Background Men with chronic lung disease (CLD) are at risk for osteoporosis, but the relative
contributions of their chronic pulmonary disease, glucocorticoid therapy, and other factors …

Background & Objective: Microvascular complications are the major outcome of type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus progression, which reduce the quality of life, incur heavy economic burdens to …

Background: The First Basal Insulin Evaluation (FINE) Asia study is a multinational, prospective,
observational study of insulin‐naïve Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Asia, …

This book reviews the experience of the MENA region with poverty and human development
since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period …

Egypt accelerated its ongoing transition from a public sector dominated economy to a
private sector led and market oriented economy after the collapse of oil prices in the mid-1980s. …

This book provides an updated and comprehensive review of the development of Japan's
local government system over the past half century. It corrects the view that Japan is over-…

<p>This study examines the determinants of moneylender interest rates in rural India in the
context of two major developments of the 1960s: (a) the incidence of agricultural technical …

This study presents estimates of borrowing functions based on rural household data from
India. It improves upon existing work in three key areas. First, it is shown that existing studies …

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT PROGRAMS have become important components of development
strategy in most developing countries. More than US $30 billion in rural credit is now …

This paper assesses the sustainability of public debt in Egypt in light of fiscal trends in recent
years. It analyzes the key fiscal variables underlying recent growth in public debt, explores …