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Microcredit
Heverly, Barbara M.; Tierney, Lori L. - 0000
Microcredit, or small, short-term loans to the very poor, can help to bring about wholesale changes not only in personal income and the local marketplace, but also by adding meaning to life, building self-esteem and encouraging social integration. The cash advance is only the vehicle. The...
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The value of human rights on the open market: Liberal economic policies and the achievement of personal integrity rights.
Harrelson-Stephens, Julie - 2003
At the end of World War II, the United States emerged as a world leader, putting into place international institutions based on its own liberal economic philosophy. Since then, the world has witnessed an increasing interconnectedness among states, with economic relationships continually blurring...
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Repression and Newtwork Science: Tools in Fight against Terrorism
Wright, Dominick' E - 2010
The dissertation, Repression and Network Science: Tools in Fight againstTerrorism, explores what determines post‐terror repression in democracies andwhat alternative tools network science may ultimately reveal to for compellingauthorities to rely on repression less. To do this three papers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477422
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HOW DID POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN WHEAT EXPORT MARKETS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008 INFLUENCE WORLD MARKET PRICE TRANSMISSION?
Goetz, Linde; Glauben, Thomas; Bruemmer, Bernhard - 2010
This paper investigates the impacts of export controls in Russia and Ukraine on wheat worldmarket price transmission … during the 2007/2008 global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine aimedto reduce wheat exports induced by extraordinarily high … errorcorrection model (MSVECM), we find that the temporary export restrictions induced negativeeffects on wheat markets in Russia and …
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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
Der Transformationsprozess Russlands von einer zentralstaatlich geplanten Volkswirtschafthin zu einer Marktwirtschaft nach westlichem Vorbild liefert eine aufschlussreiche Fallstudieüber die von William Baumol (1990) vertretene These der institutionellen Steuerbarkeit vonproduktivem...
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Russia’s cereal markets: current trends, changes in net-trade position, and policy implications
Muller, Marc; Wehrheim, Peter - 2004
statistics on domestic production, trade, consumption, and storage of cereals reveals that the improvement in Russia’s net trade … general equilibrium model for Russia based on 1999 data was used for analyzing various economic developments and policy …
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Labor Market Dynamics in Russia
Foley, Mark C. - 1997
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia experienced a series of economic shocks …
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Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia
Foley, Mark C. - 1997
in the re-employment hazard in Russia, with a period of positive duration dependence in the first 7 months, followed by a …
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RUSSIAN AGRI-FOOD SECTOR: 16 MONTHS AFTER THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MONETARY SYSTEM
Poganietz, Witold-Roger - 2000
In August 1998 the Russian foreign exchange market and financial system collapsed. As a consequence the rouble devaluated in real terms against the currencies of the main trade partners, generating an output push in the agri-food sector. This improved the financial health of most producer, thus...
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