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Renewed Growth and Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Bigsten, Arne; Tengstam, Sven - 2010
The Zambian economy has grown relatively fast over the last decade. This article discusses the challenge of using these growing resources effectively to improve the welfare of the population and reduce poverty. The poverty head count index is found to have declined between 1998 and 2004 by about...
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Increasing Returns to Marketing in Zambian Maize Markets
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2010
198 pairs of maize markets in Zambia and correlated random effects linear and tobit estimators were used to model the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467519
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Zambia's structural adjustment program : a tool for survival or just another economic experiment?
Mwale, Kaemba - 1999
When Zambia embarked on a Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) in 1992, there was tremendous hope for an economic turn … performance of SAP in Zambia. Nationals should play a larger role in the planning and implementation of future economic reforms in … Zambia and a national safety-net fund for the retrenched should be established. Investment in the agricultural and …
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Agricultural Trade Flows among Developing Countries: Do Regional Preferential Trade Agreements make a Difference?
Tembo, Gelson; Jayne, Thomas S. - 2009
to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade flows and the impact of the SADC Trade Protocol (SADC-TP). Zambia’s volume … of trade is significantly related to most of the standard gravity variables. The results indicate that Zambia has been … largely trading below potential, especially with respect to exports. There have been improvements in Zambia’s trade flows …
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Overview of Geopressured-Geothermal
Jelacic, Allan - 2006
Dr. Mock began the session by paying tribute to Dr. Myron Dorfman, Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas, who had just passed away after a protracted illness. Dr. Dorfman, more than other any individual, was responsible for bringing the geopressured-geothermal...
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SUCCESSFUL PRIVATIZATION OF HANFORD SITE FABRICATION SERVICES
KELLY, D.S. - 2008
This paper describes the elements of Fluor Hanford's successful privatization of a major support services function. The privatization has accelerated the closure of the Department of Energy's Hanford Site by streamlining operations and using the realized cost savings to maintain the accelerated...
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Quantifying the Economic Development Impacts of Wind Power in Six Rural Montana Counties Using NREL's JEDI Model; Period of Performance: December 1, 2003--May 31, 2004
Costanti, M. - 2008
The economic development potential that wind power offers is often an overlooked aspect of today's wind power projects. Much has been written about how wind can spur economic development, but few have attempted to quantify these impacts. Using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's)...
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Susanville Geothermal Investigations, California, Supplemental Technical Data
2007
The city of Susanville, in response to an unemployment rate exceeding 20 percent and other related community needs, has embarked on a comprehensive effort in community and economic development. To improve the local job market, an effort is underway to enhance the competitive position of the...
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National Security Technology Incubator Business Plan
2008
This document contains a business plan for the National Security Technology Incubator (NSTI), developed as part of the National Security Preparedness Project (NSPP) and performed under a Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) grant. This business plan...
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Economic Development Activities at the Young - Rainey Science, Technology, & Research (STAR) Center
Paul S. Sacco; Carl Smeigh; John Caponiti, Jr. - 2008
Project mission was to mitigate the adverse economic effects of closing the U.S. Department of Energy's Pinellas Plant in Largo, Florida. This project was to facilitate the physical renovation of the plant and to help maintain and create jobs for the employees that worked at the plant when DOE...
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