Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Improving Quality of Life - Exploring Standard of Living, Wellbeing, and Community Development

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Ryan Merlin Yonk
Ryan Merlin Yonk

American Institute for Economic Research,
United States of America

Published03 November 2021

Doi10.5772/intechopen.77595

ISBN978-1-83968-814-0

Print ISBN978-1-83968-813-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83968-815-7

Copyright year2021

Number of pages178

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Intergenerational Support Networks and Wellbeing in Old Age

By Sónia Guadalupe and Henrique Testa Vicente

540
2. GDP Almost Perfectly Predicts Survival

By Gordon G. Bechtel and Timothy Bechtel

296
3. Economic and Financial Crimes and the Development of Society

By Monica Violeta Achim, Sorin Nicolae Borlea, Viorela Ligia Văidean, Decebal Remus Florescu, Eugenia Ramona Mara and Ionut Constantin Cuceu

736
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5. Standard of Living, Well-Being and Community Development: The Case of Botswana

By Rodreck Mupedziswa, Tumani Malinga and Poloko Nuggert Ntshwarang

587
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7. Assessing the Sustainability of Community-Driven Development Projects in Lao PDR

By Piya Wongpit, Alay Phonvisay, Keuangkham Sisengnam and Bounmy Inthakesone

342
8. Networking and Participatory Research Promoting Quality of Life and Well-Being in Portuguese-Speaking African Countries

By Alister Chitetele Soy Pinto, Ana Pinto de Moura, Augusto Mário Miquitaio, Bas’llele Malomalo, Cristina Amaro da Costa, Daniela Queiroz Zuliani, Delfim Domingos da Costa, Gabriel Cunha Beato, Gaspar Afonso da Graça, Imaculada C.F. Henriques Matias, Jaqueline Sgarbi Santos, Leodinilde Pinto Caetano, Lilian Fernanda Galesi Pacheco, Maitu Abibo Buanango, Miclay Carvalho, Pedro Fernando Chimela Chume, Pedro Acosta Leyva, Vladmir Silves Ferreira and Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira

355
9. Socio-Economic and Environmental Implications of Gold Mining in Afro-Descendant Communities from Colombia

By Maria Alcala-Orozco, Jenny Palomares-Bolaños, Neda Alvarez-Ortega, Jesus Olivero-Verbel and Karina Caballero-Gallardo

457
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