1018-5895/10 www.palgrave-journals.com/gpp/ Insurance Development and Economic Growth* Liyan Hana‚ Donghui Lib‚ Fariborz Moshirianb and Yanhui Tiana a School of Economics & Management‚ Beihang University‚ Beijing‚ China. School of Banking and Finance‚ The University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia. E-mail: donghui@unsw.edu.au b This paper investigates the relationship between insurance development and economic growth by employing GMM models on a dynamic panel data set of 77 economies for
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Contribution of Agriculture and Petroleum Sector to the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy from 1960-2010 By 1 1 Aminu Umaru and 2Anono Abdulrahman Zubairu Department of Economics & 2Department of Management Technology School of Management and Information Technology Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Abstract This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural sector and petroleum sector to the economic growth and development (GDP) of the Nigerian economy
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population poli~y whose main fo~us was the reduction of the rapid population growth. The main population program was the family planning program aimed at providing contraceptive technology to reduce fertility. The rapid declines in fertility noted in some countries have been attributed in varying extent to the impact of such programs. It was difficult‚ however‚ to assessthe impact such program has had on the population growth since the countries that had achieved the most rapid declines in fertility
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GROWTH IN REGIONS Nicola Gennaioli Rafael La Porta Florencio Lopez de Silanes Andrei Shleifer Working Paper 18937 http://www.nber.org/papers/w18937 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 April 2013 We are grateful to Jan Luksic for outstanding research assistance‚ to Antonio Spilimbergo for sharing the structural reform data set‚ and to Robert Barro‚ Peter Ganong‚ and Simon Jaeger for extremely helpful comments. Shleifer
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Vermicomposting processor in Portland Oregon which continues to handle more than 2‚000 tons of food waste per year at an annual cost savings of approximately $70‚000.00. The Worm Castings are sold as an Organic soil amendment or mixed to form valuable plant growth media‚ as well as providing a natural pesticide and fungicide. In 1997: Awarded our first of three Phase I‚ and Phase II USDA-SBIR grants enabling advanced engineering‚ design and process modifications to be made in order to achieve a greater understanding
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Types of Information Security Controls Harold F. Tipton Security is generally defined as the freedom from danger or as the condition of safety. Computer security‚ specifically‚ is the protection of data in a system against unauthorized disclosure‚ modification‚ or destruction and protection of the computer system itself against unauthorized use‚ modification‚ or denial of service. Because certain computer security controls inhibit productivity‚ security is typically a compromise toward which security
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have prosperity without growth. The following six (6) themes are reviewed in order to determine their effect on the economy (and the Colorful Corporation): 3 1. Ecology & sustainability; 2. Population & demographics; 3. Science & technology; 4. Economy; 5. Geopolitics & security; and‚ 6. Society & culture. The aim of this report is to provide recommendations in order to determine: 1. Whether it is possible to have prosperity without growth; 2. The review of themes
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Economic Issues Economic Growth Economic Growth involves an increase in the volume of goods and services that an economy produces over a period of time. It is measured by the annual rate of change in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)‚ i.e. the percentage increase in the value of goods and services produced in an economy over a period of time‚ usually one year‚ adjusted for inflation Aggregate Demand Aggregate Demand (AD) is the total level of expenditure in the economy over a given period
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Model Assignment Issued April 2010 OCR Level 1 Principal Learning in Society‚ Health and Development H842 Unit F938: Human growth and development? Please note: This OCR model assignment may be used to provide evidence for the unit identified above. Alternatively‚ centres may ‘tailor’ the assignment within permitted parameters (see ‘Notes for Teachers’). It is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that any adaptations made to this assignment allow learners to meet all the assessment
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ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH _______________________________________ Growth is something for which most companies‚ large or small‚ strive. Small firms want to get big‚ big firms want to get bigger. Organizational growth‚ however‚ means different things to different organizations. How‚ then‚ is growth defined? How is it achieved? How does a company survive it? PHASES OF GROWTH A number of scholars and management theorists have developed models of how organizations change and grow. One such model is
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