Author: Graciela Laura Kaminsky
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: country, risk, stock, returns, affect, ratings, markets, instability, sovereign, emerging
Number of Pages: 35
Published: 2001
eBookDB-ID: GGKEY:RT2C

Changes in sovereign ratings affect country risk and stock returns. And these changes are transmitted across countries, with neighbor-country effects being more significant.

Author: Orice Williams Brown (au)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: flood, insurance, program, national, administration, action, needed, improve, fema
Number of Pages: 86
Published: 2011-09
ISBN-10: 1437987249
ISBN-13: 9781437987249

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has been on a high-risk list since March 2006 because of concerns about its long-term financial solvency and related operational issues. Significant management challenges also affect the Federal Emergency Management Agencyżs (FEMA) ability to administer NFIP. This report examines: (1) the extent to which FEMAżs management practices affect the administration of NFIP; (2) lessons learned from the cancellation of FEMAżs attempt to modernize NFIPżs insurance management system; and (3) limitations on FEMAżs authority that could affect NFIPżs financi

Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: response, regional, conflicts, affect, capabilities, operations, heavy, key, peace
Number of Pages: 86
Published: 1995-07
ISBN-10: 0788120530
ISBN-13: 9780788120534

Discusses the impact that peace operations have on U. S. military forces, force structure limitations that may affect the military's ability to respond to other national security requirements while engaged in peace operations and options for increasing force flexibility and response capability.

Author: Robert Goldenkoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: funding, affect, allocations, congressional, testimony, factors, several, grants, census, data, among, formula
Number of Pages: 16
Published: 2010-01
ISBN-10: 1437919022
ISBN-13: 9781437919028

The fed. gov¿t. has annually distributed over $300 billion in fed. assistance through grant programs using formulas driven in part by census population data. The U.S. Census Bureau puts forth tremendous effort to conduct an accurate count of the nation's population, yet some error in the form of persons missed or counted more than once is inevitable. Because many fed. grant programs rely to some degree on population measures, shifts in population, inaccuracies in census counts, and methodological problems with population estimates can all affect the allocation of funds. This testimony discuss

Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: teens, facts, marijuana
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN-10: 1422316181
ISBN-13: 9781422316184

Contents: What is marijuana? How is it used? How long does it stay in the user's body? How many teens smoke marijuana? Why do young people use it? What happens if you smoke it? What are the short-term effects of marijuana use? Does marijuana affect school, sports, or other activities? What are the long-term effects of marijuana use? Does marijuana lead to the use of other drugs? How can you tell if someone has been using marijuana? Is marijuana sometimes used as a medicine? How does marijuana affect driving? If a woman is pregnant & smokes marijuana, will it hurt the baby? What does marijuana

Author: Unknown
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: international, conditions, affect, future, domestic, producers, program, impact, sweetener, users, sugar
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 1994-01-01
ISBN-10: 0788102621
ISBN-13: 9780788102622

A review of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's sugar program. Examines what the program's impact is on sweetener users & producers, & how changing domestic & international conditions are likely to affect the program's future. 25 charts & tables.

Author: Harold J. Johnson
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: defense, spending, allies, integration, implications, european, nato
Number of Pages: 58
Published: 1999-05
ISBN-10: 0756700760
ISBN-13: 9780756700768

This report assesses how European Economic & Monetary Union & the enlargement of the European Union may affect U.S. allies' ability to sustain or increase their defense budgets. It provides information & analysis concerning: (1) projected defense spending for several European countries, (2) budgetary effects of Economic & Monetary Union implementation & European Union enlargement, & (3) other significant factors that may affect countries' ability to share in the costs of NATO over the long run. Charts & tables.