Projecten
Europese identiteit, culturele diversiteit en politieke verandering. KU Leuven
The strategic objective of the whole FP7 is to support research in all areas, including the Science in Society. The major goal of the Seventh Framework Programme for research and Technological Development is to keep the EU as a world leader. The European identity, cultural diversity and political changes could be the key issue in the encouragement of societal dialog on research policy, stimulating all players to be more active in research, ...
Transportinfrastructuur en regionale ontwikkeling in China gedurende de Maoïstische periode KU Leuven
1. Introduction
This project aims to investigate the link between transport infrastructure and regional economic development in China during the Mao era. Economists argue that public investments have a positive impact on economic growth for a number of reasons. As we will elaborate in what follows, the Chinese story contains many unique and intriguing elements which complicate this statement. A thorough investigation of the topic will ...
The incidence and risk factors of mortality associated with HIV and TB infections in Kenya Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Het gebruik van proportionele palliatieve sedatie voor de verlichting van refractaire symptomen: een internationale multicentrische studie KU Leuven
Due to the rise in cancer and multiple chronic disease, the number of patients with refractory symptoms, ie severe symptoms where conventional treatment options fail, is likely to increase. In such cases palliative sedation (PS) can be indicated which involves the intentional lowering of consciousness at the end of life. However PS is too often restricted to continuous deep sedation and confused with hastening of death. This proposal offers ...
Increasing Marine Taxonomic Knowledge in Mozambique: the Case of Two Neglected Taxa, part Two Plantentuin Meise / Agentschap Plantentuin Meise
Challenge for optimal care for people living with HIV in countries with limited resources: findings from observational studies from different settings. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Methodological and ethical challenges in sponsorship of non-commercial North-South collaborative research Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
- A tendency to “delocalize” trials to resource-poor settings, either due to the need to test new interventions in different ...
Culture and Economic Development. KU Leuven
This dissertation contains four chapters on comparative development, political economy, public economics and migration with focus on cultural values. The first chapter investigates the ancient origins of differences of cultural traits across countries; in particular, using a large set of measures of culture it identifies the cultural traits associated with genetic distances. The second chapter explores the direct and barrier effects of ...
Protecting the rural poor against the economic consequences of major illness : A challenge for Asian transitional economies. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Major illness in the family has become an important cause of household impoverishment in China and the ex-command economies of Southeast Asia, as these countries have managed the transition to a market economy. This is related to the low levels of government funding of health care and the rising cost of medical care. The Governments of China and Cambodia have recently announced major policy initiatives to address this problem and the ...