting to flood impacts Since vulnerability research requires an interdisciplinary ... interpret human agency and the livelihoods of varying socio- economic groups in the rural floodplains of the VMD Taking into account all these issues, the main aim of this study is to understand how to...
... because of their contrasting shape, color, or pattern and also may be of cultural importance Many windfarms in India are becoming centers of tourist attraction because of the visual impact the windfarm ... dwellings The shadow flicker is caused by the interruption of sunlight by the rotating blades of the wind turbines The flicker has a frequency determined by the rotational speed of the wind turbine ... due to switching components in the wind turbine controller The mitigation techniques involve EMI compliance to the International standards and proper micrositing of the wind farm in relation to...
... • The increasing in untrained fishing labor, which can partially resulted in declining of exploiting productivity Lack of captain and sailor for offshore fishing activities is popular in many ... forthcoming for investments in offshore fisheries This again has its roots in the uncertainty and risk attached to the financial viability of offshore fisheries Moreover, international financial institutions ... 0.10.1 Ministry of fisheries (MoF) • Relying on the established General of Department of Fisheries in 1960, later in 1976 the Ministry of Marine Products that was set up, was changed to Ministry of...