... decline in land productivity and massive environmental degradation, contributing to rampant malnutrition amongst the Rwandan population Rwandans can no longer subsist on land and ways and means ... deficit) and external (Balance of Payments) macroeconomic disequilibria, alongside low savings and investment rates and high unemployment and underemployment (table 1) In addition, Rwanda’s exports, ... local demand and even move towards export As for services, in the medium to long term, this sector will become the most important engine of Rwanda’s economy Since Rwanda is landlocked and has...
... Introduction i Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt ii Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt Introduction iii Middle East and North African Region Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth ... Constraints? The Role of Finance in the Business Environment.” World Bank Database Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt A MACROECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Macroeconomic Environment ... Egypt xii Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt Introduction xiii Acknowledgments The Access to Financeand Growth in Egypt is a joint product of the Government of Egypt and the World Bank...
... investing and financing activities, and reconciles beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) - Statements issued by the FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ... transaction Real Property - Land and improvements, including buildings and PERSONAL PROPERTY, that is permanently attached to the land or customarily transferred with the land Reasonable Assurance ... buying and selling price SSARS - See STATEMENTS ON STANDARDS FOR ACCOUNTING AND REVIEW SERVICES 42 Standard Deduction - Individual taxpayers who not itemize their deductions are entitled to a standard...
... Introduction i Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt ii Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt Introduction iii Middle East and North African Region Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth ... Constraints? The Role of Finance in the Business Environment.” World Bank Database Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt A MACROECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Macroeconomic Environment ... Egypt xii Access to FinanceandEconomic Growth in Egypt Introduction xiii Acknowledgments The Access to Financeand Growth in Egypt is a joint product of the Government of Egypt and the World Bank...
... impact of economicactivity on inter-ethnic relations in Sri Lanka and Malaysia 5.1 Introduction 162 5.2 Economic activities and their outcome in Sri Lanka and Malaysia 164 2.1 Degree of economic ... between economic activities and EPPs shows that economic policies, government activities, and macroeconomic management were less supportive of EPPs in improving economic development and promoting ... related to economic factors (Gurr 1994; Sachs and Warner 1995; Easterly and Levine 1997; Collier 1998; Collier and Hoeffler 1998; Elbawadi and Sambanis 2000a; Fearon and Laitin 2000; Bussmann and Schneider...
... Demirguc-Kunt and Maksimovic (2004), Beck, Demirguc-Kunt and Levine (2006), Claessens and Laeven (2004), and Demirguc-Kunt, Laeven and Levine (2004) 21 more concentrated lending and lower economic ... First Results.” Journal of Banking and Finance, forthcoming Beck, T., Demirgüç-Kunt, A., and Levine, R 2005 “Law and Firms' Access to Finance. ” American Law and Economics Review 7, 211–252 Beck, ... hearing of the subcommittees on Economic Policy and International Trade and Finance, US Congress, April Cecchetti, S and Krause, S 2004 “Deposit Insurance and External Finance, ” NBER Working Paper...
... The Housing Market and Canada’s Economic Recovery Table of Contents Executive Summary Housingand the Economy Rental HousingandEconomic ... investment, and implement supportive policies across the housing spectrum Housingand the Economy Housingactivity has long been recognized as an important contributor to economic performance Housing, ... CEAP The Housing Market and Canada’s Economic Recovery As noted, reduced housingactivity can have a significant impact on employment; conversely, sustaining and expanding construction activity...
... discussions in 1997 and 1998 One set was with housing finance consultants and policy advisers working in the central European states of Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic and in the Russian ... programs of various sorts, and these may account for half of all units purchased with some form of finance The contrast between Poland and Russia in economic stability andeconomic growth in the past ... statement of Poland’s former housing minister, Barbara Blida, that the broad goal of housing policy is to “create a cohesive economicand legal system capable of generating construction demand.”9 Objective...
... decline in goods and services export volumes, an even sharper decline in import demand (partly explained by weaker investment demand) and lower food and oil prices meant that trade and current account ... of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009—a result of reduced economicactivityand induced conservation and substitution toward other energy sources in response to high oil prices Oil demand in OECD ... developingcountry financeandeconomic growth While necessary and desirable, tighter regulation in high-income countries will result in less abundant capital (both globally and domestically) and increased...
... withdrawal as a key factor driving recent economic demand and price trends in housing It is thought that the relationship between housing demand andhousingprices is at least partially tied to the ... housing A popular perspective on housingprices has been advanced by Glaeser, Gyourko, and Saks (2005), who contend that limits prices have further appreciated in supply explain the rise in housing ... trough in 1993 and 24 percent higher than the last highest peak in 1979 Furthermore, housingprices appreciated in 2005 In the peaks and troughs of the last two cycles, housingprices have been...
... conceptualization of the multiplicity and salience of major challenges to development and security, all of which require political and public awareness andeconomic resources for timely and efficient policy treatment ... of risks, costs and benefits of handling these hazards using a multicriteria and systems approach towards the setting of policy priorities and resource sharing In addition to and developing from ... ‘long tail’ and intergenerational modes of climate change impact and thus implies special monetary and/ or insurance funds to cover respective costs and expected damage On the other hand, looking...
... et al (2003) attribute coping capacity and adaptive capacity as separate dimensions of resilience, Smit and Wandel (2006) lump them together To Smit and Wandel (2006), adaptive capacity is equivalent ... learning and the social sources of adaptability, renewal and transformation; and (3) and understanding ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS of change and uncertainty as inherent in social-ecological systems ... CCA and DRR merged with insurance schemes could play an important role when discussing financial vulnerability and managing risks for governments and communities Understanding resilience and vulnerability...
... scholars, and increase collaboration between the young and the seasoned within academic institutions, development and relief organizations and government We see this path, embedded in adaptive and ... P., Pritchard, L and Young, O., 2006 Scale and cross-scale dynamics: governance and ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS information in a multilevel world Ecology and Society, 11(2) Coleman, F C and Williams, ... construction Science and Public Policy, 30(4) 235 Helmer, M and Hilhorst, D J M., 2006 Natural disasters and climate change Disasters, 30(1) – Hogarth, R M and Kunreuther, H C., 1985 Ambiguity and insurance...
... variability in landfalls 3.2 Landfall rates and proportion Table shows for three different periods – 1900 – 2008, 1951–2008 and 1979–2008 – the frequency of annual landfalls in the first and second ... relationships of ENSO, NAO and AMO on landfalling storms and damage (e.g Elsner and Jagger, 2006; Jagger et al., 2008) Elsner and Jagger (2008) find a relationship between the solar cycle and US hurricane ... basin activity, with yearly forecasts provided by teams from Colorado State University TABLE Landfalling hurricanes, total normalized damage and damage per landfall for four equal periods 1901– Landfalling...
... can and cannot be known about the uncertain future And such wisdom starts with understanding the historical record and why the scientific community cannot produce skilful forecasts of future landfalls ... States hurricane landfalls and damages 199 Coughlin, K., Bellone, E., Laepple, T., Jewson, S and Nzerem, K., 2009 A relationship between all Atlantic hurricanes and those that make landfall in the ... doi:10.1038/nature04477 Landsea, C W., 2007 Counting Atlantic Tropical Cyclones back to 1900 EOS, 88 197 and 202 Lonfat, M., Boissonnade, A and Muir-Wood, R., 2007 Atlantic Basin, US and Caribbean landfall rates...