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Heartland strong : how rural New Zealand can change and thrive
\"The future of New Zealand's rural communities is often in the news. Empty shops, depopulation and lack of jobs are offered as signs that many towns are dying. There is no getting away from the challenges to the rural sector. But what if you consider economics AND demography AND the environment, aiming for a holistic description of rural communities? Then the picture looks quite different. Rural communities have shown themselves to be resilient over many years, and that is likely to continue. Most importantly, people in rural communities, in townships and on farms, have options. This important book, based on years of research, shows how, and provides useful insights into the ongoing process of change in rural communities and the resources on which they draw to support their resilience. It offers a positive message and some blueprints for progress\"--Back cover.
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Heartland Strong
\"The future of New Zealand's rural communities is often in the news. Empty shops, depopulation and lack of jobs are offered as signs that many towns are dying. There is no getting away from the challenges to the rural sector. But what if you consider economics AND demography AND the environment, aiming for a holistic description of rural communities? Then the picture looks quite different. Rural communities have shown themselves to be resilient over many years, and that is likely to continue. Most importantly, people in rural communities, in townships and on farms, have options. This important book, based on years of research, shows how, and provides useful insights into the ongoing process of change in rural communities and the resources on which they draw to support their resilience. It offers a positive message and some blueprints for progress\"--Back cover. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Curb Future Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics
Requiring many assumptions, the GBD team also estimated that 300,000 (95% uncertainty interval: 212,000 to 404,000) deaths per year were attributable to diets high in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) [1], or about 0.6% of all deaths globally per year. [...]the impact of SSBs on global health is not as big as tobacco, alcohol, or salt, but it is still important. A feature of SSBs is how much they \"stand out\" as an unnecessary health risk--they tend to have little or no nutritional value, leading to labels such as \"empty calories.\" [...]there are readily available healthy drinks that can be substitutes, such as water, milk, and tea.
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Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Curb Future Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics
Requiring many assumptions, the GBD team also estimated that 300,000 (95% uncertainty interval: 212,000 to 404,000) deaths per year were attributable to diets high in sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) [1], or about 0.6% of all deaths globally per year. [...]the impact of SSBs on global health is not as big as tobacco, alcohol, or salt, but it is still important. A feature of SSBs is how much they \"stand out\" as an unnecessary health risk--they tend to have little or no nutritional value, leading to labels such as \"empty calories.\" [...]there are readily available healthy drinks that can be substitutes, such as water, milk, and tea.
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Private Returns to Tertiary Education - How Does New Zealand Compare to the OECD?
How do private returns to tertiary education in New Zealand compare internationally? According to the latest OECD measures, the private rate of return for New Zealand is 8.9%, compared to an OECD average of 12.4%, placing New Zealand toward the bottom of the OECD ranking. The aim of this study is to better understand the reasons for that gap and determine whether the low returns could be considered as problems amenable to policy interventions. We identify a number of measurement issues with the OECD standardisation. We develop a decomposition approach and provide a series of decompositions of the New Zealand-OECD gap. Our analysis shows that about half of the gap in New Zealand's private returns can be explained by the way OECD private tertiary returns are measured (eg, old tax rates, New Zealand's higher employment rates, and compositional issues which have not been controlled for in the OECD analysis such as the mix of degrees and graduates in New Zealand) rather than a \"real\" gap. However, once those factors are taken into account there remains a gap between New Zealand and the OECD average. We identify a number of endowment, policy, and decision-related contributing factors, and identify directions for future research.
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