Reorientation and Commercial Relations of the Economies of Eastern Europe: A Compendium of Papers Submitted to ....1974 - 771 pages |
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Page 532 - Communist-action organization" means — (a) any organization in the United States (other than a diplomatic representative or mission of a foreign government accredited as such by the Department of State) which (i) is substantially directed, dominated, or controlled by the foreign government or foreign organization controlling the world Communist movement...
Page 370 - A widely used indicator of the extent of mechanization is the number of tractors per unit of land and per unit of labor. Table 20 presents estimates of tractors in terms of standard 15 HP tractor units per 1,000 hectares of agricultural land and per 1,000 workers in agriculture by country, groups of countries, and major regions. Our findings show that in the 1963-67 period the extent of the use of mechanical power was still low, by West European standards, in most of the East European countries.
Page 332 - Qrost product and net product. — The gross product of agriculture is the gross value added by productive activity within the agricultural sector. It is the contribution of the agricultural sector to gross national product (GNP). In this study It is obtained from agricultural output by subtracting current operating expenses. The net product of agriculture is the gross product minus depreciation. It is the contribution of the agricultural sector to the net national product (NNP) or net value added...
Page 79 - ... and desirous of participating in the widening of economic co-operation with the above-mentioned countries. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance would take a decision only with the agreement of the interested country. The Council shall meet periodically in the capital of each of the signatory countries in turn under the chairmanship of the representative of the country in whose capital the session takes place.
Page 296 - Andrzej Korbonski and Gregor Lazarcik. "Polish Agricultural Production, Output, Expenses, Gross and Net Product, and Productivity, 1934-38, 1937, and 1946-1970." OP-38 Gregor Lazarcik and George Pall. "Rumania: Agricultural Production, Output, Expenses, Gross and Net Product, and Productivity, 1938, 1948, and 1950-1971.
Page 298 - It seems clear, nonetheless, that the outcome of such comparisons between countries of Eastern Europe on the one hand and the United States on the other would be to raise the shares of the former in relation to the latter.
Page 294 - Financial and Fiscal Systems of Czechoslovakia. ACDA/E-45, Vol. I, 1968. Laszlo Czirjak and George Pall (Editors: Thad P. Alton and Elizabeth M. Bass). Financial and Fiscal Systems of Hungary.
Page 332 - ... own efforts. The same concepts are used by the UN economic organs to calculate agricultural output in Western Europe and by the OECD member countries. In this study the output of agriculture is calculated by subtracting from gross crop and animal production all intermediate products utilized on farms in further production. The physical quantities of output are then aggregated by the FAO wheat-based weights.