Barbara Grosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 312057 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Grosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Grosh |
| SIGNATURE | GROSH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Lack of Mutations of Type 1 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Gene in Patients With Abdominal Obesity
There is increasing evidence that in human obesity, particularly the abdominal phenotype, the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is disregulated. At least two distinct alterations have been reported: one is characterized by several neuroendocrine abnormalities and hyperresponsiveness of the HPA axis to different neuropeptides, the other is characterized by elevated cortisol traffic and probably by supranormal cortisol produ…
Mighty oaks from little acorns: Can microenterprise serve as the seedbed of industrialization
How can microenterprises foster the development of an industrial sector featuring a dynamic medium or large enterprise sector? We propose two possible mechanisms, graduation of microenterprises and savings by microentrepreneurs. We examine the barriers to both mechanisms and reexamine policies designed to aid the sector. Projects aimed at the enterprise level are not likely to remove barriers to firms graduating or saving. Changes in macro policy…
Democracy, confusion, or chaos: Political conditionality in Kenya
Living under Contract: Contract Farming and Agrarian Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wracked by poverty, famine, and drought, Africa is typically represented as agriculturally stagnant, backward, and crisis-prone. This text, however, highlights the changing character of sub-Saharan agrarian systems by focusing on contract farming. A relatively new and increasingly widespread way of organising peasant agriculture, contract farming promotes production of a wide variety of crops - from flowers to cocoa, from fresh vegetables to rice…
State-Owned Enterprises in Africa
During the 1980s, many African governments attempted to diminish the size of, or to reform their state enterprises. This book analyses the evolution of public enterprise in Africa, highlighting successes and failures and drawing lessons for future policy-making
Public Enterprise in Kenya: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
The crisis in Africa and the search for solutions the public enterprise problem in Kenya the agricultural sector the financial sector the development finance institutions the infrastructural parastatals - transport, communications and electricity the public enterprise problem in Kenya revisited
Books in review
Mighty oaks from little acorns: Can microenterprise serve as the seedbed of industrialization
How can microenterprises foster the development of an industrial sector featuring a dynamic medium or large enterprise sector? We propose two possible mechanisms, graduation of microenterprises and savings by microentrepreneurs. We examine the barriers to both mechanisms and reexamine policies designed to aid the sector. Projects aimed at the enterprise level are not likely to remove barriers to firms graduating or saving. Changes in macro policy…
Democracy, confusion, or chaos: Political conditionality in Kenya
Public Enterprise in Kenya: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
The crisis in Africa and the search for solutions the public enterprise problem in Kenya the agricultural sector the financial sector the development finance institutions the infrastructural parastatals - transport, communications and electricity the public enterprise problem in Kenya revisited
Living under Contract: Contract Farming and Agrarian Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wracked by poverty, famine, and drought, Africa is typically represented as agriculturally stagnant, backward, and crisis-prone. This text, however, highlights the changing character of sub-Saharan agrarian systems by focusing on contract farming. A relatively new and increasingly widespread way of organising peasant agriculture, contract farming promotes production of a wide variety of crops - from flowers to cocoa, from fresh vegetables to rice…
Books in review
Public Enterprise in Kenya: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
The crisis in Africa and the search for solutions the public enterprise problem in Kenya the agricultural sector the financial sector the development finance institutions the infrastructural parastatals - transport, communications and electricity the public enterprise problem in Kenya revisited
State-Owned Enterprises in Africa
During the 1980s, many African governments attempted to diminish the size of, or to reform their state enterprises. This book analyses the evolution of public enterprise in Africa, highlighting successes and failures and drawing lessons for future policy-making
Mighty oaks from little acorns: Can microenterprise serve as the seedbed of industrialization
How can microenterprises foster the development of an industrial sector featuring a dynamic medium or large enterprise sector? We propose two possible mechanisms, graduation of microenterprises and savings by microentrepreneurs. We examine the barriers to both mechanisms and reexamine policies designed to aid the sector. Projects aimed at the enterprise level are not likely to remove barriers to firms graduating or saving. Changes in macro policy…
Democracy, confusion, or chaos: Political conditionality in Kenya
Living under Contract: Contract Farming and Agrarian Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wracked by poverty, famine, and drought, Africa is typically represented as agriculturally stagnant, backward, and crisis-prone. This text, however, highlights the changing character of sub-Saharan agrarian systems by focusing on contract farming. A relatively new and increasingly widespread way of organising peasant agriculture, contract farming promotes production of a wide variety of crops - from flowers to cocoa, from fresh vegetables to rice…
Lack of Mutations of Type 1 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Gene in Patients With Abdominal Obesity
There is increasing evidence that in human obesity, particularly the abdominal phenotype, the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is disregulated. At least two distinct alterations have been reported: one is characterized by several neuroendocrine abnormalities and hyperresponsiveness of the HPA axis to different neuropeptides, the other is characterized by elevated cortisol traffic and probably by supranormal cortisol produ…
Business (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Agrarian society (1 works) · Agricultural economics (1 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 works)