agricultural vulnerability and adaptation in developing countries the asiapacific region

... prolonged and the use of groundwater for irrigation would increase in the country In particular, because of the increases in the minimum and maximum tem-peratures and the decreases in seasonal rainfall, ... decreasing rainfall in the pre- and postmonsoon seasons, in which rainfall declined by 8 and 4  mm decade−1, respectively The pre- and postmonsoon rainfall in Bangladesh declined sharply during the two ... both the monsoon and winter periods The projections for rainfall indicate more rain dur-ing the monsoon and less rain during dry periods Very small changes in the tem-perature and rainfall can lead

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2020, 13:54

... percentage point increase in the savings ratio causes a 2.5 per cent increase in the steady-state level of income Our empirical results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the mean of the ... against the three regions in the sample The horizontal line in Figure is the mean group estimate (0.4 per cent) There are ‘outliers’ in each of the three regions, notably Cameroon and Ghana in ... differences in the total impact across regions, implying that the expected gain from FDI to the African region should, in principle, equal the impact of FDI in Asia and Latin America Moreover, by more informal

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2018, 19:54

... buildings-related, business and legal databases, and interviews with insurance and risk management representatives aimed at finding information on the direct costs to the insurance industry of poor building IAQ, ... complaints in commercial buildings, and the frequency of litigation over the effects of poor IAQ is increasing These increases have ramifications for insurance carriers, which pay for many of the ... Improvement and Energy Conservation Programs (NEEIECP), elaborated by the Hungarian Ministry of Industry and Trade and accepted by the Government in 1994 The energy saving expected from the program

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20

... been using Radioisotope... large cylinder and the small cylinder, respectively [42] The objective of these is to assist in rapid heating and cooling during the isothermal expansion and ... Stirling cycle machines The size, energy density and economic constrain may not favor the replacement of internal combustion engines in automobiles with these machines,... machines operating ... application are solar and wind energy The other possibility could be the use of biofuels instead of diesel in. .. existing methodologies used by farmers in developing countries, and provides

Ngày tải lên: 29/11/2014, 07:23

... study the online banking adoption behaviour in the context of the developing and least-developed countries Also, the past empirical studies on online banking basing in the theory of trying have ... adoption of online banking using the lens of the theory of trying based on the data collection from the customers using the internet banking service already, in the developing countries context ... according to the theory of trying, in the context of developing and least-developed countries, the online banking adoption behaviour is a problematic behaviour that is subject to internal and external

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2020, 16:23

... an emphasis on not only producing novel scientific findings but verifying the effectiveness of the findings in the actual environments prevailing in the respective countries Specifically, this ... students, and administrators engaged in the field of crop production and food security in developing regions, and lessons learnt will be useful to re-design the strategy to address the issues involved ... exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this

Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2023, 18:54

... 2012) The binding of the TFs to the DRE induces the expression of the target genes and activates the mechanisms involved in protecting cellular structures during exposures to stress conditions The ... chamber. The DREB1A and DREB2A TFs from the ABA-independent pathway bind to the promoter region of target genes containing an essential cis-element with the core sequence A/GCCGAC, which is named the ... combinations into soybean cells using biolistic and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-based methods We evaluated the stress tolerance of the resulting trans-genic plants in a greenhouse and in the field

Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2023, 18:54

... micro-environments-rural and urban indoors dominate when looking at the time spent by either the. .. when they become needed Putting in the brackets for scrubbers to be added later and reserving the land ... emissions trading or exposure trading principles In this case, the government, rather than the owners of the sources, would determine the marginal-cost and marginal-damage functions and ... not in dispute, since outdoor air infiltrates indoors (and vice versa) The question is how good an indicator is it? The answer depends on the tightness of the housing and the

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... spending per capita and its determinants can be quite useful in assessing the importance of these links and other possible “indirect” influences of ageing, defined in the sense of a changing age-distribution, ... thereby enhancing the incomes of the elderly and influencing the social arrangements in which they live; by expanding public insurance coverage of specific services and influencing health care ... in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands – is more mixed, suggesting slight declines, or even increases in disability rates among some of the elderly In developing countries, the trend appears

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 13:20

... improvement, setting specific objectives, selecting and measuring indicators, data analysis and interpretation, running effective meetings, involving the community, involving district level and national ... pre-service training of health workers and in-service training of current staff  Incorporating quality indicators into routine monitoring and reporting systems; add quality monitoring to supervisory ... from the beginning of the improvement effort is essential to prepare for scaling up and adoption at a large scale This is an important step toward sustaining the gains and institutionalizing the

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... Among them is the inadequacy of human resources (HR) in developing countries In the health sector in general, and in maternal health in particular, health care professionals are at the heart of the ... documented in the selected studies Bearing in mind, on the one hand, ethical and logistical constraints, and on the other, the extent to which staff performance depends on material and organizational ... is therefore both a health and a development indicator In fact, the risk of dying during pregnancy is 1/6 in the poorest countries compared with 1/30 000 in Northern Europe [2] Because of the

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... to be net victims The findings point to the challenges facing innovators in developing countries and the role of banks in curbing corruption and tax evasion Trang 3Are Innovating Firms Victims ... financing of new investments or working capital is 50% or greater Informal Financing takes the value 0 if the sum of family, informal and other financing of new investments and working capital is ... to innovate in three ways They can self-finance using retained earnings net of taxes, or obtain external financing from either a bank or from informal sources Firms face a trade-off in going

Ngày tải lên: 21/04/2016, 07:15

... studies on indus-trial countries In fact, the heterogeneity between industrial and developing countries may even lead to opposing implications and incentives for poli-cymakers, aggravating a joined ... significance of the estimation result The final part of the thesis (chapter 8) summarizes and comments on the main findings of both the theoretical and empirical chapters This ter also includes a ... corresponding change in high-powered money in circulation, which compensates for the shift in money demand, thereby in-sulating the domestic economy from the original shock The application of the same

Ngày tải lên: 23/05/2018, 13:32

... 1.2.1 Overview on the human right to health and medical access (definition and role in ensuring  the development of human) 1.2.2 The reality of public health in developing countries ­ The reality of illness in developing countries and reasons (hunger, poverty, lack of  ... relationship between protecting pharmaceutical patents under the TRIPs Agreement and the  medical   access   in   general   and   in   developing   countries   in   particular,   as   well   as   the  establishment of the TRIPs­plus trend (with the example of the Trans­Pacific Partnership  ... 1TRIPs, TRIPs­plus trend and the public health in developing countries Outline. The right to health is one of the basic and essential human rights, which is provided in international  law as well as in national legislation (Article 25 of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human 

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2020, 11:39

... (Canada and the United States), Europe and Australia, interested in sustainability, have been developing and applying community indicator frameworks or incorporating indicators into their sustainable ... community indicators in rural areas in developing countries and principles for applying this framework effectively in these areas The framework is developed by using the abductive and participatory ... 2: SYSTEMIC INDICATORS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: BRINGING THE SHARED VISION INTO BEING 47 Chapter 3: SYSTEMIC INDICATORS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EMPIRICAL

Ngày tải lên: 23/05/2021, 13:17

... approaches and the measurement of human well- being Wellbeing in Developing Countries ESRC Research Group, UK Williams 2010, 'Systems thinking and capacity building in the international arena', in N ... Reserve in Vietnam, highlighting the importance of integrating various ecological, social, and economic factors to achieve sustainable outcomes The findings, presented in the Proceedings of the International ... trends and community indicators in the late 1980s and early 1990s, highlighting the integration of individual perspectives to better reflect community wellbeing The use of indicators and information

Ngày tải lên: 12/07/2023, 16:30

... legitimacy and potentially increases the working and living conditions of the former informal actors Furthermore it opens up the opportunity for cooperation and better coordination between formal and informal ... it, the American war, led to the formation of a vital recycling business Nowadays the demand for secondary raw materials is still high and the informal recycling business meets this demand The ... Master's Thesis THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUSTAINABILITY EFFECTS OF FORMALISATION CONSIDERING HO CHI MINH CITY – VIETNAM AS AN EXAMPLE carried out at the Institute

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2013, 18:48

... forms of income-generating activity in the home. They are also likely to be put to work helping their mothers with their jobs, increasing the risks to their health and safety. Working in isolation, ... agriculture and into expanding manufacturing, service, and commerce sectors. These and concomitant changes in the living situations of women and families throughout the globe—including urbanization and ... from the child during feeding and monitoring the amounts eaten, insuring the cleanliness of the feeding location, etc. (Engle et. al. 1999). Compared with adults, children lack the maturity and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... particulates and other pollutants emitted by industry and vehicles. 50 There is increasing interest in the problem in India, China, and other rapidly developing countries of Asia, where the effects ... urban health in developing countries, documenting the intraurban differences in health for a number of countries and showing how the risks facing the urban poor compare with those facing rural ... awareness and standardize diagnoses and clinical practice; targeted training; and systemwide regulatory interventions. 20 Very few of the interventions in these areas have had their health...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... at the end of each lesson using short stories and poems in reading class. The data collected then is analyzed and based on the findings, techniques in teaching reading comprehension integrating ... to them. As a result, they get involve in the text and interact with the text by sharing their feelings or experience. Furthermore, if a reader in efferent reading is supposed to carry the information ... exploring some of the issues relevant to the use of literature in language teaching in general and introducing the advantages of short story and poem in ESL classroom in particular. The links...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:21