Although it is costly to each individual to give up something valuable (a bushel of wheat) in order to get back another valuable commodity (a pound of meat), in the end both individuals are better off for bartering because (economists believe) it is cheaper to produce just one commodity than all the different commodities one consumes [1].
Other indicators comprised institutional strengthening indicators that impact upon service delivery and access to services: timely and accurate reporting of service statistics (two teams), proportion of women of reproductive age receiving family planning commodities (one team) and number of rural delivery sites (one team).
"Public space is a precious commodity," one senior administration official said.
Mr. Cherkaoui is an exceedingly hot commodity, one whose fluid, sensual works have been almost entirely absent from the United States dance circuit.
It's a move that adds a proven commodity, one who has, shockingly, had a much longer shelf-life than peers like Allen Iverson and the recently retired pitcher Tracy McGrady.
In the nearly 40 years since Mr. Brown's independently produced and released documentary, surfing has become a commodity, one of the designated extreme sports -- along with snowboarding, bungee jumping and helicopter skiing -- that have developed alongside the traditional Olympic repertory.
Up and down this country students are restless and angry, tired of a system that sees education as nothing more than a commodity, one that throws us into a lifetime of unfairness, injustice and crippling debt.
"I am not a commodity," one user wrote.
Although coal isn't a strategic commodity, one should question why the bank was so reckless.
Cocoa is a commodity, one of the world's most volatile, and the quality of the farmers' lives rise and fall with the cocoa prices.
