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In Portugal we have yet problems with disadvantaged groups, in some cases because the social conditions, in other cases because the economic conditions and in another situations from the familiar and physical circumstances. This context sometimes is worse in the rural areas, because has other...

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Bulderberga, Zane - 2013

The one of most common tendencies in world now days is urbanization, as a result of which the economic structure of territories changes - both human and financial resources are moved, and human lifestyles and the perception of life become more diversified. One of the main goals set by the...

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An Empirical Analysis of Cellular Demand in South Africa

Recuero Virto, Laura - 2014

This paper provides some estimates of demand elasticity for prepaid cellular voice and short message service (SMS) in South Africa by fitting a structural discrete consumer choice model to a cross-sectional data set on Vodacom customers collected in 2005. We find higher price elasticities than...

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Economic and Social Features of Contemporary Development of the Czech Agriculture and Rural Areas

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The paper is focused on rural development in the Czech Republic. The contemporary situation is influenced by global megatrends as well as by inner factors. Lifestyle of the Czech rural population has been reshaped, recently. Because the factors are changing every decade, it brings a lot of...

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An Empirical Analysis of Cellular Demand in South Africa

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Women empowerment in Portuguese rural municipalities : outcomes from a project

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2012

The work presented here is based in a set of outcomes from a project developed in four rural municipalities of the center of Portugal, with the names Vouzela, Mangualde, Seia and Guarda. This project was supported by the National Support Reference Framework (NSRF) and had the objective of the...

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Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practices : theorizing from Zambia

Evans, Alice - 2017

Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research from Zambia. It argues that people living in...

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Digitalisation in rural areas : exploring perspectives and main challenges ahead

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This paper offers a comprehensive critical review on digitalisation in rural areas, drawing on international and EU policies, scientific and grey literature and real-life examples from two European H2020 research projects. In doing so, it aims at providing a basic conceptual framework...

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As Easy as Stealing Sweets from a Child? Investigating Land Grabbing from Orphans in Pallisa, Rural Eastern Uganda

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