Cultural studies ; Fair ; Informal sector ; Latin America ; Market ; Periodicmarket ; Photography ; Retail trade
Vignettes crafted around 20 photographs taken in Latin America of different marketing arrangments: traditional village markets selling produce, public markets in cities; informal vendors; centers of wholesale distribution; neighborhood shops
The locational pattern and functions of periodicmarkets in Zaria Division, Nigeria
The schedule of markets and their location are closely related to population density and their locational spacing. Research shows that these schedules fit the needs and objectives of te producer/sellers, but that improvements could be made. (EMS).
It is shown that coffee marketing within the traditional market system of an Indonesian highland area turns out to be an increasing disadvantage for the rural poor since it involves high transaction costs. New practices will have
Investigation of trade in medicinal and aromatic products (MAP) from the rural areas of Gorkha District in central Nepal to the wholesale markets in India over two-year period. Authors found 36 products, almost all of which were exported unprocessed
to India. They found the MAP markets to suffer from limited price information and poor market integration. A small number of Terai wholesalers earned excessive profits. Governments reforms, but not direct intervention in the markets (e.g., parastatals
Market-place trading and the transformation of retail space in the expanding Latin American city
Competition ; Ecuador ; Government intervention ; Latin America ; Location ; Market ; Periodicmarket ; Quito ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre ; Urban area ; Urban growth
The global spread of the supermarket and the planned shopping centre is transforming retail space in the Latin American city. Market-place trading has continued to flourish in most cities. A case study of Quito shows how new periodicmarkets have
been established and that these are consolidated into daily markets. Much of the dynamism in market-place trading is associated with government intervention, with principal policies being the creation of markets in poorly served urban areas
England ; Historical geography ; Market ; Middle Age ; Modern period ; Trade ; United Kingdom
L'A. montre que l'écart entre le nombre total de marchés en Angleterre aux premiers Temps Modernes et dans la période médiévale est factice. Il n'y a pas eu de changement radical de la structure des marchés d'une période à l'autre (distinction assez
artificielle des chartered et des functioning markets), et on observe une assez grande continuité.
Alaskan airline markets : a case study in spatial decision making
Air transport ; Airline ; Alaska ; Choice ; Decision ; Logit model ; Market ; Transport
. Discrete-choice analysis involving the logit model was used to evaluate the market decisions of Alaskan airline firms during the 1988-1993 period. Major variables included changing levels of competitive rivalry, network configuration, and changes in fleet
The nature of market decisions made by airlines operating within Alaska is examinated. Author focuses on which variables, internal and external to the firm, are associated with decisions to either add, delete, or retain markets within a system
performance ; 4- Socialist period under military rule, 1966-88 : sectoral and social developments ; 5- Market-oriented period under military rule : macroeconomic and external sector performance ; 6- Market-oriented period under military rule : 1988-2000
The work is divided in 6 parts. 1- Chronology of developments in the political economy of Myanmar : an overview ; 2- Parliamentary democracy period : 1948-62 ; 3- Social period under military rule, 1962-88 : macroeconomic and external sector
Changes in the spatial efficiency of periodicmarkets
This study offers a definition of accessibility and a measure of spatial efficiency based on distance minimizing configurations. In the area under study the spatial pattern of market centres is shown to approximate a distance minimizing
configuration. Changes in response to population shifts are observed to occur in a lagged fashion. The results suggest that the existing system of market centres could form the basis of a more generalized service delivery system. (Raichur district, India).
Labor-market imperfections and the agglomeration of firms : evidence from the emergent period of the US semiconductor industry
Agglomeration ; Enterprise ; Industry ; Labour market ; Specialization ; United States of America ; Urban economy
Utilizing two data sets containing information on the employment changes of US semiconductor engineers during the critical formative period (1950-75), the A. tests the pooling and anchoring hypotheses of urban economic theory while extending
Acquiring property ; Credit ; Finance ; Housing ; Housing market ; Ireland ; Owner-occupier ; Real estate development ; Real estate market ; Suburbanization
Using a structures of housing provision framework, the A. examines the dynamics of the Irish housing market over the period 1970-90. Combining data on macro-level trends in housing finance with information gathered from interviews with senior
building society personnel, it is argued that the restructuring of the mortgage market in the 1980s has significantly altered the set of social relations between agents in the market. The impacts were negative on the owner-occupied sector.