The road to a market economy

From subsistence to market economy

This paper examines the development of ten villages along the Mekong River in Laos during the period 1994 to 2001. These villages have been sampled two times, the first in the period 1994-1997 and the second in 2001. I look at changes in production, economic conditions, and the general well-being of the households. General trends points to a strengthening of the Laotian economy. The governments...

The Slow Food Model: A Road for Small-Scale Productions in a Globalised Market

The paper presents the articulated strategy of valorization, implemented by the international movement called Slow Food in Italy and abroad in order to reconsider the concept of agricultural profitability. In particular, the paper suggests profitability lays on the value markets recognize to agricultural production. In this perspective, the Slow Food strategy represents a good practice to be em...

The Road Ahead for Energy-economy Policy Models: Integrating Market Dynamics, Expectations and Welfare Costs

Energy-economy models have emerged to provide policy makers with , information on the effect of their policies. These models are used to forecast the responses of businesses and consumers, and the costs of these responses may be estimated using a cost accounting method. In this paper, I suggest three improvements that can be made to energy-economy models and cost accounting techniques. First, I...

The Transition to a Market-Based Agricultural Economy in Malawi: A Multi-Market Analysis

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...