Essays about: "Literacy Rate"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the words Literacy Rate.

  1. 16. Is Your Peer a Lemon? Relative Assessment of Risk Remuneration on the P2P Lending Market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Dmitrijs Golubnicijs; [2012]
    Keywords : Peer-to-peer P2P lending; Social Lending; Risk Remuneration; Sharpe ratio; Individual investment decision making;

    Abstract : Using a sample of 11,752 loans from the Prosper peer-to-peer lending marketplace, this study employs a 5-stage methodology in order to analyze and compare the attractiveness of the P2P lending market with traditional investment alternatives in terms of risk remuneration. Results of default probability modeling in Stage I, loan expected return calculation in Stage II and efficiency frontier construction in Stage III present the evidence of high potential of P2P lending market as an investment alternative to the stock market, assuming maximum diversification opportunities and lender efficiency in interest rate setting. READ MORE

  3. 17. The challenge of marketing water filters in Uganda

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Alisa Bektesevic; Grace Oloya; [2010]
    Keywords : Water filter; low income household; marketing mix; culture; cultural change;

    Abstract : Title: The challenge of marketing water filters in Uganda   Purpose: The purpose of this research is to assess why sales of the water filter (CrystalPur) is stagnant. The authors will investigate the viability of the approach used to market CrystalPur with help of the marketing mix after which necessary adjustments best fitted for the Ugandan market will be suggested. READ MORE

  4. 18. Fertility, Modernization, Religion and Land Availability in Transylvania, 1900-1910

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ferenc Ajus; [2009]
    Keywords : fertility; religion; birth rate; Transylvania; fertility transition; modernisation; demand for children; secularisation; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The period of 1880-1910 was a time of fast modernization and industrialization in Transylvania. Fertility decline only started in the South, while in the North there was a marked fertility increase. This paper attempts to explain these differences, using a cross-sectional analysis of fertility for 4112 Transylvanian settlements. READ MORE

  5. 19. BARRIERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE : A STUDY OF PAKISTANI ENVIORNMENT

    University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management; IHH, Centre for Innovation Systems, Entrepreneurship and Growth

    Author : Humayun Aijaz; Faisal Suhail Butt; [2009]
    Keywords : Electronic Commerce; Pakistan;

    Abstract : E-commerce has flourished in the developed world and is playing an important role in the everyday lives of the people and national economies. The developing nations are far behind in this regard even though their governments have made considerable efforts to encourage e-commerce. READ MORE

  6. 20. Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay district, Louang Phrabang province, Lao PDR : a minor field study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emelie Nilsson; Anna-Karin Svensson; [2005]
    Keywords : climatology; cartography; pedology; Penman monteith combination method; soil science; GIS; geomorphology; physical geography; naturgeografi; geomorfologi; marklära; kartografi; klimatologi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: För att kunna planera jordbruket så att all mark används på bästa sätt behövs en databas som innehåller lämplig data. Det finns inte någon sådan för Laos, därför har vi valt att göra en databas och med hjälp av den beskriva norra Laos och speciellt Phonxay distriktet. READ MORE