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Establishing Ergonomics in Industrially Developing Countries

Stewart, K; Silverstein, B; Kiefer, M - 2008

countries of Viet Nam, Thailand, and Nicaragua have demonstrated that a one-time course is just the first step in a series of …

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No alternative: Participation, inequality, and the meanings of fair trade in Nicaragua

Fisher, Joshua B. - 2010

-sited, ethnographic research in Nicaragua, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with four separate fair trade organizations: a …

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Essays on poverty, education and food price increases in developing countries.

Takamatsu, Shinya - 2011

andpoverty. In the first essay, to investigate this issue, panel data are used from a randomizedexperiment conducted in Nicaragua …

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Competitive success for foreign entrepreneurs in Nicaragua

Lombardo, Melissa B. - 2006

, many foreigners are making Nicaragua their new home. Investors are noticing increased opportunities to open up a business … venture whether it is a hotel, restaurant or other small business. As a country with a rather unstable past, Nicaragua is … changing rapidly. Owning a business in Nicaragua is becoming commonplace. How then do these establishments achieve success and …

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Designing a Photovoltaic System Hybrid for a Health Clinic In Camilo Ortega, Nicaragua

Holliman, Jeremy - 2010

implemented a variety of projects from slow sand filters to compressed earth blocks, and the Nicaragua team is in the process of …, the climate of Nicaragua, the availability of photovoltaic system components in-country, the expected loads that the …

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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]

Wilson, Edgar James - 2009

A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...

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Klimaschutz und Ernährungssicherheit : ein ordnungspolitischer Ansatz

Presse, André; Häußner, Ludwig Paul; Köke, Sonja - 2009

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Weather Risk and the Off-Farm Labor Supply of Agricultural Households in India

Ito, Takahiro; Kurosaki, Takashi - 2006

As one of the measures to smooth income, this paper focuses on the diversification of labor allocation across activities. A key feature of this paper is that it pays particular attention to differences in the covariance between weather risk and agricultural wages and between weather risk and...

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The Niger Food Crisis: Causes and Implications for Research and Development from an Integrated Agricultural Economics Perspective

Abele, Steffen; Twine, Edgar - 2006

During the 2004 food crisis in Niger, the weakness of the main production system, millet, to produce enough food to sustain short term crises, has been revealed. Questions arise how the Nigerian smallholder systems can be assisted by research and development policies to intensify production and...

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Trade Policy Reforms in the Cereals Sector of the SADC Region: Implications on Food Security

Mutambatsere, Emelly - 2006

This study evaluates the welfare implications of tariff reforms in the cereals sector of the SADC region. Applying the global simulation model (GSIM), a multi-country partial equilibrium model, to the cereals industries of thirteen SADC countries, the study computes price and welfare effects of...

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