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Ghana’s Progress on Reaching Out to the Unbanked Through Financial Inclusion 加纳通过普惠金融向无银行账户人群伸出援手的进展

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-08-01 DOI: 10.18843/IJMS/V5IS2/01

K. Boateng

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引用次数: 2

An Economic Perspective of the Export Potentiality of Aromatic Rice in Bangladesh 从经济角度看孟加拉国香米出口潜力

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-07-12 DOI: 10.3844/AJEBASP.2018.22.30

Riffat Ara Zannat Tama, A. R. Dhar, I. A. Begum

{"title":"An Economic Perspective of the Export Potentiality of Aromatic Rice in Bangladesh","authors":"Riffat Ara Zannat Tama, A. R. Dhar, I. A. Begum","doi":"10.3844/AJEBASP.2018.22.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3844/AJEBASP.2018.22.30","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted to assess the export potential of aromatic rice in Bangladesh as well as identify the factors affecting gross return from aromatic rice production. About 45 aromatic rice farms were selected from five villages of Dinajpur district using stratified sampling method for the study. Data were analyzed with a combination of descriptive statistics, mathematical and statistical techniques. Cobb-Douglas production function represented that three out of seven independent variables had significant impact on gross return from aromatic rice production. The significant variables were education, power tiller cost and fertilizer cost. Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) analysis showed that Bangladesh had comparative advantage in aromatic rice production both from the view point of export and import substitution, as DRC was 0.51 and 0.64 for import and export parity prices, respectively. The study suggests that price of fertilizer, seeds and other inputs should be maintained and marketing and trade related costs and barriers should be minimized to amplify the potential of aromatic rice production in Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":118874,"journal":{"name":"SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123914250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Impact of Labour Intensive Public Works on Youth Employment and Seasonal Migration: Evidence from Ghana 劳动密集型公共工程对青年就业和季节性移民的影响:来自加纳的证据

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-06-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3201148

Suleiman Namara, Felix Larry Essilfie, C. Dadzie

引用次数: 4

Is Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) in Stocks a Competitive Capital Investment? A Comparative Analysis Based on the Performance of Sustainable Stocks 社会责任投资股票是一种有竞争力的资本投资吗?基于可持续股票绩效的比较分析

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2018-05-28 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3186094

Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg, Jonas F. A. Gottschalk

引用次数: 8

Foreign Aid to the Pacific: Trends and Developments in the Twenty-First Century 太平洋外援:21世纪的趋势与发展

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-07-18 DOI: 10.1002/APP5.185

Matthew Dornan, J. Pryke

引用次数: 35

Generating Conflict: Gold, Water and Vulnerable Communities in the Colombian Highlands 冲突的产生:哥伦比亚高地的黄金、水和脆弱社区

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-06-01 DOI: 10.4337/9781783478385.00014

Christiana Ochoa

引用次数: 4

Future Values As the Basis for Multiple Investments Sharing Costs and Generating Extra Income 未来价值作为多重投资分担成本和产生额外收入的基础

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-05-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3093206

H. Puts, J. V. D. Heijden

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引用次数: 0

Institutional Investors, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Stock Price Performance 机构投资者、企业社会责任与股价表现

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-01-31 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2909307

E. Motta, Konari Uchida

引用次数: 25

The Effect of Publication, Format and Content of Integrated Reports on Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts 综合报告的发布、格式和内容对分析师收益预测的影响

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2017-01-20 DOI: 10.4337/9781786432636.00038

Suhee Kim, K. Maas, P. Perego

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引用次数: 10

Iran – The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform: Successes, Controversies, and Shortcomings of the 2010-2014 Reforms and Lessons for Future Reformers 《伊朗补贴改革编年史:2010-2014年改革的成功、争议与不足及对未来改革者的启示

SRPN: Other Socially Responsible Investment (Topic) Pub Date : 2016-11-23 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2874906

Roman Zytek, Mohammad Reza Farzin

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