Author: Bernard M. Hoekman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: research, findings, facts, stylized, employment, trade
Number of Pages: 37
Published: 2005
eBookDB-ID: GGKEY:DXTH

"The substantial literature investigating the links between trade, trade policy, and labor market outcomes-both returns to labor and employment-has generated a number of stylized facts, but many open questions remain. This paper surveys the subset of the literature focusing on trade policy and integration into the world economy. Although in the longer run trade opportunities can have a major impact in creating more productive and higher paying jobs, this literature tends to take employment as given. A common finding is that much of the shorter run impacts of trade and reforms involve reallocat

Author: Timothy J. McDonald
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: takes, diabetes, community, business, difference, making
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2008-07
ISBN-10: 1437901271
ISBN-13: 9781437901276

Approx. 6% of the American population have diabetes, and employees with diabetes are found at all levels of a co. They do not want diabetes to prevent them from doing a good job and, with your co. and/or labor unionżs support for their efforts to manage their disease, they can remain productive and contribute significantly to your org. success. This report explains how you and your co. can realize cost savings and support productive employees with the disease. Contents: Glycemic Control; Why Is Diabetes Important?; A Commitment Benefiting Everyone; Human and Economic Consequences of Diabetes;

Author: World Bank. Independent Evaluation Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: impact, benefits, ieg, evaluation, costs, reassessment, rural, electrification, welfare
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 2008-03-06
ISBN-10: 0821373676
ISBN-13: 9780821373675

Rural electrification can have many benefits-not only bringing lighting, but improving the quality of health care, spreading information and supporting productive enterprises. The extent of these benefits has been questioned, arguing that they may be insufficient to justify the investment costs. This book quantifies these benefits. It finds that the benefits can indeed be high, substantially outweighing the costs, and that consumer willingness to pay is generally sufficient to achieve financial sustainability. However, benefits could be increased further by providing smart subsidies to assist

Author: William McCollum
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: judiciary, house, representatives, committee, hearing, prison, industries, inc, federal
Number of Pages: 169
Published: 1996-05
ISBN-10: 0756700604
ISBN-13: 9780756700607

Hearing on Federal Prison Industries, Inc., one of the most important correctional programs in the Fed. Bureau of Prisons (FBP). Through this program, inmates are employed in productive, real-life work & learn basic job skills, self-discipline, & the importance of honest, productive work to our society. Under the trade name UNICOR, it produces goods in over 150 product lines & has gross annual revenues in excess of $459 million. The UNICOR program is entirely self-sufficient. No taxpayer moneys are used to operate it. Witnesses: Kathleen Hawk, Dir. of the FBP, & Steve Schwalb, COO of UNICOR; &

Author: Diego F. Angel-Urdinola
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: creditworthiness, signal, associations, productive, participation
Number of Pages: 21
Published: 2008
eBookDB-ID: GGKEY:XHWZ

Author: Committee on an Aging Society (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies
Keywords: society, older, roles, productive
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1986
eBookDB-ID: NAP:11703

Author: Bhattarai, M.Pant, D.Mishra, V. S.Devkota, H.Pun,
Publisher: IWMI
Keywords: indrawati, river, basin, nepal, equitable, productive, development, management, water, resources, integrated
Number of Pages: 77
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 9290904860
ISBN-13: 9789290904861