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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"Development plans"”.
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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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Decentralisation and Policy Implementation: Thai Development Plans and Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO) in Chiang Rai
… system has been one of the most important development issues in Thailand over the past two decades. These moves are seen most clearly in the establishment of the Subdistrict Administrative Organisation (SAO) across Thailand as the fundamental governing unit at the local administrative …
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The Power of Municipal Development Plans: An Examination of Their Relevance and Impact in Guatemala
… that void. It examines the ability of municipal development plans (MDP) to effectively achieve the goals that underlay their formulation and, consequently, promote decentralization within Guatemala. Over the course of my service in the Peace Corps I witnessed and participated in the formulation …
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A comparison of staff development programs in two-year colleges with and without formalized staff development plans
… there exists both formal and informal staff development programs in public two-year colleges in the United States, and (2) to determine whether or not the existence of formal staff development programs relates to expenditure for staff development activities. The current status of the nature …
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Investigation into the success and failures of Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) as a service delivery tool in Makhado Local Municipality
Integrated Development Plans were made a legal requirement for municipalities in the Local Government Transition Act: Second Amendment Act, 97 of 1996, their conceptualization at a policy level was very limited. Thus, the requirements for IDP overlap to some extent with the planning requirements of …
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E-public participation strategies effectiveness during the implementation of integrated development plans (idp)processes: a case study of the selected South African municipalities
One of the most important elements of integrated development planning is public engagement, which focuses on local demands and goals. The new technology shifts in local governments offer an opportunity for communities to engage with the government in determining their most pressing needs using …
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A Long Road Home: Post Disaster Community Redevelopment in Haiti
This thesis looks at neighbourhood redevelopment following the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti through the examination of four diverse case studies. Inadequate national leadership and land tenure issues have hampered redevelopment, but NGOs working to advance physical, social, economic, and …
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Professional Development for Teachers: Perceptions of Northeast Tennessee Principals.
… as they compared their system's professional development plans to Learning Forward's, formerly the National Staff Development Council, recently revised definition of professional development. The theoretical frameworks for this study lay in the recent works of Schlechty (2009) on transforming …
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Personnel perceptions of a collaborative school-based staff development approach: case study of three suburban public intermediate schools
Staff development of teachers has been a major topic in the literature over the past decade. The literature has pointed out the shortcomings of traditional staff development while suggesting that school-based staff development can better meet teachers’ needs in the future. Three suburban public …
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Determinants for the adoption of climate change policies for urban Africa: A study of urban local governments in Ghana
Scholars have reiterated that development discourse is concerned not just with the practices of development, but crucially with the politics and power of knowledge and ideas that shape development: their origins, content, contestation, diffusion and dissemination (Moore, 1995; Roy, 2010; Escobar, …
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Regional planning and the energy efficiency purposes
… strategies into the urban and regional plans. With the exception of national-wide general approaches e.g. replacing fossil energy carriers with clean and renewable ones, altering oil-firing vehicles into gas-firing ones, regulating buildings’ construction based on efficient isolating …
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The Impact of The Nigerian Manpower Project on Students in Selected u.s. Junior and Community Colleges
… Nigerian Manpower Project (NMP) on the career development plans and vocational, academic and social adjustment of participating students in selected U.S. junior and community colleges. The two major areas focused on within the study wer
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Integer Programming Heuristics for Large Capital Budgeting Problems
… such as those characterized by the national development plans in developing nations. In order to obtain statistically meaningful results, we designed and carried out some nonparametric randomized complete block experiments using real world data from the 1968/69 Nigerian national development …
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Post-Coal Futures in Central Appalachia: A Critique of the Appalachian Regional Commission and Liberal Economic Development Models
This project critically evaluates liberal development plans created for Central Appalachia by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) through a historical materialist lens. It demonstrates that these plans and their explicitly liberal origins are not sufficient for the working classes in the …
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Critical Success Factors for Private and Public-Private Partnership Investments in Renewable Energy Development in Kenya
… Africa, studies on drivers of renewable energy development have focused on North Africa and South Africa. This study sought to identify the drivers of renewable energy in a developing or middle- income country like Kenya. Further, while previous studies have adopted various methodologies, this …
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Empowerment, Ownership, and Authentic Professional Learning: Meeting the Needs of Our Teachers Through Career Pathways
… the third part of a series on professional development (PD) in the charter management organization KIPP NYC, argues for the development and implementation of a Teacher Career Pathways structure. The recommended policy change would recognize senior and master teachers who plan to remain in …
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Disaggregate Probabilistic Models to Predict Trip Generation Propensities and Mode Choice Behaviour
… the impacts and assess the consequences of development plans and policy actions. Growing populations and the increase in travel demand warrant investigation into determinants of travel behaviour that can guide policy changes and infrastructure investments. This thesis uses two …
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More Than a Green Roof: An Analysis of Low Impact Development Policies and Practices
… it into official policies and related development plans to encourage green stormwater management strategies. It further sought to understand how the analyzed policies and related plans stimulate low impact development implementation in response to climate change adaptation efforts. A …
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Engaging the Center: On Being Indonesian Citizens in Lombok, Eastern Indonesia
… ambiguous nor contradictory. They want state development plans which include rather than exclude them, plans which reduce inequalities rather than exacerbate them. From this perspective, understanding the demands of marginalized populations in the periphery, both spatial and economic, should …
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