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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Capital infrastructure"”.
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Public capital, infrastructure and productivity in the Brazilian economy
… traditional neoclassical growth model: Public capital and infrastructure capital. We check for the stationarity of the data and run two models: One with public capital and another with public capital and infrastructure capital.
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An assessment of capital budget planning and municipal borrowing as funding source in Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape
… over- and in most cases under-spending on capital infrastructure, and poor audit outcomes. It is therefore very important for municipalities to deliver on the constitutional mandate as enshrined in the South African Constitution in terms of Section 153. Municipalities need to structure and …
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The development of a municipal bond market in Brazil : a comparative case study of the Deodoro F1 race track : Rio de Janeiro & COTA, Austin, TX
… the long history of privately financed capital projects in Latin America, this research paper examines the theory that the US municipal finance structure may serve as a prudent legal, regulatory model for emerging markets in Latin America. As such, the development of a sub-national debt …
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Assessing School Neighborhood Walkability: A Targeted Approach to Safe Routes to School Programming
<p> <p>This thesis intends to demonstrate how capital infrastructure investments can be targeted objectively, using the "Safe Routes to School" (SRTS) program for context. SRTS impacts physical activity, a determinant of childhood obesity by encouraging children’s regular active transportation use. …
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Colombian Choco: An investigation into the processes , obstacles and Impacts of the Commercialization of Smoked Fish
… the obstacles they face in access to fish, capital, infrastructure, industrial fishing, arrival of floating cocaine, and market trends. The study caps off with the emergence of future goals in the acquisition of a mo-torboat, increased capital, improved production and business processes, and …
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An evaluation of the contribution of ecotourism to the economy of the Republic of Botswana in 1984
… an early stage of development. It had a limited capital infrastructure, poor agricultural resources, a growing population and low formal sector employment. The country had been politically stable and had made a noteworthy transition from the poor economic position at independence in 1966 to the …
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Exploring strategies used by school managers in managing upgraded secondary schools in Mazabuka district.
… ranged from provision of school fees, desks to capital projects like classroom blocks. However, challenges still remained impeding smooth running of the schools. The study’s main recommendation was that the stakeholders to work towards putting up capital infrastructure so that learners learn in …
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Exploring strategies used by school managers in managing upgraded secondary schools in Mazabuka district.
… ranged from provision of school fees, desks to capital projects like classroom blocks. However, challenges still remained impeding smooth running of the schools. The study’s main recommendation was that the stakeholders to work towards putting up capital infrastructure so that learners learn in …
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Underspending of capital expenditure at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa: current state of knowledge and a research agenda
… cables, signalling, perway and other station infrastructure is extremely capital intensive. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has on numerous occasions been allocated a capital expenditure (CAPEX) budget by the National Treasury, specifically for the afore-listed capital projects. …
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Ghanaian entrepreneurship and innovation
… to innovation in Ghana, including a lack of capital, infrastructure challenges, and an entrenched system of apprenticeship. Within the bounds of the study, the more innovative businesses tended to be headed by entrepreneurs who were more highly educated, and businesses with more innovative …
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Public financial management reforms for value-for-money in selected South African provincial governments
… supply chain management, promote effective capital infrastructure spending, combat fraud and corruption, improve the quality of monitoring and reporting and clarify PFM roles and responsibilities. It advocates a sustained long term PFM capacity building programme in the provincial sphere, …
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Towards Polycentric Regionalism: Sino-Russian Geo-Economic Relations and the Formation of the Pacific Arctic Region
… geo-economic power - transmitted through capital, infrastructure build-out capabilities, and economic influence over institutions - is the key determinant in facilitating the physical connectivity and virtual linkage aspects of Polycentric Regionalism. By generating new economic dynamism …
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Ten years at the Sherman Theatre 1990-2000: Creating and developing a young people's and emerging artists' strategy at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff 1990-2000
… low to sustain its artistic programme and the capital infrastructure of the building. We employed Peter Boyden, an independent arts consultant to work with us and advise the team in preparing a document for the Sherman's Board of Trustees, the ACW and Cardiff County Council (current funders) …
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Selected Econometric Models of Social Capital Formation in New Zealand
… factors contributing to the formation of social capital in New Zealand from three distinct angles. Each of these angles concerns a form of geographically referenced investment, either by individuals through settlement post-migration or their homeownership, or by local government investing in …