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Economics
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UF
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Political economy
More specific terms
NT1
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Agricultural economics
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▼
NT2
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Agricultural finance
►
▼
NT3
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Agricultural banks
►
▼
NT4
↓
Agricultural development banks
NT3
↓
Agricultural credit
►
▼
NT4
↓
Agricultural production credit
NT3
↓
Agricultural income
►
▼
NT4
↓
Farm income
NT3
↓
Agricultural insurance
►
▼
NT4
↓
Crop insurance
NT3
↓
Agricultural investments
NT2
↓
Agricultural markets
NT2
↓
Agricultural prices
►
▼
NT3
↓
Crop prices
NT3
↓
Food prices
NT2
↓
Agricultural productivity
►
▼
NT3
↓
Crop quality
NT3
↓
Crop yield
NT2
↓
Agricultural shortages
►
▼
NT3
↓
Crop losses
NT3
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Food losses
►
▼
NT4
↓
Food contamination
NT4
↓
Food spoilage
NT4
↓
Post harvest food losses
NT3
↓
Food shortages
NT2
↓
Agricultural surpluses
NT2
↓
Food economics
►
▼
NT3
↓
Food prices
NT3
↓
Food subsidies
NT2
↓
Food supply
►
▼
NT3
↓
Food reserves
NT3
↓
Food security
NT3
↓
Food shortages
NT3
↓
Food surpluses
NT2
↓
Land economics
►
▼
NT3
↓
Access to land
NT3
↓
Land expropriation
NT3
↓
Land nationalization
NT3
↓
Land ownership
►
▼
NT4
↓
Church land
NT4
↓
Communal land
NT4
↓
Land titling
NT4
↓
Private land
NT4
↓
Public land
NT3
↓
Land tenancy
►
▼
NT4
↓
Land rents
NT3
↓
Land tenure
NT3
↓
Landlessness
NT1
↓
Commodities
►
▼
NT2
↓
Commodity management
►
▼
NT3
↓
Commodity agreements
NT3
↓
Commodity controls
NT1
↓
Consumers
►
▼
NT2
↓
Consumer behavior
NT1
↓
Consumption (economics)
►
▼
NT2
↓
Consumption patterns
►
▼
NT3
↓
Food consumption patterns
NT1
↓
Demand
►
▼
NT2
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Unmet needs
NT1
↓
Developed countries
NT1
↓
Developing countries
►
▼
NT2
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Advanced developing countries
NT2
↓
Least developed countries
NT1
↓
Development economics
NT1
↓
Economic administration
►
▼
NT2
↓
Economic cooperation
NT2
↓
Economic development
►
▼
NT3
↓
Economic participation
NT3
↓
Socioeconomic development
NT3
↓
Sustainable development
NT3
↓
Value chains
NT2
↓
Economic diversification
NT2
↓
Economic efficiency
NT2
↓
Economic integration
►
▼
NT3
↓
Common markets
NT3
↓
Regional economic integration
NT2
↓
Economic planning
NT2
↓
Economic policy
►
▼
NT3
↓
Fiscal policy
NT3
↓
Monetary policy
►
▼
NT4
↓
Interest rates
NT4
↓
Money supply
NT4
↓
Valuation
NT2
↓
Economic reconstruction
NT2
↓
Economic reform
►
▼
NT3
↓
Income redistribution
NT3
↓
Privatization
►
▼
NT4
↓
Divestiture
NT4
↓
Privatization of services
NT4
↓
Privatization techniques
NT2
↓
Expropriation
►
▼
NT3
↓
Land expropriation
NT2
↓
Nationalization
NT2
↓
Price regulation
NT2
↓
Registration
NT2
↓
Structural adjustment
NT2
↓
Trade regulation
►
▼
NT3
↓
Free trade
NT3
↓
Protectionism
NT3
↓
Trade agreements
►
▼
NT4
↓
International trade agreements
►
NT4
↓
Trade negotiations
NT3
↓
Trade controls
►
▼
NT4
↓
Nontariff barriers
NT4
↓
Tariffs
►
NT4
↓
Trade quotas
NT3
↓
Trade liberalization
NT1
↓
Economic aspects
NT1
↓
Economic assistance
NT1
↓
Economic benefit
NT1
↓
Economic conditions
►
▼
NT2
↓
Cost of living
►
▼
NT3
↓
Housing costs
►
▼
NT4
↓
Low cost housing
NT4
↓
Moderate cost housing
NT2
↓
Economic dependency
NT2
↓
Economic depression
NT2
↓
Economic disparity
NT2
↓
Economic growth
►
▼
NT3
↓
Business growth
NT3
↓
Economic growth rate
NT2
↓
Economic recession
NT2
↓
Economic recovery
NT2
↓
Economic self sufficiency
NT2
↓
Economic stabilization
NT2
↓
Economic stagnation
NT2
↓
Economic status
►
▼
NT3
↓
Bankruptcy
NT3
↓
Poverty
►
▼
NT4
↓
Dimensions of poverty
►
NT4
↓
Poverty monitoring
NT4
↓
Poverty reduction
NT3
↓
Socioeconomic status
NT3
↓
Wealth
NT2
↓
Financial crisis
NT2
↓
Full employment
NT2
↓
Standard of living
NT2
↓
Underemployment
NT2
↓
Unemployment
►
▼
NT3
↓
Cyclical unemployment
NT1
↓
Economic impact
NT1
↓
Economic infrastructure
NT1
↓
Economic legislation
►
▼
NT2
↓
Business law
NT2
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Commercial law
NT2
↓
Consumer protection laws
NT1
↓
Economic regions
►
▼
NT2
↓
Rural areas
►
▼
NT3
↓
Agricultural areas
NT2
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Suburban areas
NT2
↓
Urban areas
►
▼
NT3
↓
Industrial areas
NT3
↓
Slum areas
NT1
↓
Economic research
►
▼
NT2
↓
Econometrics
►
▼
NT3
↓
Economic models
NT2
↓
Economic analysis
NT2
↓
Economic forecasting
NT2
↓
Economic indicators
►
▼
NT3
↓
Gross national product
NT3
↓
Price indexes
NT2
↓
Economic studies
NT2
↓
Economic surveys
NT2
↓
Economic trends
NT2
↓
Marketing research
NT2
↓
Married persons
NT1
↓
Economic risk
NT1
↓
Economic systems
►
▼
NT2
↓
Command economy
NT2
↓
Dual economy
NT2
↓
Economic doctrines
►
▼
NT3
↓
Capitalism
NT3
↓
Collectivism
►
▼
NT4
↓
Communism
NT4
↓
Socialism
NT3
↓
Feudalism
NT2
↓
Economic sectors
►
▼
NT3
↓
Informal sector
NT3
↓
Private sector
NT3
↓
Public sector
NT2
↓
Economies in transition
►
▼
NT3
↓
Economic and social reintegration
NT2
↓
Market economy
NT2
↓
Mixed economy
NT2
↓
Monetary systems
►
▼
NT3
↓
Currencies
►
▼
NT4
↓
Foreign currencies
NT4
↓
Local currency
NT3
↓
International monetary system
►
▼
NT4
↓
Devaluation
NT4
↓
Foreign exchange
►
NT4
↓
International monetary reforms
NT4
↓
International monetary relations
►
NT2
↓
Ownership
►
▼
NT3
↓
Cooperative ownership
NT3
↓
Domestic ownership
NT3
↓
Foreign ownership
NT3
↓
Private ownership
NT3
↓
Public ownership
NT3
↓
Stakeholder analysis
NT3
↓
Stakeholder commitment
NT3
↓
Stakeholder participation
NT3
↓
Stakeholders
NT1
↓
Economic theories
►
▼
NT2
↓
Family rights
NT2
↓
Right to work
NT2
↓
Rights of the child
NT2
↓
Supply side economics
NT1
↓
Economists
NT1
↓
Educational economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Educational finance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Educational budget
NT3
↓
Educational costs
►
▼
NT4
↓
Student costs
►
NT3
↓
Educational grants
NT3
↓
Student financial assistance
►
▼
NT4
↓
Fellowships
NT4
↓
Scholarships
NT4
↓
Student loans
NT4
↓
Training allowances
NT2
↓
Private education
NT2
↓
Public education
NT1
↓
Energy economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Energy costs
NT2
↓
Oil prices
NT1
↓
Finance
►
▼
NT2
↓
Assets
NT2
↓
Budgets
►
▼
NT3
↓
Educational budget
NT3
↓
Family budgets
NT3
↓
National budgets
NT2
↓
Capital
►
▼
NT3
↓
Capital flow
NT3
↓
Capital formation
NT3
↓
Capital gains
NT3
↓
Capital intensive technology
NT3
↓
Capital labor ratio
NT3
↓
Capital labor substitution
NT3
↓
Capital output ratio
NT3
↓
Capital saving technology
NT3
↓
Venture capital
NT2
↓
Costs
►
▼
NT3
↓
Cost benefit analysis
NT3
↓
Cost control
NT3
↓
Cost of living
►
▼
NT4
↓
Housing costs
►
NT3
↓
Cost overrun
NT3
↓
Cost recovery
NT3
↓
Cost sharing
NT3
↓
Cost-effectiveness
NT3
↓
Operating costs
►
▼
NT4
↓
Administrative costs
NT4
↓
Equipment costs
NT4
↓
Labor costs
NT4
↓
Overhead
NT3
↓
Price indexes
NT3
↓
Recurrent costs
NT3
↓
Unit cost
NT2
↓
Credit
►
▼
NT3
↓
Access to credit
NT3
↓
Commercial credit
NT3
↓
Credit guarantees
NT3
↓
Loans
►
▼
NT4
↓
Cash transfers
NT4
↓
Collateral
NT4
↓
Entente loan
NT4
↓
Group loans
►
NT4
↓
Interest rates
NT4
↓
Mortgages
NT4
↓
Personal loans
NT4
↓
Revolving fund
NT3
↓
Long term credit
NT3
↓
Mixed credit
NT3
↓
Production credit
NT3
↓
Short term credit
NT3
↓
Vouchers
►
▼
NT4
↓
Voucher programs
NT4
↓
Voucher redemption
NT2
↓
Debts
►
▼
NT3
↓
Debt for development
►
▼
NT4
↓
Debt equity
NT4
↓
Debt for nature
NT3
↓
Debt repayment
►
▼
NT4
↓
Debt consolidation
NT4
↓
Debt management
NT4
↓
Debt servicing
NT4
↓
Defaults
NT2
↓
Development finance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Central funding
NT3
↓
Co-financing
NT3
↓
Counterpart fund
NT3
↓
Economic Support Fund
NT3
↓
Fixed amount reimbursement
NT3
↓
Funding mechanisms
NT3
↓
Local financing
NT3
↓
Matching funds
NT3
↓
Onlending
NT3
↓
Refinancing fund
NT2
↓
Expenditures
►
▼
NT3
↓
Public expenditures
NT2
↓
Financial institutions
►
▼
NT3
↓
Banks
►
▼
NT4
↓
Agricultural banks
►
NT4
↓
Central banks
NT4
↓
Commercial banks
NT4
↓
Development banks
►
NT4
↓
Village banks
NT3
↓
Building and loan associations
NT3
↓
Credit bureaus
NT3
↓
Credit cooperatives
NT3
↓
Credit unions
NT3
↓
Development finance institutions
NT3
↓
Microfinance institutions (MFI)
NT3
↓
Savings and loan associations
NT2
↓
Financial needs
NT2
↓
Financial resources
NT2
↓
Grants
►
▼
NT3
↓
Block grants
NT3
↓
Educational grants
NT3
↓
Incentive grants
NT2
↓
Income
►
▼
NT3
↓
Cash income
NT3
↓
Earnings
►
▼
NT4
↓
Remittances
NT3
↓
Income distribution
NT3
↓
Income generation
NT3
↓
Income level
►
▼
NT4
↓
High income
NT4
↓
Low income
NT4
↓
Middle income
NT3
↓
Payment in kind
NT3
↓
Profits
NT3
↓
Revenues
NT2
↓
Investment
►
▼
NT3
↓
Foreign investment
►
▼
NT4
↓
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
NT3
↓
Investment environment
NT3
↓
Investment guarantees
NT3
↓
Investment promotion
►
▼
NT4
↓
Free zones
NT3
↓
Investors
NT3
↓
Pre investment surveys
NT3
↓
Reinvestment
NT3
↓
Return on investments
NT3
↓
Speculation
NT3
↓
Stocks and shares
►
▼
NT4
↓
Securities
NT4
↓
Stock exchanges
NT2
↓
Microfinance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Microfinance business plans
NT3
↓
Microfinance equity funds
NT3
↓
Microfinance industry
NT3
↓
Microfinance markets
NT3
↓
Microfinance methodologies
NT3
↓
Microfinance programs
NT3
↓
Microfinance regulation
NT3
↓
Microfinance sector
NT3
↓
Microfinance tools
NT3
↓
Microfinance training
NT3
↓
Microfinance work
NT3
↓
Sustainable microfinance
NT3
↓
Womens microbanking
NT2
↓
Personal finance
NT2
↓
Public finance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Fiscal policy
NT3
↓
Public expenditures
NT3
↓
Taxation
►
▼
NT4
↓
Tax assessments
NT4
↓
Tax audits
NT4
↓
Tax collection
NT4
↓
Tax evasion
NT4
↓
Tax incentives
NT4
↓
Tax rates
NT4
↓
Tax reforms
NT4
↓
Taxes
►
NT2
↓
Savings
NT1
↓
Food economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Food prices
NT2
↓
Food subsidies
NT1
↓
Health economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Health care costs
NT2
↓
Health finance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Private health care
NT3
↓
Public health care
NT1
↓
Housing economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Condominium housing
NT2
↓
Housing cooperatives
NT2
↓
Housing costs
►
▼
NT3
↓
Low cost housing
NT3
↓
Moderate cost housing
NT2
↓
Housing finance
►
▼
NT3
↓
Housing credit
NT3
↓
Housing investment guaranty
NT3
↓
Mortgages
NT2
↓
Housing markets
NT2
↓
Public housing
NT2
↓
Rental housing
NT1
↓
Industrial economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Industrial credit
NT2
↓
Industrial productivity
NT1
↓
Labor economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Labor costs
NT2
↓
Labor market
►
▼
NT3
↓
Employment
►
▼
NT4
↓
Full employment
NT4
↓
Off farm employment
NT4
↓
Underemployment
NT4
↓
Unemployment
►
NT3
↓
Labor force
►
▼
NT4
↓
Child labor
NT4
↓
Female labor
NT4
↓
Foreign labor
NT3
↓
Labor supply
►
▼
NT4
↓
Labor migration
►
NT4
↓
Labor mobility
NT4
↓
Labor shortages
NT4
↓
Labor turnover
NT2
↓
Labor productivity
NT1
↓
Land economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Access to land
NT2
↓
Land expropriation
NT2
↓
Land nationalization
NT2
↓
Land ownership
►
▼
NT3
↓
Church land
NT3
↓
Communal land
NT3
↓
Land titling
NT3
↓
Private land
NT3
↓
Public land
NT2
↓
Land tenancy
►
▼
NT3
↓
Land rents
NT2
↓
Land tenure
NT2
↓
Landlessness
NT1
↓
Markets
►
▼
NT2
↓
Agricultural markets
NT2
↓
Black markets
NT2
↓
Capital markets
►
▼
NT3
↓
Municipal bonds
NT3
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Mutual funds
NT2
↓
Futures markets
NT2
↓
Market development
NT2
↓
Market structure
►
▼
NT3
↓
Economic competition
NT2
↓
Traders
NT1
↓
Non oil producing countries
NT1
↓
Oil producing countries
NT1
↓
Population economics
NT1
↓
Prices
►
▼
NT2
↓
Deflation
NT2
↓
Inflation
NT2
↓
Price indexes
NT2
↓
Price regulation
NT2
↓
Price stabilization
NT2
↓
Price supports
►
▼
NT3
↓
Subsidies
NT2
↓
Retail prices
NT2
↓
Shadow prices
NT2
↓
Wholesale prices
NT1
↓
Research economics
►
▼
NT2
↓
Research grants
NT1
↓
Supply
►
▼
NT2
↓
Food supply
►
▼
NT3
↓
Food reserves
NT3
↓
Food security
NT3
↓
Food shortages
NT3
↓
Food surpluses
NT2
↓
Self sufficiency
NT2
↓
Surpluses
NT1
↓
Trade
►
▼
NT2
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Barter
NT2
↓
Comparative advantage
NT2
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Cross-border trade
NT2
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International trade
►
▼
NT3
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Balance of payments
NT3
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Balance of trade
►
▼
NT4
↓
Trade deficits
NT3
↓
Exports
►
▼
NT4
↓
Export diversification
NT4
↓
Export promotion
NT4
↓
Nontraditional exports
►
NT3
↓
Globalization
NT3
↓
Imports
►
▼
NT4
↓
Import substitution
NT3
↓
International trade promotion
NT3
↓
Organizations
►
▼
NT4
↓
Bureaucracies
NT4
↓
Business enterprises
►
NT4
↓
Civil society organizations (CSO)
NT4
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Cooperatives
NT4
↓
Development organizations
►
NT4
↓
Foundations
NT4
↓
Institutional aspects
NT4
↓
International organizations
►
NT4
↓
International trade promotion organizations
NT4
↓
Local groups
NT4
↓
Multilateral organizations
NT4
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Nonprofit organizations
NT4
↓
Philanthropies
NT4
↓
Private organizations
►
NT4
↓
Research organizations
NT4
↓
Voluntary organizations
►
NT3
↓
Trade promotion
►
▼
NT4
↓
Trade fairs
NT2
↓
Regional trade
NT2
↓
Terms of trade
NT2
↓
Trade promotion
►
▼
NT3
↓
Trade fairs
NT2
↓
Trade regulation
►
▼
NT3
↓
Free trade
NT3
↓
Protectionism
NT3
↓
Trade agreements
►
▼
NT4
↓
International trade agreements
►
NT4
↓
Trade negotiations
NT3
↓
Trade controls
►
▼
NT4
↓
Nontariff barriers
NT4
↓
Tariffs
►
NT4
↓
Trade quotas
NT3
↓
Trade liberalization
NT1
↓
Transportation economics
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