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Stochastic Food Prices And Slash-And-Burn Agriculture, Christopher B. Barrett

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

This paper explores the interrelationship between poverty, risk, and deforestation by small farmers in the low-income tropics. A nonseparable household model reveals how exogenous shocks to the mean or variance of a food price distribution affect peasants' incentives to clear forest. The resulting links between food price policy, farmer behavior, and deforestation offer an innovative explanation of the vicious cycle of peasant immiserization and tropical deforestation. An intriguing, testable hypothesis also emerges: market-oriented reforms that increase the mean and variance of food prices may inadvertently stimulate deforestation in economies in which a sizable proportion of farmers are net buyers.

Department Of Biological And Earth Sciences Newsletter, Texas A&M University-Commerce

Browse All Subject Files

A black and white newsletter from the Department of Biological and Earth Sciences at Texas A&M University-Commerce. It includes information about the newly created department, a list of scholarship recipients, and faculty highlights.

The Euclid Heights Allotment: A Palimpsest Of The Nineteenth Century Search For Real Estate Value In Cleveland's East End, William C. Barrow

ETD Archive

The Euclid Heights Allotment was a late nineteenth century predecessor to the Van Sweringen brothers' Shaker Heights development, anticipating many of the themes of its more famous successor. Located on the heights overlooking Case Western Reserve University, Euclid Heights was the first elite subdivision to marry new electric streetcar technology with the romantic appeal of Cleveland's heights and provide a sheltered, restricted residential community for the wealthy citizens gradually moving out Euclid Avenue to the University Circle area.

This allotment, in its various phases, was not the first use of the site, either for land speculation or allotments. Borrowing the …

Pearl, Volume 6, 1997, Rollins College Students

The Pearl

Yearly magazine of creative and other writings from undergraduates and faculty of Rollins College Brevard Campus, sponsored by the Rollins English Department.

Putting The Governance Of African Internal Security Fources Under The Rule Of Law, James C.N. Paul

Third World Legal Studies

No abstract provided.

1997-1999-Unm Catalog, Unm Office Of The Registrar

Course Catalogs

Course catalog for 1997-1999

Dominican Studies: Resources And Research Questions, Luis Alvarez-López, Sherrie Baver, Jean Weisman, Ramona Hernández, Nancy López

Publications and Research

This collection of bibliographies, research reports, listings of resources, and discussions of research question, gathers the results of various projects sponsored by the Dominican Studies Institute.

A Light To The Mountains: Morehead State University, 1887-1997, Donald F. Flatt

Morehead State College Histories

No abstract provided.

Teaching Democratic Theory Democratically, Mark Mattern

Political Science Faculty Articles and Research

In this article, Mattern reviews the results of one experiment in democratic education that sheds light on Democratic education in Public Schools.

Northern Iowa Today, V80n2, Winter 1997, University Of Northern Iowa Alumni Association

UNI Today

Inside This Issue:
--The real world starts today
--Cease and de-stress
--Habits of the mind
--Faculty profile: Melba Widmer
--Alumni profile: Sandy Stevens
--College & University
--Class Notes
--Perspective: Experiential learning motivates students to succeed

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 46, No. 2, Nancy Kettering Frye, Jean-Paul Benowitz, Amos Long Jr., John A. Milbauer

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• "An Uncommon Woman" in the Age of the Common Man: The Life and Times of Sarah Righter Major
• Maintaining Mennonite Identity: The Old Order Church in Pennsylvania and Virginia
• The End of an Era: The Last One-Room Public Schools in Lebanon County
• Pennsylvania Extended in the Cherokee Country: A Study of Log Architecture

75th Anniversary Two Year Calendar, 1997-1998, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The 75th Anniversary Two Year Calendar for 1997-1998, which lists the significant events in the history of Morehead State University from 1887 to 1997.

1997-1998 Operating Budget, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Operating Budgets Archive

1997-1998 Operating Budget of Morehead State University.

Adult Attachment Style And Attitudinal Assessment Of Preferred Timing Of First Marriage, Elizabeth J. Arthur

Honors Projects

The study assessed the factors contributing to expected ages of marriage in two student populations that are presumed to differ in academic achievement and goals. A primarily goal of this study was to describe the influence that adult attachment style has upon a person's expected age at marriage. A secondary goal was to explore other social and goal-oriented influences on timing of marriage in the two populations. There were no significant differences in attachment style for men and women. The more Avoidantly a person ranked, the later the age at which they expected to get married. University students' ideas about …

Values Education: Using The Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements In Social Studies To Teach Values, Elizabeth Smith

All Graduate Projects

The development of a Values Education curriculum included with the Social Studies curriculum was studied. Related literature was reviewed. The review of literature showed that school systems that have tried a comprehensive values education plan are finding some pro-social results from their programs. Lessons were developed for West Valley (WA) fifth grade students using the Washington State Essential Learning requirements in Civics. A summary, conclusions and recommendations are included.

From The Bramble Bush To The Web: How The Internet Is Changing The Practice Of Law, James G. Milles

Other Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Helms-Burton And Canadian-American Relations At The Crossroads: The Need For An Effective, Bilateral Cuban Policy, Christine L. Quickenden

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Trade-Based Constitutionalisms: The Framework For Universalizing Substantive International Law?, Brian F. Fitzgerald

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Between Diversity And Disorder: A Review Of Jorri C. Duursma, Fragmentation And The International Relations Of Micro-States: Self-Determination And Statehood, Thomas D. Grant

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Britain And The French Resistance 1940-1942 : A False Start, Laurie West Van Hook

Master's Theses

During the Second World War, the French Resistance failed to unify or work effectively with Charles de Gaulle, the movement's symbolic leader. The Resistance maintained a troublesome relations with Great Britain. Neither side overcame a series of conflicts, battling egos, and internal confusion. As a result, Britain and the Resistance never developed a mature relationship that could aid the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942 (Torch) and Normandy in June 1955 (Overlord). The British lacked a unified policy toward the French Resistance. Acting out a sense of desperation and isolation, the British clung …

Temple, New Hampshire 1996 Annual Report For The Year Ending December 31, 1996., Temple Town Representatives

Temple, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Report Of The Selectmen, Treasurer, Road Agent, Police Chief, And Trustees Of The Trust Funds And Other Officers And Committees Of The Town Of Croydon, New Hampshire, For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1996, With The Vital Statistics For The Year 1996., Croydon Town Representatives

Croydon, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Nsu Graduate Teacher Education Program (Gtep) Class Schedule Winter 1997, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Introduction And History Of The Canada-U.S. Law Institute, Sidney Picker Jr.

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Introduction And History Of The Canada-U.S. Law Institute, Sidney Picker Jr.

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Science And International Regulatory Convergence, Jeffery Atik

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

National regulation is frequently premised on scientific assump- tions; much of regulatory design is based on scientific findings. Con- sumer product, food and drug and workplace safety standards all depend on a scientific assessment of the risks faced by the public and of the efficacy of an adopted measure in addressing these risks. Build- ing codes, waste disposal protocols and mandated immunization of school children all proceed from the technical recommendations of the scientific community. In current Western society, a regulatory measure lacking a scien- tific basis will be subject to criticism and perhaps ridicule; it may be struck down …

Shrinking Water Resources: The National Security Issue Of This Century, Niveen Tadros

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

There are several places in the world where war could erupt over a dwindling supply of clean water from shared water resources. As one nation after another finds itself reaching its water resource limits, the potential for conflict among them intensifies. Add to already scarce reserves pollution of the water source, and the global picture appears more menacing. In fact, public health officials attribute al- most 80% of illnesses in developing countries to contaminated water;' the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reports that more than 35,000 children all over the world die every day from hunger or disease caused …

A Divorce Waiting To Happen: Franklin Roosevelt And The Law Of Neutrality, 1935-1941, Aaron Xavier Fellmeth

Buffalo Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Access Rights: A Necessary Corollary To Custody Rights Under The Hague Convention On The Civil Aspects Of International Child Abduction, Priscilla Steward

Fordham International Law Journal

This Note argues that the aspect of the Hague Abduction Convention addressing access rights is ineffective because it has forced some courts to misconstrue provisions of the Hague Abduction Convention in order to carry out the Convention's intent. This Note further argues that the burden of establishing the absence of a wrongful removal or retention should fall upon the parent who has removed the child. This Note also argues that the Hague Conference should amend the Convention to order a court to enforce previously ordered access rights in the child's new habitual residence. Part I provides an historical background on …

Proceedings Of The 12th International Congress Of Speleology. Volume 6: Symposium 4, Recent Discoveries. Late Papers Submissions. Administrative Details 12th International Congress Of Speleology. Volume 6 Symposium 4, Recent Discoveries. Late Papers Submissions. Administrative Details, Pierre-Yves Jeannin

KIP Talks and Conferences

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