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Establishing Ergonomics in Industrially Developing Countries

Stewart, K; Silverstein, B; Kiefer, M - 2008

countries of Viet Nam, Thailand, and Nicaragua have demonstrated that a one-time course is just the first step in a series of …

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Competitive success for foreign entrepreneurs in Nicaragua

Lombardo, Melissa B. - 2006

, many foreigners are making Nicaragua their new home. Investors are noticing increased opportunities to open up a business … venture whether it is a hotel, restaurant or other small business. As a country with a rather unstable past, Nicaragua is … changing rapidly. Owning a business in Nicaragua is becoming commonplace. How then do these establishments achieve success and …

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Designing a Photovoltaic System Hybrid for a Health Clinic In Camilo Ortega, Nicaragua

Holliman, Jeremy - 2010

implemented a variety of projects from slow sand filters to compressed earth blocks, and the Nicaragua team is in the process of …, the climate of Nicaragua, the availability of photovoltaic system components in-country, the expected loads that the …

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Integrated system dynamics toolbox for water resources planning.

Reno, Marissa Devan; Passell, Howard David; Malczynski, … - 2008

Public mediated resource planning is quickly becoming the norm rather than the exception. Unfortunately, supporting tools are lacking that interactively engage the public in the decision-making process and integrate over the myriad values that influence water policy. In the pages of this report...

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Evaluation of Peak Pricing on Single-Family Residential Water Consumption in Seattle

Hsu, David - 2009

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price block added to the existing block rate price structure...

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Urban Water Restrictions: Attitudes, Information and Willingness to Pay

Cooper, Bethany; Crase, Lin - 2009

In most urban cities across Australia, water restrictions remain the dominant policymechanism to restrict urban water consumption. The extensive adoption of waterrestrictions over several years means that Australian urban water prices have consistently not reflected the opportunity cost of water...

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Making Economic Sense Out of Unisex Life Insurance (Or the Difference Between Cost and Value and Why It Matters to Real People)

Booth, Richard A., Marbury Research Professor of Law - 2002

, to charge men and women the same price for life insurance would constitute a subsidy running from women (who would pay … to buy something, the idea that there is a subsidy implicit in unisex insurance rates is mistaken. For the consumer, the …

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The French Biodiesel Production: An Assessment of the Impacts and Interaction Effects of Policy Instruments

Doumax, Virginie - 2010

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/18/10.

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Carbon Emissions, Renewable Electricity and Profits: Comparing Alternative Policies to Promote Anaerobic Digesters on Dairies

Key, Nigel; Sneeringer, Stacy E. - 2011

Biogas recovery systems that use methane from manure to generate electricity have not been widely adopted in U.S. mainly because the costs of constructing and maintaining these systems have exceeded the value of the benefits provided. Climate change mitigation and renewable energy policies could...

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Strategic Management of NGOs in Developing Countries

Murtaza, Niaz; Austin, Michael J - 2011

This literature review summarizes the knowledge in the field of the strategic management of international NGOs operating in developing countries based on the analysis of 161 books and articles published since 1980. The review yielded five major themes: 1) relationships with donors, 2)...

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