... step in preparing children for primaryschool—but investing inthe education ofAmerica syoungest learners has emerged as one ofthe mostpromising ways to help strengthen the future economic and ... rapid growthinthe size ofthe labor force. In the coming years, labor force growth will slow sharply as the baby boom generation retires. Furthermore,improving the quality ofthe labor force ... thoroughly objective in character, andthe approach in each instance is to be from the standpoint ofthe general welfare and not from that of any special political or economic group.” The committee...
... improve the funding structure ofthe banking system, diminishing the exposure of banks and therefore the extent of contagion via interconnectedness. For these reasons, in junctures of excess ... effective in reducing the procyclicality ofthe financial system, but this depends on the type of shock facing the financial system. The study specifically finds RRs to be effective in reducing the ... borrowing.2 A summary ofthe recent use of macroprudential measures inLatinAmerica is reported in Table 1. Despite their increasing use, the effectiveness of macroprudential policies in leaning...
... according to the borrower, the purpose and use ofthe loans, their sectoral composition and concentration, the currency denomination, andthe maturity and other conditions ofthe loans. In terms ... under these circumstances. Apart from developments in the amount of credit, the nominal increase inthe number of loans is a relevant factor, also in terms ofthe ability ofthe banks and supervisors ... Market-based information complements the financial sector data by conveying market perceptions ofthe health and stability ofthe financial system. Information on the quality ofthe institutional and...
... rate.16 Others similarly estimated periods of instability inthe relationship between the rates ofeconomicgrowthand unemployment.17 Some ofthe variation may be due to the stage ofthe business ... the rate of productivity growth until firms begin adding workers. As an economic expansion progresses, output growth will be determined by the combined rates ofgrowthinthe labor supply and ... such as labor and capital, are fully utilized. The rate ofgrowthof potential output is a function of the rate ofgrowthin potential productivity andthe labor supply when the economy is...
... on institutional strengthening and capacity building in 40 provinces with abundant forests and support pilot implementation of all the REDD activities + in 6 provinces as Bac Kan, Ca Mau, Binh ... the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment inthe land allocation under Decree 99. The goal of phase II is to finalize the legal framework ... Policy Board Meeting, UN-REDD PROGRAMME, 4-5 November 2010, Washington D.C., USA.3. Assessing the Effectiveness of Training and Awareness Raising Activities ofthe UN-REDD Programme in Viet Nam...
... value of equity in millions of U.S. dollar at the beginning ofthe year. Q = the market value of equity divided by the book value of total assets at the beginning ofthe year. LEV = the total ... at the beginning ofthe year. SEG = the number of industry segment(s). V = the voting rights level ofthe largest ultimate owner. CV = the ratio of cash flow rights over voting rights ofthe ... logarithm ofthe market value of equity in millions of U.S. dollars at the beginning of year t; Qit = the market value of equity divided by the book value of total assets at the beginning of year...
... Nagaland had a value of three and more indicating higher inequality in the state of health care. All other states had a value between two and three indicating the degree of inequality in maternal health ... services by the mother were significant factors inthe reduction of infant and child mortality inthe 1990s (Rutstein 2000; Hatt L.E and Waters H.R 2006). Inthe Indian context, improvement inthe ... quantifying dimensional poverty in education, health and living standard separately for rural and urban areas. It also provides the method of fixing the cut off point of poor in each of these...
... from the 1860s through the 1880s. The history ofthe emergence of gynecology occurred inthe context ofthegrowthof medical institutions and increasing specialization in scientific disciplines ... were a result of his surgical discoveries, including the invention the Sims Speculum andthe Sims Position, andthe use of silver sutures to prevent internal infections. These innovations eventually ... president ofthe American Medical Association in 1876, president ofthe International Medical Congress in 1877, and president ofthe American Gynecological Society in 1880. When he died in 1883 the...
... Commerce and Industry “has in recent years expressed the concern of its members regarding the increasing cost of doingbusiness inthe Durban Unicity area. The cost of water is one ofthe major ... of this subsidisation was direct – inthe form of infrastructure developments and public housing inthe 1960s and 1970s – but the bulk of it was indirect, extractedunwittingly from the apartheid ... littledifference to the lives ofthe urban and rural poor since being introduced in mid-2001.First, there is the problem ofthe quantity of free services being offered. With respect toelectricity, the 50...
... most of them and access-to-input for the worst in this sub-pool. Conversely, the overbearing influence ofthe financial constraints in the lower half is statistically associated with a rather ... book, index of current production, the lower the supply of credit. Finally, the higher the co-ordinate on the f2 axis, e.g. the more the enterprise is faced with financial limit, the higher the ... The probability of increasingdebt raises with the fact that the enterprise was indebted inthe past (in all the groups).Nodebt thus appears as a strong inertial component inthe credit-demand...
... Sumatra Province: A Prime Example South Sumatra province contains numerous examples ofthe changes found in all the fire affected provinces ofthe island: logging inthe peneplains and peat ... seen and judged the success ofthe migrants who took the initial risk. The lingering resentment against the transmigrants, however, remains. Agro-Industrial Projects: Fires In Land Clearing ... seedlings but the quality is often low; hence the rate ofgrowth is slow and yields disappointing. Slow growth increases fire risk inthe early years. lack of funds to finance upkeep of a...
... margin relating to credit risk, operatingcosts, the costs of holding capital and liquidity costs. The analysis suggests costs relating to increased credit risk may be becoming an increasinglyimportant ... on certain liabilities of anumber of credit institutions in Ireland and is one of a range of measures designed to stabilise confidence in the domestic banking system. Further details on the ELG ... two other potential drivers of variable rates: banks’interest margins and funding costs. The net interest margins for Irish institutions have declined for the last two decades, as shown in the...
... of this subsidisation was direct – inthe form of infrastructure developments and public housing inthe 1960s and 1970s – but the bulk of it was indirect, extractedunwittingly from the apartheid ... eroding some ofthe gains of service delivery, the ideology and practice of costrecovery became more dominant in a number of ways. First, there is the question of how cost recovery influenced the ... redirecting existing investment;ã restructuring corporate tax in order to increase the tax collected;ã introducing progressive taxes such as land and wealth taxes; and ã increasing the level of...