BACKGROUND Ningxia is located in western People's Republic of China, which is hyperendemic for human cystic echinococcosis (CE) throughout the entire area with alveolar echinococcosis (AE) hyperendemic in the south. This is in part due to its underdeveloped economy. Despite the recent rapid growth in P.R. China's economy, medical expenditure for hospitalization of echinococcosis cases has becom...

As Indian economy gets integrated to the global economy and strives to improve in terms of human development indicators, a special role exists for information and communication technologies (ICT) in this process. The strategic metamorphoses and the resultant expansion of ICT linked telecommunication services in India have favorably influenced the effort to accelerate the pace of human developme...

Many rural fishing communities in Iceland are facing great economic and demographic difficulties due to changes in the fisheries management, while the national economy has benefited as a whole. Large vessel owners generally support the current system, but most small boat owners oppose it. Alaska can learn from Iceland’s experience in fisheries management, both from an economic and social perspe...

Agricultural growth has long been recognized as an important instrument for poverty reduction. Yet, measurements of this relationship are still scarce and not always reliable. This paper presents additional evidence at both the sectoral and household levels based on recent data. Results show that rural poverty reduction has been associated with growth in yields and in agricultural labor product...

Entrepreneurs create economic growth in their communities by forming new firms. Each year during the past decade, more than half a million businesses were started that added new jobs in the United States. In the 1990s, during the longest economic expansion in the United States economy, the majority of new jobs were created by small and medium-sized entrepreneurs operating highgrowth businesses....

In spite of their positive influence on living standards and social inequality, it is commonly agreed that minimum wage laws reduce output because they produce unemployment. This paper suggests that minimum wage policy may be beneficial for a transitional economy in which labor is migrating from rural region to urban region and positive migrating costs occur. With a positive migrating cost, a b...

IntroductionThe government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread coronavirus outbreak in four phases as Phase 1: 25 March 2020-14 April 2020 (21 days), 2: 15 2020-3 May (19 3: 4 2020-17 (14 4: 18 2020-31 days) and ban people from stepping out their homes all human economic activities for breadwinning are paralyzing over India. The Tamil ...

This study examined the effects of water scarcity on rural household economy in El Fashir Rural Council / North Darfur State- western Sudan. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used as to get a deeper understanding impact house area. 174 households out 2017 selected from 45 villages which distributed eight village councils forming Statistical manipulate data study. The obtained resul...