Michael Haddad, President, Capital Finance, Sterling National Bank discusses how new approaches to working with middle-market borrowers remotely can strengthen the lender/borrower relationship, the impact the crisis has had on credit underwriting, and his insights into the future for asset-based lenders...
Best Performing West Bankwith under$10 billionin assets: Security State Bank.TheCentralia, Washingtonbank outperformed the top 50 banks' median rates in five of seven metrics analyzed. Security State Bank also ranked as theBest P...
In this regard, it may be pertinent to note that parts of the upper montane forest in the highest-altitude location (i.e. Horton Plains) of the present study has shown symptoms of dieback since the mid-1970s67. Notably, based on analysis of rainfall records dating back from 1960s, Werne...
The article is structured as follows: First, we depict some key characteristics and contemporary challenges of rural community life in this particular part of the African continent, bearing in mind the diversity and complexity of rural livelihoods and environments in the region. Second, we present ...
The past several decades have seen China undergo a rapid urbanization process. During periods of economic prosperity, cities expropriate outlying lands, often villages, for economic development with the support of various local and national government programs designed to encourage urban expansion. However...
making it the world’s 41stlargest country. The country is made up of plains in the north and the southwest, but has mountains in the northeastern region. The two main mountain ranges are the Hindu Kush and the Pamir mountain ranges. The highest point in the country is Noshaq, which lie...
Bahiram Bote, 72 years, informed that they had a tradition of worshiping the Gandaki river that they carried out at the bank of the Narayani River. They did that as they had a belief their ancestors came from Kali Gandaki River and moved down, roaming the riverbanks collecting gold mo...
Plant diversity is lower in arid regions around the world. However, semi-arid regions have very high species richness and are notable in terms of vegetation structure and plant diversity. The major goal of this study was to assess the composition and div
(CFUG) initiative in Nepal. The paper begins with a literature review to give a general overview of the historical and current situation of forest governance in Nepal. It explores the historical impacts of unsustainable logging in Nepal and the World Bank Report, which both investigated and ...