local economy
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflocalandeconomy
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local
adjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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economy
noun
uk/iˈkɒn.ə.mi/us/iˈkɑː.nə.mi/
the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made ...
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(Definition oflocalandeconomyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Repeated failures of this nature may ultimately result in decay of the irrigation system and subsequent decline of thelocaleconomy.
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They also indicate that in the 1990s thelocaleconomyhas become less dependent on remittances from relatives living in urban areas.
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Despite these survival strategies, the later twentieth century was a period of decline in thelocaleconomy.
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Overall, alocaleconomywas created that involved tenant farmers becoming increasingly reliant upon a few major households.
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From now on the resources of the state dominate thelocaleconomy.
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Let r be the prevailing rate of return in thelocaleconomy.
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This would be bad for thelocaleconomy.
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The decline in commodity prices had a great impact on thelocaleconomy.
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Most of the economic benefit is directly to the tour company, and the rest of the revenues cannot contribute significantly tolocaleconomy.
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For the next three years, however, relatively little progress was made, principally because of the poor state of thelocaleconomy.
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My results indicate that labour relations in the countryside should be viewed from the perspective of thelocaleconomy.
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There are some suggestive pages on the place of commons in thelocaleconomywhich could have been expanded.
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Analysis of its interface with other activities in thelocaleconomywould show the true role of fragmentation.
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This network is part of what enables thelocaleconomyto operate so effectively.
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As different sectors of thelocaleconomystruggled to stave off the worst consequences of the depression, key social, economic and political relationships were realigned.
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Although not statistically significant at the 0.05 level, they were also less supportive of thelocaleconomyand local farmers than other age groups.
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The growth of solidarity tourism also accounts for a percentage of thelocaleconomy, with several shops now catering directly to foreigners.
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Fishing and whaling have become less and less central to thelocaleconomyover the last decades.
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Gambling and tourism have long been the twin pillars of thelocaleconomy.
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