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This thesis investigates the energy performance of resorts in Egypt. The expansive tourism development results in higher demands of energy whilst increasing the burden on the country’s economy. The objective is to evaluate solar resorts versus the conventional design in terms of energy,...
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The Human Genome project generates immense interest in the scientific community though there are also important issues for the business community, particularly insurance companies. The dramatic advances in our understanding of the human genetic code, or human genome, affect our understanding of...
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percent of GDP), instead of increasing it – as is projected for the majority of other OECD countries. This paper presents the … irrespective of the demographic situation. This requires stabilisation of the share of GDP allocated to the entire retired … generation. Traditional pension systems aim, instead, at stabilisation of the share of GDP per retiree. The change in demographic …
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Simple plots of data show that malaria has a negative correlation with national income per capita, whether looking across countries at a point in time, or looking at a single country over time. Some countries have been able to move from an equilibrium characterized by low income and high...
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product (GDP) and its growth performance. The first controversial issue is how should China’s per capita income level be …?’ raised by Garnaut and Ma (1992) based on their study on the relationship between China’s food consumption and per capita GDP …, and the GDP estimate for China by Summers and Heston (1991) based on the expenditure purchasing power parity (PPP …
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residents of each country (GDP per capita) (ii)the proportion of the population employed (the employment-population ratio) (iii …
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cent of Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Findings from this new analysis indicate that the cost will be even higher …
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is argued to increase the estimated "turning point" - the level of GDP per capita above which environmental degradation … correlated with GDP. …
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to be very gradual through year-end. Real GDP is projected to grow at an approximate 2.0 percent annualized rate …, although Hurricane Andrew will adversely impact GDP in the third quarter. The probability of falling back into recession is … very low. An acceleration of GDP growth to 3.0 percent is projected in 1993. Inflation pressures are projected to recede …
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Also published on October 30, 2003 as Banc of America Securities, Economic and Financial Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 5
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