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Trade and the evolving world economy
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Heal, Geoffrey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1986
Although American business leaders do not like protectionism, more and more of them are concluding that too many countries are stacking the deck against American competitors. The severe recession of 1980-83 and its lingering effects in certain regions and business sectors; unemployment stuck at...
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Concepts of price fairness: Empirical research into the Dutch coffee market
Gielessen, R.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper researches perceptions of the concept of price fairness in the Dutch coffee market. We distinguish four alternative standards of fair prices based on egalitarian, basic rights, capitalistic and libertarian approaches. We investigate which standards are guiding the perceptions of price...
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Perceptions of price fairness: An empirical research
Gielissen, R.; Dutilh, C.E.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper researches factors that influence price fairness judgements. The empirical literature suggests several factors: reference prices, the costs of the seller, a self-interest bias and the perceived motive of sellers. Using a Dutch sample, we find empirical evidence that these factors...
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Adding Value: Certified Coffee Trade in North America
Giovannucci, Daniele; Byers, Alice; Liu, Pascal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Coffee is the leading agricultural sector in terms of both the number and frequent use of social and environmental certification. This fast-growing category of certified sustainable coffees has emerged from almost negligible quantities in the late 1990s to approximately 4% of global green coffee...
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The State of Sustainable Coffee: A Study of Twelve Major Markets
Giovannucci, Daniele; Koekoek, Freek Jan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
The State of Sustainable Coffee provides the first comprehensive overview of the market conditions facing, organic, fair trade and shade grown or eco-friendly coffees (termed 'sustainable' coffees). It outlines the volumes, trends, distribution channels, major players, and price premiums in 12...
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Seeking Sustainability: COSA preliminary analysis of sustainability initiatives in the coffee sector
Giovannucci, Daniele; Potts, Jason; Killian, B.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The growing economic value and consumer popularity of sustainability standards inevitably raise questions about the extent to which their structure and dynamics actually address many environmental, economic and public welfare issues. The Committee on Sustainable Assessment (COSA) was formed, in...
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Designing an Health Insurance Scheme for Government Employees in Bangladesh: A Concept Paper
Hamid, Syed Abdul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
universal healthcare coverage in Bangladesh. Lack of scientific study on designing such scheme, in the Bangladesh context … health insurance schemes (offered to various corporate houses) of some reputed insurance companies in Bangladesh. In addition …
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Progress in utilization of antenatal and delivery care services in Bangladesh: Where does the equity gap lie?
Pulok, Mohammad Habibullah; Sabah, Md Nasim-Us Sabah; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
safer for women has been slow in many developing countries. Though Bangladesh has achieved commendable progress in reducing … Bangladesh during 2004-2011. We employ rich-poor ratio, concentration curve and concentration index to examine the trends of … inequities in ANC and delivery care services using the latest three waves of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. This study …
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Global Commodity Price Volatility and Domestic Inflation: Impact on the Performance of the Financial Sector in Bangladesh
Hossain, Monzur; Rafiq, Farhana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Overall inflation in Bangladesh saw a surge in inflation rate amid rising trend of global commodity prices in the last … Bangladesh. Descriptive analysis suggests that moderate inflation (e.g., 6-7%) is favourable for the development of the financial … performance of the financial sector in Bangladesh. The analysis broadly suggests that increasing management and operational …
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An empirical investigation of socio-economic resilience to natural disasters
Akter, Sonia; Mallick, Bishawjit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
-prone coastal community in Bangladesh. It applies the state-and-transition model, a widely used applied ecology model, to (1) assess …
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