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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Advanced Countries"”.
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China's Presence in Developing Countries' Technology Basket: The Case of Furniture Manufacturing in Kenya
… which before the noughties depended largely on advanced countries for capital goods. Thus, there is a disruption of the pattern of technology transfer to Sub Saharan Africa including Kenya. A significant aspect of this disruption is that the capital goods are being produced within a developing …
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Assessing Sustainability in Developing Country Contexts: The Applicability of Green Building Rating Systems to Building Design and Construction in Madagascar and Tanzania
… been developed and promoted in more economically-advanced countries to offer guidelines to reduce negative impacts and to promote sustainable practices of building construction and operations. The green building rating system called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), established …
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Essays on Demographics and International Macroeconomics
… The second chapter uses panel data from 46 advanced and emerging economies to validate these theoretical findings, confirming that early aging in advanced countries has been advantageous for emerging economies. The third chapter extends the focus to real interest rates, revealing that they …
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Neo-vernacular trends towards the recent past in Greece
In economically advanced countries, fragments of the past are preserved, or new environments are created to match this past image. The reappropriation of old forms includes what can be called the neo-vernacular as a way to meet emotional demands, economic needs or as one mode of intellectual …
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Foreign assistance and economic development: the case of Taiwan
… which are invariably faced by underdeveloped countries in their early stages of development; one is a lack of savings to finance investment to sustain a given growth rate of GNP, and the second is a shortage of foreign exchange required to import intermediate and capital goods to support …
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Central Bank Transparency and Price Stability
… in the monetary policy transparency in the countries. Throughout the text, all the results are compared with the results presented in the paper by Dincer & Eichengreen (2009). The data show that the overall time trend in the level of monetary transparency is increasing. It can be concluded …
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Positioning Chinese practices in global innovation studies: A literature review on system of innovation research
… studies on experience outside of technologically advanced countries; 3. Overlooked the negative effect of SI development, such as the growing inequality. Then, it argues how studies on Chinese innovation systems would complement current studies.
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Rethinking innovation : the knowledge spill over strategic entrepreneurship In micro and small firms in Nigeria
… from cutting edge innovation, minted in the advanced world. This portrayal of innovation which has become global standard of measurement however, unwittingly stripes the concept of its contextual influence and thus sometimes applied to developing countries, a radically different context. This …
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Neo-Marxism, development and underdevelopment
… socialism to be established in the most "advanced " countries. This was to be followed by the emancipation of the more "backward" nations. The emancipation of Ireland, for example, was to be achieved through the victory of socialism in Britain. But when British capitalism continued to …
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Telekom Malaysia : privatisation and strategic management
… services on a par with those existing in the advanced countries by the year 2005.On the basis of this study, the researcher has arrived at several propositions. The most important contribution of the thesis is that it presents to both the government and top management of TM, recommendations to …
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Bridging the energy divide and securing higher collective wellbeing in a climate-constrained world
… gaps, effective changes in lifestyle choices in advanced countries, such as those associated with home energy use, private travel, and diet, would be needed to make room for the additional emissions needed to secure higher collective wellbeing in the rest of the world.
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Adult education in Egypt and England : a comparative study
… in all fields of life. In developing countries, there is still a tendency to identify adult education with literacy campaigns and other basic education programmes.Therefore, whatever the interest and whatever the country, adult education means education for life in its widest sense. …
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The determinants of government bond yields: A comparative analysis of African, emerging and developed countries
Debt is a critical source of finance for countries to fund their budget deficits and development objectives. However, high yields discourage the issuance of bonds by African economies and impose financial difficulties, thus hindering the necessary development of the continent. This study examines …
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The West Virginia Friends of Firewood Network: Engaging with and exploring the practices of firewood producers
… immature both in developing and technologically advanced countries. Firewood is an environmentally friendly and renewable resource that is becoming popular once again in U.S. homes, 2.5 million of which utilize it as a primary heating source. However, firewood is also a proven vector for invasive …
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European urbanism in Caracas (1870s-1930s)
… maintained by the Venezuelan elite with the most advanced countries of North Atlantic capitalism. By tracing the transfer of urban ideas from Europe into Caracas - which remains the core issue of the research -a parallel question is explored: the reconstruction of the primary stages which …
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University students' use of technologies in China
… 'Net Generation' students in western industrial advanced countries (e.g. Kennedy et al. 2007; Salaway et al. 2008; Jones et al. 2010). However little is known about these students and their use of technologies at universities in China.<br></br><br></br> As one of the first empirical studies of …
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The role and development of the intelligence function in the Nigeria police
… organisations. Speaking generally, however, the advanced countries of the world (the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc), have shown considerable understanding of the issues involved and are responding accordingly. One of the ways is through intelligence-led policing (lLP), which …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SEXUAL EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
… sickle cell disease (PLWSCD), in economically advanced countries, are living longer into adulthood. Thus, attention has shifted to investigate how SCD affects a person’s sexual health. Methods: 18 PLWSCD, in the United States of America and Canada, participated in in-depth recorded interviews. …
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Three Essays on Democracy, Inequality, and Redistribution in Developed Countries
… of democracy, inequality, and redistribution in advanced countries. The thesis consists of three main essays: The first essay provides a new measure of democracy that captures the dynamics of democracy in developed countries, and the second and third essays focus on the dynamic relation between …
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The effect of education on female fertility behaviour in El Gebel El Akhder in Libya
Libya, one of less advanced countries, has experienced extensive demographic change in recent decades. Although, efforts have been made to collect descriptive statistics relating to population change (such as Censuses), there has been no serious explanations of demographic change by academics of …
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