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Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe : A Comparison of Labour Market Attitudes, Educational Achievement and Poverty between East and West
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2005
tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449678
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Methodology and Estimation of the Welfare Impact of Energy Reforms on Households in Azerbaijan
Klytchnikova, Irina - 2006
AZERBAIJAN Irina Klytchnikova, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006Dissertation directed by: Professor Richard Just Department of … quality changes in infrastructure.An application of the proposed model in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan … demonstrates how this approach can be used in welfare assessment of energy sector reforms. The planned reforms in Azerbaijan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450713
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SOME ASPECTS OF THE GEORGIA-CIS TRADE RELATIONS
Zubiashvili, Tamaz; ATANELISHVILI, Tamar - 2019
Commonwealth in 1991: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan … in recent years. According to the data of 11 months of 2018, the CIS countries - Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia occupy 1 ….7 times; in Georgia's total import from the CIS countries in 2017 Russia had the highest percentage - 23.3%, Azerbaijan - 16 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014616
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Oil Exploration in Colonial Nigeria, c. 1903-58
Steyn, Phia - 2009
This article explores the history of oil exploration in colonial Nigerian between c.1903 and 1958 when the first shipment of Nigerian crude oil arrived in Rotterdam. It debunks the two most persistent myths in Nigerian oil historiography namely that oil exploration dates back to 1908 when the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465906
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Justifying Public Decisions in Arctic Oil and Gas Development: American and Russian Approaches
Flanders, Nicholas E; Brown, Rex V.; Larichev, Oleg - 1998
"Government resource decisions in the Arctic typically involve complex issues; multiple criteria are used to choose among alternatives. This complexity is even greater with petroleum development because of concerns about national energy security, environmental impacts, and economic development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468363
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Analysis of Acquirer Stock Performance in Mergers and Acquisitions in Alberta's Oil and Gas Industry
Zivot, Harrison A - 2010
This paper develops a framework that analyzes how mergers and acquisitions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry affect stock prices. In this experiment, a multivariate regression is applied to several industry-specific variables to determine if they have impacts on the abnormal stock returns of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468725
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Biofuels production in Mexico a complex problem
González-Aguirre, Rosa Luz; Quintero-Ramírez, Rodolfo - 2008
In Mexico the possibility of producing biofuels has generated a wide range of political, economical and technical comments and opinions. This is due mainly to the fact that the oil industry has contributed heavily to the direct financing of the Mexican government for the last 70 years, in 2007...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475859
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Dealing with plenty: Brazil in the era of surplus oil
de Oliveira, Renato L. - 2011
This is a study about the growth of oil industry and its economic and political repercussions in Brazil. It combines an industrial analysis with an empirical assessment of the impact of oil royalties on municipal fiscal transparency in Brazil.This paper begins with an overview of the future of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477692
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Political economy of oil production from 1850s to 1974
Perlich, Harry - 2000
A study of the oil industry in its modern development from the 1850s to 1973. During this period the industry underwent significant changes in terms of its productive expansion, the diversity of its products, its role in general production, its corporate organisation and in terms of its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480122