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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2008
    Canada, United States of America

    There is much in common between the agricultural sectors of the United States and Canada. This chapter begins with a brief background on the two sectors, then reviews their histories of farm policy developments before reporting new estimates of rates of assistance to their farmers and their consequences for taxpayers and consumers. This is followed by an explanation of the politics behind the evolution and gyrations in farm policies in the two countries, and some speculation on the prospect for reform.

  2. Library Resource

    Canada

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Canada

    Doing Business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency.

  3. Library Resource
    Institutional & promotional materials
    December, 2007
    Canada, United States of America, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe

    Este documento es un summary del Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial 2008, realizado por el personal del Banco Internacional de Reconstrucción y Fomento/Banco Mundial. La agricultura es un instrumento de desarrollo fundamental para alcanzar el objetivo de desarrollo del milenio de reducir la proporción de personas que padecen hambre y viven en la extrema pobreza a la mitad para 2015. Éste es el mensaje general del Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial de este año, la 30a entrega de esta publicación.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2013
    Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain

    The book examines the impacts of medium-
    and large-scale mines on local communities, through six case
    studies, analyzing both the socioeconomic and cultural
    effects, as well as environmental impacts of mining
    operations on the communities. From a multidimensional
    perspective, studies investigate mining operations costs,
    and benefits, with an emphasis on the sustainability of
    benefits, and the outcomes of the legal, and consultative

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany

    Transportation has always played a
    fundamental role in the formation of cities. Ports evolved
    where rivers flowed into the ocean or at the confluence of
    major rivers; sleepy outposts at the junction of major roads
    became bustling trading hubs. Although this relationship
    between transportation and development has been evident
    since the creation of the earliest urban societies, all
    previous conceptions of the city were made obsolete by the

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2014
    Canada

    This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Canada. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. This year's report data cover regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013. The report is the 11th edition of the Doing Business series.

  7. Library Resource
    December, 2014
    Canada

    This economy profile for Doing Business
    2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Canada.
    To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides
    data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for
    each indicator. Doing Business 2015 is the 12th edition in a
    series of annual reports measuring the regulations that
    enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
    Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for

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