... heritagemostnationsshare,inoneformoranother,istheparableofsevenyearsofplentyfollowed by seven years of lean. In spite ofthe lessons of history,cyclical swingsin food output persist, and they result from, and further distort, ... Moreover,inworking out the implications of actions foreseen in the pursuit ofthe objectives of its visionforthecomingquartercentury,theCGIARitselffindsthathundredsofmillionsofpeople—perhapsnofewerthantoday—willremainseriouslyundernourishedorworse.IftheCGIARVisionistobetakenseriouslyasaguidetoactionwithinand ... maintained. But the bets of FAO, OECD, and IFPRI are hedged. These organizations occupy the middleground. Each shares the views ofthe Bank regarding the need to encouragefurther increases in...
... ln(assets) and the equity ratioare available monthly. In the regressions, for each operation we use the values of these twovariables at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance ... studies the data cross-sectionally. Section 5 presents the panel analysis and provides the main results ofthe paper. Section 6 concludes. The Appendix contains an overview ofthe structure ofthe ... maturing loans from the operations two weeks ago. Toexamine this, we define the size ratio to be the expected size ofthe current operationas a percentage ofthe size ofthe operation two weeks...
... the richer and the more powerful ofthe two, because the trade ofthe Far East was beyond comparison the most lucrative in the world. Aiming straight at the source ofthe greatest profits the ... 1900-1914 X. What ofthe Night? I THE MEANING AND THE MOTIVES OF IMPERIALISM One ofthe most remarkable features ofthe modern age has been the extension of the influence of European civilisation ... direct knowledge ofthe countries which were the sources of their wealth. The threat ofthe Empire of Genghis Khan in the thirteenth century aroused the interest of Europe, and the bold friars,...
... and the other leg is bent at the knee, and the calf is horizontal to the ground. His sink is a miracle of detritus. There were a couple of cans of Edge Gel shaving cream with the tops off ... in the tennis courts are on the left and there’s a place to park in front of them. I pulled in, turned a U in front ofthe guard gate to the Sea Bluff development, and parked in front ofthe ... cream with the tops off both of them and the top ofthe cans were rusty. There was a box of Q-tips. There were used safety razors. There were stacks and stacks of old pari-mutuel tickets that...
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... allowthem to gauge the extent ofthe starry congregations withoutleaving the surface ofthe Earth. The most important clue to the distribution of stars is the phenomenon we call the Milky Way. The ... ofthe sky is, of course, due to the rotation ofthe Earth, not the sky, and we know that the starsare not all at the same distance, as they would be if they werefixed to the inner surface of ... sense the slow rotation of the sphere, carrying the stars across your field of view from east towest, and slinging them underneath you on the other side of the Earth. The apparent daily movement of...
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... năng của Việt Nam trong năm 2007 dự tính gần 0.3 tỷ KWh và theo dự báo, nếu các dự án mới của EVN hoàn thành và đi vào phát điện theo đúng lộ trình thì tới năm 2010 sản lượng điện cả nước mới ... so với các cổ phiếu blue-chip khác xét theo chỉ số PE. Trong khi đó, năm 2007 mức tăng trưởng của lợi nhuận và EPS của PPC và VSH rõ ràng cũng không thể theo kịp những công ty này. Với những ... Tỷ lệ cổ tức trên giá được tính bằng tỷ lệ cổ tức cho năm 2007 chia cho giá ngày 13/07/2007 8 Theo báo cáo của Goldman Sachs trong ngày 28/06/2007 cho thị trường châu Á, PE07 của Trung quốc...
... in the French Ministry of Finance. 3 THE STORYOF ODA: A HISTORY OF DAC/DCD IN DATES, NAMES AND FIGURESOn the eve of my departure on retirement after some 33 years of work in the service ofthe ... ofthe Board of Governors ofthe IMF on the International Monetary Systemis set up on the proposal ofthe Committee of Twenty (" ;the Ad Hoc Committee on Reform of the International Monetary ... meeting ofthe Working Party ofthe Development Assistance Group at the Château de la Muette at highlevel under the Chairmanship of Stedtfeld from Germany, to monitor the reporting of financial...
... solution of sal-ammoniac. The oxide of manganese relieves the carbon plate of its hydrogen. The strength ofthe solution is maintained by spare crystals of sal-ammoniac lying on the bottom of the ... article of trade with the Phoenicians, those early merchants ofthe Mediterranean. The attractive power might enhance the value ofthe gem in the eyes ofthe superstitious ancients, but they ... each other. It follows that the magnetic pole ofthe compass needle which turns to the north must be unlike the north and like the south magnetic pole ofthe earth. Instead of calling it the...
... front ofthe vaults. At the other end ofthe aislewas the door which opened on the two private offices. Just before this door stood a large chest of drawerswhere was kept a large part ofthe ... up. They'renearly twice what they were when we took hold. Next quarter we'll pay the first dividend in the history of the bank that anywhere near represents the working value ofthe ... 21 The Banker and the Bear The Storyof a Corner in Lardby Henry Kitchell WebsterNew York The MacMillan Company London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd.1900 THE BANKER AND THE BEAR The Banker and the...
... urging them to it; you would have thought they were setting out for the Olympian games.It was the same with the young men on the other side ofthe Rhine, and there as here, they were escorted bytheir ... first of joys? Brothers ofthe world, which of you envies the others or would deprivethem of this just happiness? What have we to do with the ambitions and rivalries, covetousness, and ills of the mind, ... leave to the future the image of a sort of bugaboo Cronos, or of his Olympian son whomChrist superseded. Your ideal of humanity is the highest rung ofthe ladder, the announcement ofthe newgod...