... MDB funds, such as those dedicated to
environmental issues.
Multilateral Development Banks: U. S. Contributions FY2000-FY2013
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Figure 1. Multilateral Development ... Multilateral Development Banks: U. S. Contributions FY2000-FY2013
CRS-7
Notes: Data includes rescissions. Data does not include “callable capital,” or funds tha...
... thus creating precautionary funding options,
such as the IDB Grant Facility, and working with multidonor funds such as the Haiti s
Reconstruction fund and others for specific purposes such as ... and Business.
(iii) CDB: Transportation and communication are Infrastructure; agriculture, forestry, fishing, manufacturing, and tourism
are Productive Sectors; social and personal services are...
... the “household responsibility” system after 1981, it is also possible that farming decisions
became less driven by government pressure. Under the household responsibility system, the decision ... announced the first sets of transgenic rice lines, which have the following traits: insect
resistance using Bt or GNA gene, disease resistance using Xa21, and low amylase content using
antisense-W...
... was intense media focus on the practice of offshore outsourcing,
which is when U. S. firms subcontract business services to over-
seas affiliates rather than having them done inside the United States.
At ... goal
of this orientation, therefore, is to reduce as many barriers to
U. S. exports and imports as quickly as possible.The first-best method
of accomplishing this goal is through an a...
... existence of a state of war does not
suspend the constitutional guaranties of due process of law and persons accused of crime must
be adequately informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ... Supreme Court of
the United States is at the top of the country s judicial branch.
[A2] The Court consists of nine members, the Chief Justice of the United States and
eight Associate Justices. ....
... 10
Employer-Sponsored IRAs Assets and Flows
Billions of dollars, 1997–2010
Contributions Total assets
Of which: assets
held in mutual funds
Contributions Total assets
Of which: assets
held in mutual funds
Year-end ... Target Date Mutual Fund Assets
Table 21 Lifestyle Mutual Fund Assets
Table 22 Index Mutual Fund Assets
Table 23 Mutual Fund Retirement Account Assets as Share of Mutual Fu...
... small businesses were crushed by the
powerful new corporations. Reformers, unions, and protes-
tors against big business played a crucial role in the indus-
trialization process as they pressed ... easy access to subjects discussed
throughout the volume.
Development of the Industrial U. S. : Primary Sources presents
eighteen full or excerpted written works, speeches, and
other documents...
... and
information-intensive banking services. These services are consumed
mainly by smaller customers such as small businesses, family farmers,
and depositors of low to moderate wealth.
Small business lending. ... in
size as loans to large businesses and loans of $1 million or less as loans
to small businesses. According to this definition, community banks
accounted for only 4 percent of large...
... economic costs the value of the coefficients decreased with successive size categories
indicating economies of size associated with these costs. Costs declined as size increased as
fixed amounts capital ... bias
5
. These estimates are much lower than those suggested by a
simple comparison of group means.
Conclusions
This study takes advantage of unique and detailed data from a recentl...