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Anticipating Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Pastoral Systems: Using Dynamic Systems Models for the Kalahari
Dougill, Andrew J.; Fraser, Evan D.G.; Reed, Mark - 2010
drought. Specifically, we evaluate how external pressures have changed: (1) different agroecosystems' abilities to tolerate … drought, i.e., ecosystem resilience; (2) rural communities’ abilities to adapt to drought, mediated via their access to assets …; and (3) the ability of institutions and policy interventions to play a role in mediating drought-related crises, i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468468
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Alternative Hedging Strategies in Maize Production to Cope with Climate Variability and Change
Fuhrer, Jurg; Beniston, Martin; Calanca, Pierluigi; … - 2007
effectiveness of using weather derivatives to hedge against drought risks forrain-fed grain maize production was investigated for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445041
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Increasing profits and reducing risks in crop production using participatory systems simulation approaches
Meinke, H; Baethgen, WE; Carberry, PS; Donatelli, M; … - 2001
, large areas, low input, technologically advanced); Africa (high climatic variability, small areas, low input, subsistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447901
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The Impact of Drought on Electricity Supply in North Carolina
Milazi, Dominic - 2009
degrees of drought over the last two decades. Water withdrawal and consumption are integral and unavoidable components of the … vulnerable to electricity supply disruptions in times of severe drought. In this report, an attempt is made to quantify the … issues en-route to quantifying the impact of drought including: identifying areas in the state historically prone to drought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475620
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A Contribution to the Empirics of Development and Globalization
Lohmann, Steffen - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288102
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Eingliederungsorientierte Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland
Zielkowski, Frank - 2009
führt: (1) Diejenigen arbeitsmarktpolitischen Instrumente, die auf eine direkte Erwerbstätigkeit am ersten Arbeitsmarkt … einen staatlich bezuschussten zweiten Arbeitsmarkt beschreiten. (2) Die vorgestellten Studien weisen bei der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451166
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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria
Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987
Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438517
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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581