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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Doha"”.
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DOHA AS A TWO LEVEL GAME; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REACHING A MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT
… World Trade Organization’s (WTO) longstanding Doha Round has continued to be under discussion for over ten years. Negotiations between the developing coalitions and developed countries began during the September 2003 Cancun Ministerial Conference. Since the Doha talks began, the number of such …
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An analysis of the structure and maturity of the Doha property market
… The primary research targets the city of Doha located in Qatar. This is compared to other property markets around the world, using the available literature and the knowledge of Doha's expatriate property professionals. The purpose of this research is to contribute to the research and …
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The search for city : between being and seeming in the rapid urbanisation of Doha, Qatar
… twenty-first-century city. Looking closely at Doha, Qatar - a city that can choose to be anything it desires - reveals a tension between the regime’s aspirations and the expectations of its (mostly foreign) constituents. Doha’s fundamental transformation from village to metropolis provides an …
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Transnational Labour Migration: Experiences of Mid-to-Highly Skilled African Migrant Workers in Doha, Qatar
This study sought to augment the dearth of research on African labour migration to the GCC and Qatar. The study focuses on younger mid-to-highly skilled Africans (from Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe) currently working in Qatar. Attention was given to …
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Assessing the Impacts of a Special Safeguard Mechanism for Agriculture in the Doha Development Agenda
… in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha Development Agenda (DDA) are calling for a specific Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) for developing countries that will protect agricultural producers from import surges or price declines, and could potentially add stability to domestic …
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Song is the Secret of of Existence: Fairouz and the Arab Diaspora in London and Doha
… of 59 members of the Arab diaspora living in Doha, Qatar and London, England were heard, understood and categorised thematically, highlighting how music can elucidate and situate experiences of migration, positioning listeners on a fluctuating continuum, which moves beyond standard private and …
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The changing politics of preference formation in international trade negotiations: the European Union in the Doha Round
… areas in the context of the so-called WTO’s Doha Development Round of multilateral trade negotiations: agriculture, competition, environment and technical assistance and capacity building.
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Sustainable urban development and its impact on facilities management: the case of the city of Doha, Qatar
… examines the extent of urban development in Doha in relation to the impact this development poses on Facilities Management (FM). The focus of this study is on the city of Doha, Qatar. Urban growth that is not underpinned by a sustainable development ethos presents unique challenges on social, …
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Introverted architecture and the human dimension : the conflict of placemaking in the disconnected urban fabric of Doha, Qatar
Doha, the capital city of Qatar, has become a metropolis of disconnected inward-facing mega-projects with no regard to the remaining fabric of the city. This can be owed to the relatively short urbanization period that the country has undergone, with its heavy reliance on international firms. The …
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An Examination of the Contradictory Goals of Nation-Building and Neoliberalism of the Education City Project in Doha, Qatar
… campus space that houses six US universities in Doha, Qatar) are negotiating the competing imperatives embodied by this space through the transplantation of not only Western ideals and values in the Gulf, but also the direct pedagogical principles of Western institutions in name and action to a …
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Skylines and hemlines : a visual exploration of expatriate women’s negotiation and definition of appropriate dress in the changing cityscape of Doha
… women who currently live in Qatar’s capital Doha. Rapid shifts to the physical and cultural landscape are a product of Doha’s re-imagining of itself as a global city. New sites of interaction between locals and expats lead to collisions of definitions, discourses, values, and images of …
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Solving dynamic economic dispatch problems using pattern search based methods with particular focus on the West Doha Power Station in Kuwait
… technique reported.<br/>A DED model for the West Doha Power Station (WDPS) in Kuwait has been developed and the penetration of renewable energy resources to this model has been discussed. The DED model was then solved using the PS method developed in this thesis to achieve the optimal dispatch …
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An argument for more plurilateral agreements and their value for developing countries: stemming the tide of preferential trade agreements, post-Doha
… multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO, the Doha Round, is deadlocked, and it is unlikely that any further significant rule-making progress will be made there. The system's faltering has resulted in an unprecedented move towards preferential trade agreements between WTO Members as alternative …
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The World Trade Organization and the common agricultural policy : is the Common Agricultrual Policy of the European Union changing?
… ongoing international trade negotiations (the Doha Round), if completed, will significantly limit the protection provided to farmers in the European Union. Export subsidies will be eliminated and import tariffs lowered by 60%. Yet, deadlines for the agreement have been violated several times, …
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Development, implementation and evaluation of a diabetes patient education toolkit (DPET) for self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Doha, Qatar
… from 22 hospitals and health centres in Doha, Qatar. The intervention group (n = 215) were assigned to a six-week, 2-hourly structured educational class based on the specifically designed DPET, plus their usual one-to-one routine clinical care; the control group (n = 215) used the DPET …
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The impact of the Bali agreement on the Doha round stalemate with particular reference to the interests of developing and least developed countries
… impacted on the consensus pitfalls and the Doha Round stalemate as shown in the background to the study.
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Conceptions of Civic and Community Engagement Across Cultures: A Comparative Case Study of U.S. Universities and Their Branch Campuses in Qatar
… students and the broader community, while the Doha campuses use quantitative metrics to assess impact. The home campuses emphasize a model of community engagement focused on community partnerships and grassroots connection, while the Doha campuses pursue engagement through institutional …
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South Africa's trade in environmental goods: investigating bilateral potential exports to select developed and emerging countries (2007 to 2013)
… development. Paragraph 31 (iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration of 2001 provides a mandate to WTO members to enter into multilateral negotiations on 'the reduction, or the elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to environmental goods and services. To this end, some WTO …
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La convergencia en los factores no materiales entre Colombia y Brasil, como elemento explicativo del acercamiento político entre los dos países, en el marco del acuerdo general de comercio de servicios de la ronda DOHA de la OMC
Esta investigación explica el acercamiento político entre Colombia y Brasil a partir de las propuestas presentadas por ambos en el marco del Acuerdo General de Comercio de Servicios de la Organización Mundial de Comercio. La propuesta reconoce los vínculos estrechos entre el ámbito político y el …
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Able and Willing? does the USA's action during the 2008 crisis conform to hegemonic stability theory?
… as is evident by the difficulty to negotiate the Doha round to a close, the associated trading shocks unmitigated by the U.S. and its own retreat into bilateral agreements and stiffer trade laws. The hegemonic decline seems to match the theory‘s prediction of fading multilateral interest.
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