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Report of the Task Force on Plantations Sector
Commerce, Ministry of; GOI, Industry - eSocialSciences - 2011
Today there is no credible alternative facility available to a grower to meet the risks of price movements and the art of price risk management is unknown to the small growers. (In this entire report, the Task Force designates a grower upto 10ha of holding plantation land as a small grower). To...
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Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women
Oster, Emily - eSocialSciences - 2005
per cent in Bangladesh, Egypt, and West Asia, and under 20 per cent in India, Pakistan and Nepal. [A revised version will …
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The Youth of Arab Spring
Al Jazeera . - eSocialSciences - 2013
, Egypt, Libya and Yemen regarding the views of the youth on their revolutions - how successful they were and what threats …
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From Monasteries to Multinationals (and Back): A Historical Review of the Beer Economy
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and...
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Trade Possibilities and Non-Tariff Barriers to Indo-Pak Trade
Taneja, Nisha - eSocialSciences - 2007
finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from Pakistan to India … is US$ 2.2 billion. Items having export potential from Pakistan are largely in the textile sector while items having … export potential from India are predominantly in non-textile sectors. Very few items having export potential from India are …
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Economic Policies and Agricultural Incentives: The Philippine Case
David, Cristina C. - eSocialSciences - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic policies on Philippine agricultural incentives from 1960 up to 1992. Apart from economic policies affecting price incentives, cover public expenditures for agricultural support services which influence agricultural incentives by...
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Budget 2014-15: The Continuing Neglect of the 'Rural'
Banerjee, Arindam - eSocialSciences - 2014
also coincided with the period of a policy thrust on export-oriented agriculture and competitiveness of Indian farmers in …
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Outline of the 12th Five Year Plan: Plan for Development of Trade in Services
China, Ministry of Commerce - eSocialSciences - 2012
To greatly develop trade in services and realize the transition from a big trade country to a strong trade country, the 12th Five Year Plan is formulated based on Outline of the 12th Five Year Plan for National Economy and Social Development. The period of the plan is from 2011 to 2015....
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Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification
Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2009
The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could potentially contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among...
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The Asian “Noodle Bowlâ€:Is It Serious for Business?
Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - eSocialSciences - 2009
A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl"—i.e., overlapping regional trade agreements—of trade deals and others who see net beneficial effects in...
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