Our purpose is getting closer to the right answers to these more or less open questions, and the basic particularity of our analysis is the examination of the issues in the trade between countries with various differences of richness....

This paper discusses the development of environmental education and education for sustainable development in Latvia since 1991. The article highlights best practices of environmental education in Latvia, which include curriculum and study materials development, active participation of various busines...

This paper hypothesises that continuing vocational training (CVT) should have a positive effect on the innovativeness of nations. Using correlation analysis and several variables from the continuing vocational training survey (CVTS), which depicts various aspects of CVT, the hypothesis of a positive...

We saw that near future holds major changes in horizon like: planned new environmental and infrastructure payments/tolls as well as a seriously increasing price of oil (something we see to continue in future). In this paper, we present these forthcoming changes found in existing literature and knowl...

For the last 200 years, neo–classical economies have recognised only two factors of production: labour and capital. Knowledge, productivity, education and intellectual capital were all regarded as exogenous factors that are falling outside the system. Knowledge is a part of production systems in em...

According to the data of epidemiologic research, the prevalence of both excessive and insufficient body weight is increasing in a pediatric population leading to the growing burden of health problems due to these changes. The aim of the study was to understand the current situation o...

We cast doubt on the assumption that voters behave in predictable ways dependent on their expected support for government policies. We show that under certain conditions an unfavourable (i.e. welfare reducing) policy may result, even with well-informed, welfare maximising voters. While true that vot...

Different forces (governments, creditors, investors and financial institutions) and potential benefits determined a continuous expansion of globalisation process. After Bretton Woods system's failure (1971), international financial system entered into a new development phase that was characterised by...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to evaluate blood pressure (BP) control level in treated hypertensive patients in Latvia and to compare their characteristics according to the adequacy of BP control. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Family physicians collected information on...

This paper studies the impact of exogenous and endogenous shocks (exogenous shock is used interchangeably with external shock; endogenous shock is used interchangeably with domestic shock) on output fluctuations in post-communist countries during the 2000s. The first part presents the analytical fram...