The paper empirically investigates the effects of various economic, legal, meteorological and technical factors in explaining the theft from electric utilities in Pakistan. We obtained elasticity of electricity theft with respect to different variables mentioned. Panel data from nine utilities...

The results received from the survey of employers contributed to obtaining of additional information on supply and demand in the labour market that helped to get more reliable picture and could facilitate the development and adoption of additional measures in order to reduce tensions on the...

It is becoming increasingly obvious that our world is facing an energy crisis that is combined with an environmental and climatic problem. The key challenge for this century and beyond consists therefore in developing new energy technologies that allow the generation of power in a sustainable,...

Crops insurance is one of the strategies for coping with risks in agricultural activities and to reduce the farmers' income fluctuations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the financial performance of agricultural insurance and the factors motivating farmers to insure crops in Hamadan...

The Target is to examine new method of setting baseline for Clean Development Mechanism proposed by the CDM-EB at UN. The proposal is to reduce transaction costs so that projects in smaller countries can be supported and focus is placed more on energy efficiency projects.Stuies are based on...

There are several regional trade agreements made amongst Central Asian countries during the transition period. However, the implementation of these agreements remains very restricted which causes limited exchange and flow of agricultural commodities between the countries. The market...

Abstract Production of animal protein has a major role in the human nutrition and health and a large share of economic value-added in agricultural sector. The Iran government implemented the Subsidy Reform Plan (SRP) on December 18, 2010 as the biggest surgery to the nation's economy in half a...

The necessity of creating a system of early warning of earthquakes early in order to minimize economic losses.The methodology is based on the use of robust noise technology to process seismic signals recorded in mothballed wells.The technology of processing seismic-acoustic information to create...

Economy and ICTsystem analysis, economic and mathematical modeling, economic and statistical methodsPerfection of assessment methods of ICT impact on the economy and determination of economic development directions basing on ICT

The degree of popular participation in development programs is a major determinant of success or failure but the factors which make participation efforts successful still remained a mystery. Many studies have developed numerous and sometimes different views concerning to the dimensions of...