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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Development issues"”.
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Road sector reform in Namibia: Institutional development issues
Worldwide, ministries of transport are being called upon to lead major transport reforms, and at the same time reform themselves to become more modern institutions and assume new and different functions and roles in the more dynamic reformed system. Designed and initiated in the early 20th century …
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Sustainable faculty development: issues in technology for teacher education
<p>This dissertation centers around research and development on faculty preparation for integration of technology for teacher education. Chapter 1 is the general introduction in which the background and the significance of the research topics are addressed. Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 …
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The Helderberg Basin: regional and local economic development issues
The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) has been described as an integrated, coherent socio-economic policy framework which seeks to mobilise all our people and our country's resources toward redressing the imbalances of apartheid and building a democratic, non-racial and non-sexist …
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Empirical Studies in Production Economics and International Agricultural Development Issues
… two manuscripts in International Agricultural Development. The first two manuscripts focus on production economics, and both are an exploration of nitrogen use and its impact on continuous corn production and profitability in Colorado. The first manuscript titled "Switching Regression …
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Do buildings affect the attitudes of students towards some sustainable development issues?
… This was an interesting aim of the Sustainable Development Commission and the DCSF which went on to highlight eight doorways of areas of concern and suggested ways that the curriculum campus and community could approach their target expectations. These were that “all schools were to be models of …
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Faith based institutions and youth participation in community development : issues and opportunities
… institutions and urban youth in community development; and (2) to draw the attention of youth serving- and other church-affiliated community organizations to innovative and progressive approaches for youth participation.
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Addressing sustainable development issues in integrated development plans in the Western Cape Province
The integrated development plan (IDP) has been described as a key tool to ensure the incorporation of sustainability considerations at the local planning level within government. In the South African context this suggests a linking of planning and environmental management functions within local …
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Air rights development : is it different from traditional land development?
The availability of large desirable urban development sites continues to diminish. Air rights development is an innovative way for real estate entrepreneurs to create space for developing large-scale projects. Because a portion of these projects are constructed on air, one would expect the deal …
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Tanzania’s Mainstream News Media Engagement with National Development
… ways in which Tanzania’s media report news on development issues and what accounts for the way they report, guided by social constructionist philosophy and framing theory. In terms of how they report news, the thesis draws on primary data generated from: (1) an analysis of 10,371 news stories …
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Assessment of Constructs Related to Childhood Aggression
… Results are discussed in terms of child development issues, treatment selection, and intervention considerations.
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Development aid in South Africa : a contribution or impediment to poverty alleviation?
… since 1994, but is increasingly battling with development issues such as persisting poverty and growing socio-economic inequality. This apparent contradiction is part of the complex South African development landscape in which development aid has gradually shifted from being transitional to a …
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Health Beliefs, Self-Efficacy and Condom Use: How College Students Respond to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
… use were negatively related to condom use. Scale development issues, implications of these findings and recommendations for future research are presented.
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Dismissed! School Board Governance: A Case Study of the Halifax Regional School Board
… study examines the background of school board development, issues of democracy and representation, and the responsibility of the press. This qualitative study relied upon documents, interviews, secondary and primary sources. Historiography, ethnography, and survey work all figured prominently …
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A Business and Redevelopment Outline for the Re-Use of a Prime Site in South Boston
This development and business plan considers the neighborhood context and current market conditions characterizing the subject site’s redevelopment potential. The subject site, further defined in this thesis, is a prime parcel of land in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, MA currently …
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Heritage partnerships : national designation, regional promotion and the role of local preservation organizations
… partnerships addressing preservation and development issues on a regional scale. The two case studies I use to explore this issue are the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission (or "Path of Progress"). My …
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The utilization of mild disabilities special education teachers in elementary schools
… of support, time/scheduling, and professional development issues facing mild disabilities special education teachers. Further factor analysis showed significant differences among participants for specific survey items from the roles, support, time/scheduling, and professional development data …
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A Ajuda Oficial pra o Desenvolvimento a partir de três perspectivas teóricas
Since the end of the World War II, development issues have become central to the international agenda. Each subsequent decade has set up scenarios with differing perspectives on development goals and strategies, but in all of them Official Development Assistance (ODA) has remained one of the main …
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"The Africans Have Taken Arkansas": Political Activities of African-American Members of the Arkansas Legislature, 1868-73
… the legislature was addressing the most basic issues of public life, such as creating the infrastructure of public education and transportation in the state. They were actively engaged in the work of the legislature. Between 1868 and 1873, they introduced bills that eventually became laws. …
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Development and deployment of a residential voltage level phasor measurement unit
… for continuous measurements. The greatest issues in its creation were obtaining high accuracy in the phase measurements and acquiring a reliable network connection to transmit the data. These issues were caused by inherent hardware limitations, software development issues, and networking …
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The factors influencing SME failure in South Africa
… developing countries, South Africa faces a great development problem relating to the high failure rate that is present among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), this is due to the fact that entrepreneurs are not able to turn their businesses into sustainable venture. SMEs play a significant role …
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