scholarly journals Évaluation économique des programmes de remplacement de la main d’oeuvre expatriée dans les pays en voie de développement : étude du cas de la Côte-d’Ivoire

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-317
Author(s):  
Terry D. Monson ◽  
Garry Pursell
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
Upper Secondary Level ◽  
Domestic Resource ◽  
Conduit Function

Abstract This study addresses several problems of educational policy posed by the replacement of highly skilled expatriates in the Ivory Coast's labor force. Conceptualizing expatriate replacement as an import-substitution activity in which Ivorian labor substitutes for previously imported labor services, the authors apply a modified Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) analysis to evaluate Ivorian secondary and university educational programs necessary to train the local labor. This methodology, along with more conventional cost-benefit approach, confirms that education is economically desirable in the Ivory Coast and that resource allocation to the upper secondary level is especially warranted. Lower secondary education is useful in so far as it performs a conduit function for higher levels of training. The importance of university education will probably increase as the occupational-educational structure is upgraded through technological development. Finally, consideration should be given to instituting a system of tuition charges in order to equate social and private rates of return in upper secondary and university education.

scholarly journals Import and export parity price analyses of selected vegetables and spices in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-341
Author(s):  
MA Rashid ◽  
MA Monayem Miah ◽  
Tanvir MB Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Net Return ◽  
Benefit Cost Ratio ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
Parity Price ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Domestic Resource

The study was undertaken to find out the export potentialities of selected vegetables and import substitution of selected spices in Bangladesh. Seven hundred twenty vegetables and 320 spices growers, 25 suppliers, and 25 exporters were randomly selected for the study.Net margin analysis was done on both variable and total cost basis. Domestic resource cost (DRC) analysis was also done for estimating comparative advantage of the selected vegetables and spices. The study revealed that net returns were positive for all vegetables and spices producers. However, the highest net return was estimated for brinjal producers (Tk. 273799/ha) followed by bittergourd producers (Tk152145/ha). In the case of spices, the highest net return was received by ginger producers (Tk. 231399/ha) followed by onion producers (Tk. 122308/ha).Comparatively lower net returns were found for okra (Tk51830/ha) and garlic producers (Tk 99352/ha). Vegetables exporters received the highest net margin (Tk32852/ ton) from UK market which was higher than the Middle East market (Tk22869/ton).The highest benefit cost ratio (BCR) was calculated for brinjal (1.9) followed by ash gourd (1.8). For spices, BCR were 2.1and 1.8 for ginger and garlic respectively. Bangladesh had comparative advantage for producing all selected vegetables as the estimates of domestic resource cost (DRC) were less than one. The value of DRC for all selected spices were less than unity implied that the production of these spices would be highly efficient for import substitution. Therefore, the study have been undertaken to find out this issues.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(2): 321-341, June 2017

scholarly journals Assessing the Efficiencies and Competitiveness of the Fresh Cassava Storage Root Production Systems in Sierra Leone

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Osman Nabay ◽  
James B. A. Whyte ◽  
Brice J. Gbaguidi ◽  
Vodouhe G. Tonakpon ◽  
Fallah S. Kassoh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Root Production ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Storage Root ◽  
Cassava Leaves ◽  
Cost Benefit Ratio ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
Cassava Storage Root

The Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) was used to assess the efficiencies and competitiveness of fresh cassava storage root production systems in Sierra Leone. Proportional random sampling was used to select study samples. Information was collected using structured questionnaire from a total of 1,880 producer households. Out of the 36 potential storage root production systems identified, only 6 systems are mainly used by producers. The PAM was based on one hectare of land for production and Leone (SSL) as money to evaluate costs and revenues. The analysis indicates that, all the 6 fresh cassava storage root production systems present a Domestic Resource Cost Ratio of less than 1 (DRC < 1) and Cost-Benefit Ratio (RCB) also less than 1 (RCB within 0.14 to 0.42). Discounting potential revenue from stems and cassava leaves in storage root production systems that use improved varieties and fertilizer have higher comparative and competitive advantages. The systems are also profitable, even though producers are not protected from tradable and taxed inputs. Production systems also remain profitable with 25% and 50% yield loss. This was also confirmed by Abiodun and Adefemi (2016). It is therefore better to produce cassava locally in Sierra Leone than import for processing or consumption. This study proposes recommendations to improve cassava productivity in Sierra Leone.

scholarly journals Efisiensi Pemanfaatan Sumberdaya Domestik dalam Usaha Sapi Perah di Jawa Barat

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
I. Wayan Rusastra ◽  
Yusmichad Yusdja
Keyword(s):  
Resource Cost ◽  
Domestic Resource

<strong>Abstrak</strong><br /><br />Analisa ekonomi tentang eflsiensi pemanfaatan sumberdaya domestik dengan alat Analisa DRC (Domestic Resource Cost) meaunjukkan bahwa pada tingkat produktivitas yang lebih rendah dari yang dicapai saat ini, menyebabkan pola perusahaan dan pola peternak tidak eflsien seandainya harga susu di pasaran internasional lebih rendah dariUS$ 0,19 atau Rp 120/liter. Produktivitas 2750 liter/unit ternak/tahun kiranya mampu dicapai lewat pola rekomendasi yang diajukan. Pada tingkat produksi ini, pemenuhan permintaan susu dengan produksi dalam negeri tetap menguntungkan sekalipun harga susu di pasaran internasional turun menjadi US$ 0,13 atau Rp 80 per liter. Pada tingkat produksi pola rekomendasi dan tingkat produksi 2 750 liter/unit ternak/tahun, usaha persusuan dalam negeri tetap eflsien dalam pemanfaatan sumberdaya domestik, sekalipun harga daging dipasaran internasional turun menjadi US $0.64 atau Rp 400/kg berat hidup Oebih rendah dari harga finansial yang besarnya Rp 1200/kg). Harga riil susu di dalam negeri yang cukup tinggi (Rp 220/liter) masih mampu ditekan dengan tetap memberikan keuntungan yang memadai kepada peternak. Bila tingkat produksi 2.750 liter/unit ternak/tahun mampu dicapai dengan pola rekomendasi, maka pada tingkat produktivitas itu, harga yang layak secara fimansial adalah sekitar Rp 150/liter.

scholarly journals Comparative Advantage of Major Crops Production in Punjab: An Application of Policy Analysis Matrix

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad A. Quddus ◽  
Usman Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Export Prices ◽  
Profitability Analysis ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
The Given ◽  
Policy Analysis Matrix ◽  
Domestic Resource ◽  
Positive Support

This study uses data from 1999/2000 to 2004/05 to determine the relative efficiency of major crops (wheat, rice, sugarcane, and cotton) in Punjab (Pakistan) and their comparative advantage in international trade as measured by economic profitability and the domestic resource cost (DRC) ratio. An economic profitability analysis demonstrates that Punjab has a comparative advantage in the domestic production of wheat for self-sufficiency but not for export purposes. In basmati production, Punjab has a comparative advantage, and increasing Basmati production for export is a viable economic proposition. The nominal protection coefficient (NPC), effective protection coefficient (EPC), and DRC for Irri rice are more than 1: the given input-output relationship and export prices do not give Punjab a comparative advantage in production of Irri for export. Sugarcane growers did not receive economic prices (i.e. prices reflecting true opportunity costs) during 2001/02 and 2002/03 in an importing scenario, while in 2003/04, the NPC was 1.02, indicating positive support to sugarcane growers. The NPCs estimated under an exporting situation range from 1.33 to 1.99, indicating that the prices received by growers are higher than the export parity/economic prices.

SOME PROPOSALS IN TEACHING READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT STRUCTURE FOR UPPER – SECONDARY LEVEL TO RESPONSE THE 2018 LANGUAGE ARTS AND LITERATURE PROGRAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1368
Author(s):  
Lý Trần A Khương
Keyword(s):  
Language Arts ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Informational Text ◽  
Text Structure ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Upper Secondary Level

 Bài viết tiếp cận văn bản thông tin từ góc độ cấu trúc của một văn bản phi hư cấu; qua đó, phân tích yêu cầu đọc hiểu loại văn bản này ở bậc trung học phổ thông trong Chương trình Ngữ văn 2018. Nhằm đảm bảo hành chức xã hội của loại văn bản, một số biện pháp đã được đề xuất như: các thiết kế phần ghi bài văn bản thông tin, mẫu kế hoạch dạy học đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin và các nguyên tắc dạy đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin. Các biện pháp đều được xây dựng trên cơ sở dạy học văn bản thông tin theo đặc trưng thể loại – từ góc độ cấu trúc văn bản, đáp ứng các yêu cầu về đọc hiểu văn bản thông tin ở Chương trình Ngữ văn 2018 – bậc trung học phổ thông. 

GeoGebra as a tool for visualisation in geometry education

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-176
Author(s):  
Ján Guncaga ◽  
László Budai ◽  
Tibor Kenderessy
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Upper Secondary School ◽  
Geometric Concepts ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Spatial Imagination ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Upper Secondary Level ◽  
Geometry Education

There are problems in geometry education in lower and upper secondary school, which students have with the spatial imagination and with the understanding of some geometric concepts. In this article, we want to present tasks that show some advantages of the software GeoGebra. We use this software as a tool to visualize and to explain some geometric concepts, as well as to support students’ spatial imagination. Classification: D30, G10. Keywords: space imagination, GeoGebra, mathematics education at lower and upper secondary level.

scholarly journals Profitability of sandbar cropping method of pumpkin cultivation in char land areas of northern Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Khatun ◽  
MA Rashid ◽  
MAM Miah ◽  
S Khandoker ◽  
MT Islam
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Marginal Product ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Resource Cost ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Domestic Resource

The study was undertaken to find out the profitability and export potentialities of pumpkin cultivation in the char lands of Rangpur and Gaibandha district of Bangladesh. A total of 120 pumpkin growers taking 60 farmers from each district were randomly selected for the study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze cost and return of pumpkin. The Cobb-Douglass production function was used to estimate the coefficients of the various variables analysed and MPP, MVP and resource use efficiency were also used to estimate the efficiency of resource use in the study area. The study revealed that net returns were positive for pumpkin cultivation. However, the higher net return was estimated for Rangpur district (Tk 105,299/ha) compared to Gaibandha (Tk.93, 936/ha). Bangladesh had comparative advantage for producing pumpkin as the estimates of domestic resource cost (DRC) was less than one. The value of DRC for pumpkin was less than unity implied that the production of pumpkin would be highly efficient for export promotion. The estimated results of the Cobb-Douglass production function showed increasing returns to scale. The results of the efficiency computation indicated that inputs were underutilized. Farmers in the study area used too little input to cultivate pumpkin that means the cost of using inputs is less than the value of marginal product. This suggests that farmers can incur more cost for these inputs to be efficient and then production will be increased.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 42(4): 647-663, December 2017

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