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A Quantitative Analysis of Unemployment Benefit Extensions
Nakajima, Makoto - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2011
separation rate, while the staggering job-finding probability contributes 1.4 percentage points. The last extension in December … 2010 moderately slows down the recovery of the unemployment rate. Specifically, the model indicates that the last extension …
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State Specialists’ Views of Minnesota’s Evolving Extension System
Morse, George W.; Lazarus, William F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sources of Family Planning
Cortez, Rafael; Brindis, Claire; Decker, Mara; Yarger, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) is one of five areas of focus of the World Bank?s Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010?2015 (RHAP), which recognizes the importance of addressing ASRH as a development issue with important implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing...
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MAJOR PROJECTS THAT INFLUENCE WORLD TRADE
Dumitrescu, George Cornel - In: Global Economic Observer 2 (2014) 2, pp. 76-84
In 1869, with the opening of the Suez Canal, world trade entered a new era of development. The commercial routes linking the Far East to the western countries were shortened considerably as compared to the maritime corridor around the Cape of Good Hope. In 1914, the opening of the Panama Canal...
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Malaria and agriculture: A global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda
Wielgosz, Benjamin; Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Malaria is one of the top five causes of death worldwide, and roughly half the world’s population lives at risk of the disease. This health problem disproportionately affects the poor, particularly those in Africa south of the Sahara, where the disease is widespread. Many of those most...
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An Economic Evaluation of the Ricecheck Extension Program in NSW
Singh, Rajinder Pal; Brennan, John P.; Lacy, John - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Ricecheck, an extension program for rice developed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, is based on eight best …
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La confusion des patrimoines au sein d'un groupe
Grelon, Bernard; Dessus-Larrivée, Carole - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
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SELECTING DELIVERY METHODS FOR OUTREACH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Carter, Bryson R.; Batte, Marvin T. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 26 (1994) 02
Farmer perceptions of extension program delivery methods and an analysis of the relationships of method and farmer …
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STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS EXTENSION; OR DOES DIFFEDENCE, DECADENCE AND DISSONANCE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
McDowell, George R. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 25 (1993) 01
Discussion of changes taking place in American agriculture followed by a review of the traditional model of extension … suggests there is dissonance between what is needed to inform contemporary agriculture and what extension actually does. The … maintenance objectives of extension explain a part of the system's decadence and reluctance to charge. Since the intellectual …
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Using Distance Education in Extension Programming
Jones, Rodney D.; Goheen, Alicia; Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 39 (2007) 02
is being delivered successfully using a combination of face-to-face and distance extension delivery techniques. We find …
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