Sentences with phrase «small economic regions»

One potential implication of our algorithmic model may be that isolated or small economic regions may be foredoomed to remain subcritical, with more limited economic growth opportunities than supracritical economies.

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But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

Since local communities can have no sustainable economic well - being without considerable control over their own lives, this would require relative economic self - sufficiency in relatively small regions.

While most of the original Buffalo Billion was directed toward big projects run by big companies, the second phase aims to lay the groundwork for small businesses and entrepreneurs to build on the region's improved economic prospects.

«For those proposed locations that are more affluent, a project would have to provide a considerably greater overall direct and residual economic benefit to the host municipality and surrounding region than a smaller project sited in a disadvantaged region,» he wrote to Sen. John Bonacic, R - Mount Hope.

«As an Assembly Member that represents a huge rural region, I speak to many small and medium size businesses and they tell me that they feel that they are being left behind in the economic recovery.

Priorities in Eldridge's platform, according to Quintana, include «small business and economic development in the region,» sustainable jobs, reproductive freedom for women, getting the nation «prepared for climate change,» opposition to hydrofracking and campaign finance reform.

As the founder and president of Hudson River Ventures, Sean is growing small businesses and promoting economic development throughout the region.

Einkorn wheat has limited economic value and is cultivated in small areas of the Mediterranean region.

Our results conclude that heirloom dry beans offer small - scale organic producers economic incentives and a niche in direct - to - consumer markets within the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota regions,» the authors said.

Review of A Small Section of the World by Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky Set in a poor, green mountain region of Costa Rica during the economic downturn of the 1990s, Lesley Chilcott's documentary follows of a group of coffee manufactures and their journey of entrepreneurial success.

Investments in the Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC may be less liquid than the securities of a larger company, or an investment trust which invests in larger companies, or in more developed economic regions.

See the Investor Handbook for more information on Franklin Templeton 529 College Savings Plan, including sales charges, expenses, general risks of the Plan, general investment risks and specific risks of investing in Plan portfolios, which can include risks of convertible securities; country, sector, region or industry focus; credit; derivative securities; foreign securities, including currency exchange rates, political and economic developments, trading practices, availability of information, limited markets and heightened risk in emerging markets; growth or value style investing; income; interest rate; lower - rated and unrated securities; mortgage securities and asset - backed securities; restructuring and distressed companies; securities lending; smaller and midsize companies; credit linked securities, life settlement investments, and stocks.

While experts predict the possibility of an economic crisis in Europe, which can have serious implications on smaller regions, Moreno explained that the outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean appears positive.

This project will responsibly diversify the tourism product of Maldives to the mid-market segment bringing social and economic development for the region while creating opportunities to invest in tourism to the small and medium businesses.

During his time there he worked in partnership with Al - Invest, an EU funded economic co-operation programme that aims to support the internationalisation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America in order to reinforce social cohesion in the region.

Integrated physiological and economic models (e.g., Fischer et al., 2005a) allow holistic simulation of climate change effects on agricultural productivity, input and output prices, and risk of hunger in specific regions, although these simulations rely on a small set of component models.

The economic climate in this region of the country is favorable to entrepreneurs and small business owners.