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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Domestic consumption"”.
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The impact of monetary policy on the U.S. cotton market
… are simultaneously determined: exports, consumption, inventory, domestic prices, productions and export price. The estimated model is tested via various validation procedures to ensure that the results are favorable. The analysis is then extended to use dynamic simulations to determine …
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Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya
… demand of the country, as the majority of the domestic consumption of some staple food sources, such as wheat and rice, is heavily relied on food relieve. This report aims to investigate the potential in increasing food production in by evaluating the availabilities of land and water resources. …
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Chemical, biological, and physical aspects of a small stream highly polluted by sewage over a long period of time
… of the need for ample supplies of water for domestic consumption and industrial use, for transportation, power, irrigation, and for recreation. Few, however, realize the scarcity and the value of this most versatile of a nation’s resources. The false impression of abundance that has long …
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Enhancing Development in the Saudi Renewable Energy Sector: A Promising Strategy for Job Creation and Economic Diversification
… amount of money in this sector. Increasing domestic energy consumption efficiency through the implementation of energy reforms, as well as accelerating progress in public services such as transportation and growth in the Saudi renewable energy sector, are prerequisites for reducing the …
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Essays on sovereign debt and international capital flows
… debt is held by both foreign creditors and domestic residents. Default on foreign lenders benefits domestic consumption, but default on domestic residents generates an output cost that increases with the extent of the default. I present two sets of optimal policy results. Firstly, I …
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Short-term employment, income and output consequences of a decline in flue-cured tobacco production: the case of Southside Virginia
… the possibility of a sudden, negative, shock in domestic consumption of tobacco products. A mostly rural, six-county region of south-central Virginia is the area selected for a focus on these concerns. The study conducts a regional descriptive analysis to introduce the study area and its economic …
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Analysis of Policies Affecting Pesticide Use in Ecuador
… of small farms producing outputs for domestic consumption is most affected by the current economic liberalization, the Ecuadoran government may need to find a means for supporting the profitability of these farms to protect national agricultural productivity. Policies that aid these …
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Knitting rebellion: Elizabeth Zimmermann, identity, and craftsmanship in post war America
… was practiced as a minor and fading chore of the domestic economy, with decreasing pattern publications in national women’s magazines, and the demise of <em>Vogue Knitting Book</em> by the late nineteen-sixties. By 1990, it had rebounded into major new publications in periodicals and books, new …
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Paths toward the modern fiscal state : England (1642-1752), Japan (1868-1895), and China (1850-1911)
… of paper notes, and the collection of taxes upon domestic consumption. England became a modem fiscal state by the 1750s when its government used the revenues from excises and the customs to service its massive long-term debt. Japan made the leap in the late 1880s when tax revenues were employed to …
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Organising Beekeepers to Generate Income from Bee Products in Solya ward, Manyoni District Tanzania
… rural communities practice beekeeping mainly for domestic consumption and rarely for commercial purposes. This potential (beekeeping) has failed to improve beekeepers’ income due to inadequate knowledge and skills among the beekeepers in processing bee products. As a result, honey produced in …
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The contribution of small-scale wind and photovoltaic renewable energy sources to the Scottish energy mix.
… for both the electricity and heating energy consumption of a typical domestic building is proposed. This allows for the approximation of daily domestic consumption values from monthly average energy values. The potential energy available is then compared with the estimated domestic energy …
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Towards a conceptual model for the apparel industry in Thailand focused on domestic fashion origination
… a reorientation and/or development of the domestic economy and culture of consumption of Thailand to favour innovation, originality and personal identity. The thesis will present an argument based upon the creation of conceptual models derived in part from existing models and theories, from …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
… of trade volatility trigger a contraction in domestic consumption and investment and an improvement in the trade balance in these economies. Finally, we construct a theoretical model and demonstrate that it can replicate our empirical results.
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From monasteries to monopolisers: the salmon fishing industry of the inner Moray Firth region, 1500 to 1800
… exploited from an early date, not primarily for domestic consumption but for sales in English and European markets. The produce of these rivers accounted for a large proportion of the country’s salmon exports throughout the period, and the industry was proportionately more important in the …
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A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE SECTOR POLICY ANALYSIS
… activities; utilization is specified in domestic consumption, commercial stock and export demand markets. USMP is used for comparative static analysis by adjusting its policy or market variables, and observing the resulting impacts on equilibrium values of performance indicators such as …
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Commodity price stabilization and trade liberalization: the case of corn and livestock in the Philippines
… producing higher-valued livestock products for domestic consumption and exports. The effect of a uniform 20 percent tariff is similar to that of full trade liberalization, but with lesser economic benefits. On the other hand, due to positive supply response to stabilized prices, there are small …
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Essays on international macroeconomics
… about sovereign debt and its interactions with domestic financial markets. The third chapter, coauthored with my classmate Daniel Rees, studies volatility in terms of trade. The first chapter studies how the introduction of new assets in sovereign debt markets can increase a country's level of …
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Pricing of domestically consumed oil in Iran
… the rapidly increasing demand for oil in the domestic market may soon create undesirable consequences by severely limiting the availability of oil for export purposes. This is a factor of major concern for Iran as a developing country whose development plans and projects are to be met …
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Economics of small scale irrigation and resource use plans in the Bogra District of Bangladesh
… has always been less than what is needed for domestic consumption. To meet the food deficit every year it has to import food grain from outside. Irrigation can play a major role in the production of food grain in Bangladesh and can help to alleviate the situation. The pressure of population …
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Economics of small scale irrigation and resource use plans in the Bogra District of Bangladesh
… has always been less than what is needed for domestic consumption. To meet the food deficit every year it has to import food grain from outside. Irrigation can play a major role in the production of food grain in Bangladesh and can help to alleviate the situation. The pressure of population …
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