Salicylic acid (SA) has been recognized as a promising molecule for improving abiotic stress
tolerance in plants due to its ability to enhance antioxidant defense system, and promote …

Background Globally, the status of women's health falls short of its potential. In addition to
the deleterious ethical and human rights implications of this deficit, the negative economic …

Sexual and reproductive health care encompasses a broad range of services that ensure
people can decide whether and when to have children, experience safe pregnancy and …

We investigate the relationship between inequality, redistribution, and growth using a
recently-compiled dataset that distinguishes clearly between market (pre-tax and transfer) …

Investment in the capabilities of the world's 1· 2 billion adolescents is vital to the UN's
Sustainable Development Agenda. We examined investments in countries of low income …

Africa is poised on the edge of a potential takeoff to sustained economic growth. This takeoff
can be abetted by a demographic dividend from the changes in population age structure …

This chapter examines the relationship between health and economic growth. Across
countries, income per capita is highly correlated with health, as measured by life expectancy …

Summary A new Global Investment Framework for Women's and Children's Health
demonstrates how investment in women's and children's health will secure high health …

This study provides empirical evidence about the effects of various dimensions of gender
inequalities (education, labour market and institutional representation) on economic growth …

To address the slowdown in growth from an inequality perspective, this study applies a
comprehensive dataset with strong comparability and a dynamic panel threshold model to …