, Beijing, China, August 16-22, 2009 …, middle and high-income countries with a special emphasis on Brazil, Russia, India and China – the BRIC economies. The study … agrifood products for the years 1990 to 2006. The results suggest that China, Russia and Brazil have more income elastic import …

Ziel der Diplomarbeit ist es, für die Volksrepublik China die real- sowie finanzwirtschaftlichen Probleme und deren …

overweight among adults in China during 1991-2000. Our key questions are: (1) whether any socioeconomic factor explains both … to 18.5 kg/m2), (2)whether China’'s continuing economic growth leads to further increase in the prevalence of overweight …, and (3) whether China’'s economic growth alone can lead to commensurate decrease in its remaining underweight. Based on …

rural China, we examine blood sales (or more correctly, “donations with nutrition subsidy”), a widely regarded stigma …

rapidly developing country, China. We find that the government encouraged local innovation by opening regions to more …

This paper presents preliminary results on the possible demand for weather insurance in China. Results from 1,564 farm … households from Western and Central China between October 2007 and October 2008 suggest that the greater risk for farmers is …

entrepreneurs can set up business in low-return activities with minimal barriers to entry. Using a cashmere sweater cluster in China … accessible for small entrepreneurs widely available in rural China, even without a well functioning capital market. The observed …