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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353250
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Three Essays on Groundwater and Tenancy Contracts in Rural Economies
Steinmetz, Anne Margret - 2003
Sektor von Entwicklungsländern mit Schwerpunkt Indien. Im ersten Teil werden mit Methoden der deskriptiven Statistik … aufgearbeitete Daten aus einer von der Autorin in Tamil Nadu, Indien durchgeführten Feldstudie über informelle Grundwassermärkte … Pächters. Anhand der ökonometrischen Analyse von Daten aus vierzehn Dörfern in Andhra Pradesh, Indien wird gezeigt, dass die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468685
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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
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Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
Schüler, Lisa - 2013
Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
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Effect of market structure on international coal trade
Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009
examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437106
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The role of technology in the economic growth of South Africa: The case of frequency allocations to cellular operators
Mellet, A - 2007
in Africa. VariousAfrican countries experienced development by using more mobile phones. Finally, attentionis given to … Africa. This scarce resource is noteffectively allocated for the following reasons: the allocation between government …. Thiswastage, against the background of studies in Africa regarding mobile phones and GDP, will accordingly reduce the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456153
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Economic Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth: Lessons for Africa and other Developing Regions and Economies in Transition
Kimenyi, Mwangi S. - 2006
The paper discusses the meaning and measurement of pro-poor growth and also reviews evidence of pro-poor growth (or the lack of it) in a large cross-section of countries and time periods. The emerging story is that many episodes of growth are not pro-poor and also that although economic reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430030
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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil
Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008
electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved … of avoided peak installed capacity is 6 and 9.5 times less than the cost of new installed capacity for India and Brazil … national savings of the order of US $1.2 million per day for India and US $2.5 million per day for Brazil are reached in 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436308