peer reviewed / Despite efforts to enhance public investment in Senegal’s health sector, the equitable distribution of benefits between socioeconomic groups remains largely unexplored. To address this gap, our study examines the progressive (or regressive) nature of public health expenditure. Utilizing data from the latest survey on household livin...
peer reviewed / This pilot study embarks on a journey to uncover the potential anatomical nuances in the brains of habitual entrepreneurs, a cohort chosen for their experience in opportunity recognition and evaluation. Utilizing the voxel-based morphometry technique, we shed light on the structural differences in the brains of these habitual entrep...
In the past decades, the focal point of environmental protection efforts has been on urban environments and controlling key sources of pollution, while rural environmental protection has not received commensurate attention in China. With the rapid development of agriculture and economy in China, along with the continuous increase in per capital dis...
For Peter Schiff, a respected economist and financial advisor, bitcoin (the token) IS NOT digital gold. Even ChatGPT appears to agree with his analysis! On the contrary, for Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy, bitcoin IS digital capital, and he is willing to bet his financial future on its success. For him, Bitcoin (the network) is...
peer reviewed / Reputational concerns are considered a disincentive to tax avoidance. Prior literature examining tax avoidance in the context of large and listed firms attributes this relationship to the scrutiny to which large firms are subject. This begs the question if reputational concerns are a relevant tax avoidance deterrent in the setting o...
Although many local governments are trying to reduce their local greenhouse gas emissions, consumption-related emissions are largely ignored. The circular economy provides a means to address this issue by changing consumption and production patterns profoundly. Not only supra-national, national, and regional governments are adopting policies for th...
Bien que de nombreux gouvernements locaux tentent de réduire leurs émissions locales de gaz à effet de serre, les émissions liées à la consommation sont largement ignorées. L'économie circulaire permet d'aborder cette question en modifiant profondément les modes de consommation et de production. Les gouvernements supranationaux, nationaux et région...
This thesis aims to answer a two-fold research question, whether EU Member States are concerned about the formal social protection of their nationals residing in NESS countries (i.e. No EU Social Security), and under what circumstances do the EU home countries engage in the formal social protection of their nationals abroad. To do so, drawing on th...
We employ a funnel research approach to analyse the nocturnal environment of Wallonia (Belgium) towards more sustainable nightscapes. Firstly, we consider Wallonia's nocturnal environment as a Social-Ecological-Technical System and analyse it with a Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal approach. This comprehensive ap...
peer reviewed / In the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations, countries are committed to achieving universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a paradox as it owns the second-largest basin in the world while more than half of the population has no access ...
