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Domestic Public Debt In Egypt: Magnitude, Structure, And Consequences, Gouda Abdel-Khalek

Faculty Book Chapters

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Integrating Environmentally Focused Experiential Learning Into The Curriculum: An Interdisciplinary Case Study, Bridget M. Lyons, Marion Calabrese, Teresa Ralabate

WCBT Faculty Publications

This paper details the use of a local environmental issue as a case study for an interdisciplinary project in an Economics and an English course.

Evolving Tenure Rights And Agricultural Intensification In Southwestern Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray

Economics

Popular and official representations of the environment in Burkina Faso present soils as fragile and potentially subject to catastrophic collapse in fertility. In the cotton growing zone of southwestern Burkina Faso, researchers and policy makers attribute changes in land cover and land quality to population growth. This paper presents evidence questioning the dominant "population-degradation narrative" as applied to Burkina. We find that farmers are intensifying their production systems. While population has led to land scarcity, farmers are responding to both the resulting uncertainty in land rights and reductions in soil quality by intensifying the production process. Investments are used both …

Trends. Altruism As Egoism In International Trade Policy: Some Strange Bedfellows, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the tenuous nature of political cooperation between advocates of trade unionism and environmentalism.

A Woman's Field Is Made At Night: Gendered Land Rights And Norms In Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray

Economics

Gendered social norms and institutions are important determinants of agricultural activities in southwestern Burkina Faso. This paper argues that gendered land tenure, in particular, has effects on equity and efficiency. The usual view of women as holders of secondary, or indirect, rights to land must be supplemented by a more nuanced understanding of tenure. Women's rights are in fact considerably more complex than the simple right to fields from their husbands. First, women's rights to property obtained from men may be coupled with other rights and obligations. In many ethnic groups, women have share rights to the harvest of their …

Studies In Matamoros And Cameron County History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

The Pineda plaque / Don Clifford -- El romanticismo Hispanoamericano también floreció aquí / Jorge Green Huie -- La batalla de la Resaca de la Palma / Carlos Rosas -- Los Matamorenses fundan el casino / Andres Cuellar -- The shifting relationship between Harlingen and San Benito in the first three decades of the Twentieth century / Milo Kearney -- Reading Zane Grey in Brownsville / Mimosa Stephenson -- After the boss: Twentieth century political trends of Brownsville city government / Anthony K. Knopp -- Ethnicity and political participation in Cameron and Hidalgo counties: Mexican American voters and nonvoters / …

Diversification And Promotion Of Exports Of Nigeria's Energy Products., M. O. Ojo

Bullion

Energy is a critical input in the economic development process. It is expended in one form or the other in agricultural production activities, especially food processing and transportation. and in the production of farm inputs such as fertilizer. pesticides and agricultural equipment. Energy is equally necessary for industrial operations or facilitating the running of plant and machinery of manufacturing units. It is also required for house-hold cooking & lighting and for the construction and operation of the infrastructure needed for schools, health care services and water sup-ply. Indeed, the levels of energy supply nd consumption are strong indicators of overall …

Local Politics In The Time Of Turabi's Revolution: Gender, Class And Ethnicity In Western Sudan, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray

Economics

In one small village in western Sudan local political struggles over power and resources are enmeshed in discursive struggles over representations of gender, ethnicity, class and community. Analysis of two specific conflicts illustrates this point. In one conflict over control of a village grain co-operative some villagers sought to exclude women, West African immigrants and the poor from participating in political decision-making. In a second conflict over a roadside market these same villagers, empowered by the divisive rhetoric and policies of the National Islamic Front regime, again mobilised dominant representations of class, gender and ethnicity in an attempt to prevent …

Studies In Brownsville & Matamoros History, Milo Kearney, Anthony K. Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

Jose de Escandon and the settlement of South Texas in the late Colonial Era, 1746-1821 / Harriet Denise Joseph -- La poesia de arte menor en la Cronica de Sanchez Garcia / Jorge Green Huie -- The Battle of Palo Alto: a preliminary gathering of primary sources arranged by selected holdings / Thomas B. and Marie J. Carroll -- Francisco Yturria / Lilia Garcia -- The start of Brownsville-Matamoros telephone link / Bruce Aiken -- La presidencia de Don Salvador Cardenas: Enero-Junio de 1920 / Andres F. Cuellar -- Doctor, maestro, periodista, literato Manuel Feliciano Rodriguez Brayda / Elia Garcia …

Economic Development In Nepal: Issues And Strategies, Ambika P. Adhikari, Kunjar M. Sharma

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

No abstract provided.

For Whom Is The Rural Economy Resilient? Initial Effects Of Drought In Western Sudan, Leslie C. Gray, Michael Kevane

Economics

This discussion piece addresses two recent debates: entitlement theory and the resilience of rural systems. The authors find that in western Sudan entitlement theory provides a specific and useful framework for understanding the nature of the crisis confronting the society. Arguments about the resilience of rural systems, however, need to be more closely examined and will depend on site-specific factors. The rural economy and society of western Sudan were not found to be resilient.

Toward A Sustainable Maine : The Politics, Economics, And Ethics Of Sustainability, Richard Barringer (Ed.)

Maine Collection

Toward A Sustainable Maine : The Politics, Economics, and Ethics of Sustainability

Richard Barringer, editor, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine

Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, 1993.

The proceedings of a conference presented at Bowdoin College on March 19 and 20, 1993, by the Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Southern Maine, and by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Ellen Baum, conference organizer.

Contents; Foreword by Richard Barringer / Welcome by Everett Carson / Global, Canadian, and Maine Perspectives / Sustaining Our Natural and …

Still More Studies In Brownsville History, Milo Kearney

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

A historical sketch of Fort Brown / Bruce Aiken -- A brief history of Los Fresnos / James A. Keillor -- Olmito, Texas: a town of unfulfilled dreams / Tim Snyder -- Water as a magic element in the Rio Grande Valley’s history / Brian Robertson -- Brownsville’s sisters of the Incarnate Word / Rosalinda Olivares-Sosa -- Out marriage among Hispanics : Cameron County, 1870-1970 / Randy Davidson -- A history of Brownsville’s Cuban community / Michael Lopez -- A few comments on the history of Blacks in Brownsville / Cornelio Nouel -- The Brownsville Jewish community : from generation …

More Studies In Brownsville History, Milo Kearney

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

Resacas and bancos in Brownsville history / Antonio N. Zavaleta -- An American “melting pot” in the Coahuiltecan homeland / Roberto Mario Salmon -- De la Garzas, Ballis, and the political history of the region that would later become Cameron County / Milo Kearney -- The corridos of Mexico and South Texas: modern variations on Medieval themes / George K. Green -- O todo o nada / Manuel F. Rodriguez Brayda -- Asi paga el diablo / Manuel F. Rodriguez Brayda -- Point Isabel and the Mexican War / A.A. Champion and Henry G. Krausse, jr -- An historic hail …

Studies In Brownsville History, Milo Kearney

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

Annotated Bibliography of the History of Brownsville and the Adjacent Area / George R. Gause, Jr. -- The Coahuiltecan legacy of South Texas / Roberto M. Salmon and Juanita Elizondo Garza -- Cihuacoatl is alive and well in Brownsville / George K. Green -- The Valley’s first settlers / told by San Juanita Vela de Lozano to Peter Gawenda -- The watermaidens / told by ‘Jefe’ in the Market Square barbershop, written down by Peter Gawenda -- The Indian maidens / told by Felipe Lozano recorded by Peter Gawenda -- Brownsville’s Santanderino strain / Milo Kearney -- Steamboats on the …

Plan Of Study For Cross Florida Barge Canal: Economic Analysis, United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers. Jacksonville District

Correspondence and Textual Material

At the time of the previous study of transportation savings, commerce in coal primarily for electric power generation could not be ·projected with any degree of accuracy because most electric utilities had not developed firm plans for building new coal-fired plants· or for converting from petroleum products or natural gas to coal at existing plants. Today, with plants already constructed that will burn coal, there is a greater probability of defining coal needs. So there is a need to reevaluate potential coal traffic via the CFBC. Also there is a need to evaluate the other types of benefits mentioned under …

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1982): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1982): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo's Review Of Bryan Farrell's Hawaii, The Legend That Sells, Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 6, No 1 Fall Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Brian K. Babington's Review Of Geoffrey Bolton's Spoils And Spoilers: Australians Make Their Environment 1788-1980, Brian K. Babington

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Gerald H. Krausse Review Of The Politics Of Pacific Island Fisheries By George Kent, Gerald H. Krausse

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

East Everglades Moratorium Area Planning Study, Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

The East Everglades Moratorium Area is primarily a natural environmental study based on the Environmental Protection Guide. The present character and function of the area and man's impact on them have been inventoried and analyzed. Land use recommendations and implementation tools for environmental protection are suggested based on a series of Environmental Protection Zones. This study does not discuss in as great a detail such urban issues as density, transportation, and urban services which typify other area studies.

The Economics Of Planned Cities, Barbara J. Orsburn

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 63 page thesis examines the history of planned communities and focuses on two modern developments in Columbia, Maryland and Reston, Virginia.

Agricultural Development In East Central Florida, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council Staff

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT is one of fourteen reports in the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council's 1965 Research Series. Each report covers a separate aspect of the Region's development and includes the author's projections and recommendations. Thus the fourteen reports constitute a unified, detailed picture of the Region that will serve as a base for both general and special studies over the years to come. As soon as the studies were completed, the Council began the task of evaluating and coordinating the research material in order to evolve a long-range plan for sound development in the Region. The Council's policies and …

Beach Erosion Control Study On Duval County, Fla, U.S. Army Engineer District, Jacksonville Corps Of Engineers

Waterways and wildlife

The purpose of this study was to define the beach erosion and the hurricane-induced flooding problems in Duval County, to determine the most economical methods of alleviating those problems, and to determine the division of costs between the Federal Government and local interests .

Hillsborough County: Framework Of The Plan Report, Hillsborough County Planning Commission

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

Hillsborough County's future physical growth will be built upon the base comprised of the existing development pattern : (a) Although the geographic location of Hillsborough is unalterable, man-made improvements to the natural setting are required to adapt the land form to present and future functions. Large scale drainage and hurricane protection improvements are essential to adequately adapt low- lying coastal sections to the expanding pattern of community development. (b) Protection and proper utilization of prime agricultural, phosphate mining, and waterfront areas is also essential to the maintenance of a balanced development pattern. (c) Community development occupies a relatively small proportion …

What Is The I.L.D.?, Kaarte-Edlund Branch

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Article explaining the origin, recent history and current goals of the International Labor Defense. Details their local history in Northern California and their aid to striking lumber workers amongst other efforts.

Issued by: KAARTE-EDLUND BRANCH, International Labor Defense

Box 988, Eureka, Calif

Labor Racket Or Company Bracket?, Bill Gettings

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet as distributed by CIO Union commenting on CIO and Redwood Lumber Association in Humboldt and Mendocino counties.

Includes statistics on common and skilled labor pay (organized areas vs. Redwoods). Advertises for open meeting for lumberworkers that will be held at CIO hall, 130 F St.

Issued by: Bill Gettings, CIO Organizer

Economic Aspects Of The Boulder Canyon Project, Leonard Mckaig

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The recent passage of the Swing-Johnson bill by Congress and its approval by the President has been the signal for a general rejoicing throughout the West, and especially in Southern California, the section to be meet directly benefited by this legislation. There has been a widespread feeling that the long fight for Federal development of this great western river is over, and that we may begin shortly to realize some concrete returns upon our investment. Press reports indicate that many are already seeking work on the construction of the dam at Black Canyon, in anticipation of the immediate launching of …