lead to family formation. The first chapter examines how state regulations directly aimed at abortion providers affect the … market for abortion in the United States. Estimates from a dynamic model of competition among abortion providers show that … promote entry and competition among abortion providers, and because abortions are found to be price sensitive, this would lead …

"This study examines the access of the actors along the value-chain of handmade paper markets in Nepal. The access has …

In Nepal, to help alleviate the problem of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity caused by tetanus and sepsis due … children in Nepal. To address problems of market accessibility, the producing company decided to embark on a strategy to open …

the years. Likewise, different training programs sponsored by fair-trade organizations, such as Fair Trade Group Nepal and …

socioeconomic and natural aspects to categorize villages in a district of Nepal. 24 variables are used to design five indexes …

We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …

the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories … that account for the rise in labor force participation of married mothers. The model, in which households make fertility …

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …