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This study is an attempt to analyze the impact of Edible Oil Deficit on Food Expenditure in Pakistan for the period … based economy; Pakistan is unable to fulfil her domestic demand of edible oil by local production. This situation forces the … has been used to analyse the long run relationship amongst the variables. Other important determinants of food expenditure …
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domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …Local brands are rapidly emerging in food retail in Asia. However, it is not well understood what impact they have in …
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In the wake of the 2008 food crisis, prices of food staples in Senegal rose, with a new wave driven by international … price shocks and a decline in productivity; these effects caused sub-optimal performance in the agricultural sector. This … foods; in urban areas, it appears that higher food prices may substantially affect agricultural households. The simulated …
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Food problem became more severe after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, presenting a series challenges to … India’s agricultural sector. Even during good harvest years, food imports remain high. A large segment of people were poor … resulted in a drastic increase of farm products leading India to achieve self-sufficiency in food within a short period of time …
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years in India. It is argued that India had a long tradition of informal social security and social assistance system … argued that the major security needs of the unorganised workers are food security, nutritional security, health security … calls for a Comprehensive, Universal and Integrated Social Security System for the unorganised workers in India. …
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provides number of critical insights on conundrums in public distribution system in India by maximum Indian states and social …
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The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
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European business services has witnessed about two decades of virtual productivity stagnation. The paper investigates … indicator for the effectiveness of market selection. We use a DEA method to construct the productivity frontier by sub … lack of import penetration. The results suggest that policy reform and more market openness will have positive productivity …
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individual banks, the efficiency and productivity of the overall industry declined after regulation. We also find that … productivity had positive growth before regulation mainly due to improvements in pure technology, and that government ownership had … government regulation on the performance of the Iranian banking industry over the period 2003-2008. An alternative decomposition …
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Measuring the productivity of highway concessionaires is very relevant, especially when a price cap regulation is … applied where tariff increases are based on expected improvements of productivity. Output may be measured in terms of traffic … productivity we consider only operating costs, as amortization and financial costs depend upon the original highway design and …
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