scholarly journals The Dynamic Impact Of The Demand And Supply Constraints On U.S. Trade With African Countries: A Case Study Of Selected Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkanta Frank Ekanem

<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: .5in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Although we conclude that the countries in the sample have a high marginal propensity to import, generally significantly greater than unity, and a very low marginal propensity to export, we can never claim to know why there has been so little trade between the United States and Africa. For that reason we must avoid making any general conclusion, even for countries with identical economic conditions.</span></span></p>

FEDS Notes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2792) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Blonz ◽  
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Jacob Williams ◽  

Electricity is used by all businesses in the United States. During quickly moving economic shocks—for example, a pandemic or natural disaster—changes in electricity consumption can provide insight to policymakers before traditional survey-based metrics, which can lag weeks or months behind economic conditions and typically only show a snapshot of when the survey was conducted.


Afrika Focus ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 195-209
Author(s):  
Patrick Goubau ◽  
Ignace Surmont ◽  
Peter Piot

Aids in Africa AIDS (Acquired Immunization Deficiency Syndrome), first described in 1981 in the United States, is at present ascertained on every continent. Since its description, our knowledge about AIDS has advanced with giant steps, with regard to its causal agent, clinical image, biological effects and epidemiology. Although it is everywhere the same disease, its epidemiology and impact on society vary from one continent to another depending on the human, social and economic conditions of the countries which are affected. The first African cases were noticed in 1983. Since then the presence of AIDS has been confirmed in numerous sub-Saharan African countries. Our goal is to present here some characteristic features of the AIDS-epidemic in Africa and to offer some points of reflection for future action.


Author(s):  
Sally M. Schultz ◽  
Joan Hollister

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The development of SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, serves as a case study illustrating the forces that underlie the standard setting process in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This study describes the events leading to the development of the exposure draft (ED) that preceded SFAS No. 115 and analyzes the contents of the comment letters received by FASB in response to the ED; it illustrates how compromises have helped FASB maintain its role as a private sector standard setter.</span></span></p>


Author(s):  
Meilisa Setyani

<p>China is a country that is famous for its rapid economic growth which was influenced by the purchase of solid waste from neighboring countries. The act of purchasing solid waste from neighboring countries was conducted in order to support industrial and manufacturing activities in the country. However, over the years the purchase of solid waste has caused many losses to Chinese countries. China then enforces the Operation Green Fence (OGF) and Operation National Sword (ONS) policies. In that case, this study was done to answer any factor that caused China to enforce both policies, as well as the economic impact that resulted from the policy. The study uses qualitative approaches, case study methods, and literature study techniques to analyze the data obtained. The results of this research shows that environmental factors are the main factors that bring out other factors such as health, as well as domestic and foreign pressures. The impacts resulted from both policies also affects the economy not only between China and the United States of America, but also internationally. The number of demand and supply of solid waste around the world, particulatly in China and United States is affected, as the policy imposed is a policy to restrict the import of solid waste done by China.</p><p><strong>BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRAK:</strong> Cina adalah negara yang terkenal dengan pertumbuhan ekonominya yang pesat, yang dipengaruhi oleh pembelian limbah padat dari negara tetangga. Tindakan pembelian limbah padat dari negara tetangga dilakukan dalam rangka mendukung kegiatan industri dan manufaktur di negeri ini. Namun, selama bertahun-tahun pembelian limbah padat telah menyebabkan banyak kerugian bagi negara-negara Cina. Cina kemudian memberlakukan kebijakan<em> Operation Green Fence </em>(OGF) dan <em>Operation National Sword</em> (ONS). Dalam hal ini, penulisan artikel ini dilakukan untuk menjawab faktor apa yang menyebabkan Cina memberlakukan kedua kebijakan tersebut, serta dampak ekonomi yang dihasilkan dari kebijakan ini. Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, metode studi kasus, dan teknik studi literature untuk menganalisis data yang diperoleh. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa faktor lingkungan adalah faktor utama yang membawa keliar faktor lain seperti kesehatan, serta adanya tekanan dari dalam maupun dari luar negeri. Dampak yang dihasilkan dari kedua kebijakan ini mempengaruhi perekonomian yang tidak hanya di antara Cina ataupun Amerika Serikat, tetapi juga internasional. Jumlah permintaan dan penawaran atas limbah padat di seluruh dunia, khususnya di Cina dan Amerika Serikat terpengaruh, mengingat kebijakan yang diberlakukan adalah kebijakan untuk membatasi impor limbah padat yang dilakukan oleh Cina.</p>


2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer

This paper focuses on gendered mobilities of highly skilled researchers working abroad. It is based on an empirical qualitative study that explored the mobility aspirations of Austrian scientists who were working in the United States at the time they were interviewed. Supported by a case study, the paper demonstrates how a qualitative research strategy including graphic drawings sketched by the interviewed persons can help us gain a better understanding of the gendered importance of social relations for the future mobility aspirations of scientists working abroad.


2015 ◽  
Vol 36-37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183
Author(s):  
Paul Taylor

John Rae, a Scottish antiquarian collector and spirit merchant, played a highly prominent role in the local natural history societies and exhibitions of nineteenth-century Aberdeen. While he modestly described his collection of archaeological lithics and other artefacts, principally drawn from Aberdeenshire but including some items from as far afield as the United States, as a mere ‘routh o’ auld nick-nackets' (abundance of old knick-knacks), a contemporary singled it out as ‘the best known in private hands' (Daily Free Press 4/5/91). After Rae's death, Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland, the University of Aberdeen Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, as well as numerous individual private collectors, purchased items from the collection. Making use of historical and archive materials to explore the individual biography of Rae and his collection, this article examines how Rae's collecting and other antiquarian activities represent and mirror wider developments in both the ‘amateur’ antiquarianism carried out by Rae and his fellow collectors for reasons of self-improvement and moral education, and the ‘professional’ antiquarianism of the museums which purchased his artefacts. Considered in its wider nineteenth-century context, this is a representative case study of the early development of archaeology in the wider intellectual, scientific and social context of the era.


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