There is little evidence that an independent system operator model would provide any benefits that would justify the cost to households, potential disruption to much of the energy sector, and the risks to security of supply such uncertainty could create".
We provide some specific recommendations which could enhance local households' potential adaptation to drought, as well as for effective management of water to prevent potential conflicts in the design or implementation of water policy with the local community.
We hypothesize that differences in herding strategy and herd management, such as herd size, composition, and structure, will influence household production potential of milk.
"With the effects of last year's government spending cuts beginning to bite, and rising inflation and tax measures putting pressure on household budgets, potential house-buyers are likely to have been discouraged," the CML said.
This assumption implies that the selection is solely based on observable characteristics, and variables that influence treatment assignment (adaptation decision is made by the household) and potential outcomes (food security) are simultaneously observed (Getachew et al. 2011b).
While financial hardship was mentioned in many of the interviews; affordability issues seemed to revolve around rising costs and charges for household bills, potential septic tank inspections, and cutbacks in allowances for household heating.
However, on a wider policy scale, social barriers related to maternal care accessibility and adoption of anti-poor policies appear more easily monitored as social determinants related to household income potential or consumption (8).
A generalized Poisson log-linear model was built considering age, sex, wealth index, proximity to the identified vector breeding place, total ITNs use, and education of the head of the household as potential predictors of falciparum malaria episodes for each study subject.
Glove wearing in this study ranged from 7.1%% to 46.2 % for households with potential occupational exposure to zoonotic pathogens, and from 0.0%to80.0%.0 % for households with potential exposure in the garden (Additional file 1).
