Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries answers these questions in 10 original research papers. The papers explore race- and gender-based differences in wages, at the level both of individuals and of occupations.
Okra, or Gumbo, from Africa. 0kra (Hibiscus esculentus) is also called gumbo in this country, although the latter term is more often applied to soups or other dishes which contain okra. Both of these names are of African origin. Gumbo is believed to be a corruption of a Portuguese corruption, quingombo, of the word quillobo, native name for the plant in the Congo and Angola area of Africa.
Gum arabic. Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, is a natural gum consisting of the hardened sap of various species of the acacia tree. Originally, gum arabic was collected from Acacia nilotica which was called the gum arabic tree; in the present day, gum arabic is predominantly collected from two related species, namely Acacia senegal and Vachellia seyal. Producers harvest the gum commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan and throughout the Sahel, from Senegal to Somaliaâthough it is ...