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Showing 1 to 20 of 97 for “"Economic and social development"”.
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Tourism in Peru the missing strategy for economic and social development
… the possibilities of tourism as a strategy for economic and social development in Peru are presented. Through the examination of previous governments, beginning with the Belaunde administration in 1963, the obstacles that Peru has faced in route to development are identified. Identification of …
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Balancing competing development objectives in the Trifinio region of Central America: economic and social development and environmental protection
… paper revisits the concept of integrated rural development and provides examples on how to design balanced development work programs for the Trifinio region, a small rural region shared by 3 Central American countries. Work programs should balance 3 development objectives: economic development, …
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The Role of Communication in Economic and Social Development in The Less Developed Countries; With Particular Reference to Family Planning in Nigeria
… the role that communication can play to aid economic and social development in the less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America in general, and Nigeria in particular. An analysis of the problems and prospects of development in these countries reveals that the basic challenge is …
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The Global Impact of Brain Drain and its Economic and Social Consequences in Relation to the United States
… namely to find out more about the term itself and introduce its basic concepts, outline its emergence and historical background, trace the main routes and destinations of the outflow. With the help of available data its estimated magnitude will be presented and possible reasons with …
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Greener pastures of home: an ethnographic study on everyday sustainable practices in Nyanga, Cape Town
Most contemporary urban development in cities of the global South is responding to rapid urbanisation caused by prospects of employment opportunities and improved quality of life. Research in the field of sustainability in cities of the global South mainly focuses on economic and social development …
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An evaluation of financial crisis in Thailand
After implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan (1961-1966), Thailand experienced increasing high rates of economic growth. However by mid 1997, Thailand's economy was slipping into the so-called "Thailand financial crisis": falling property prices, slowing exports, rising …
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In pursuit of development: Casinos and local government in Northern Thailand
… as it starting point the Government of Thailand Ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2002-2006). Among many provisions and proposals the Plan gives special emphasis to encouraging local participation, decentralising government, boosting the capacity of local administration to …
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Boom and gloom: comparing diverse development outcomes among oil- and mineral-dependent developing countries
This dissertation examines the contrasting development outcomes among countries in the Global South that depend on revenue from oil and mineral exploitation. According to the conventional "resource curse" perspective, developing countries rich in oil and minerals paradoxically suffer from poverty …
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Precipitation variability and change over Morocco and the Mediterranean
Water is a critical factor limiting economic and social development in Morocco and the Mediterranean Basin. In addition to strong seasonality and high inter-annual variability, annual precipitation remains low (<500mm) across much of the region. Furthermore, the situation is not expected to improve …
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Evaluating the impact of the upgrades to the facilities at Namibia's largest international airport
Infrastructure development is vital and plays a big role in economic development of any state as high and sustainable economic growth requires modern and reliable infrastructure. However, due to risks related to time, quality, cost and scope, infrastructure investments do not always result in …
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The impact of foreign aid on government fiscal behaviour: evidence from ethiopia
The effectiveness of foreign aid in bringing economic and social development is mired in controversy. However, despite the controversial debates on its effectiveness, poor countries of the world have been receiving and using aid as a leverage to relieve themselves from development constraints they …
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Demand for ante-natal care in Nairobi's slum areas
This paper studies the factors influencing the demand for ante-natal care in two of Nairobi's slum areas, namely, Kibera and Mathare. Antenatal care is important as its absence I underprovision means higher incidences of both maternal and infant mortalities. On the other hand proper ante-natal care …
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Government expenditure on education and economic growth in South Africa
… influencing a country's progress, welfare, and level of economic and social development. Therefore, this study aims to empirically investigate the relationship between government expenditure on education and economic growth in South Africa. The study employed annual time series data spanning …
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Economic & Social Development and the benefits of the process of integration in the European Union: the case of Cyprus
<p>The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. An internal single market has been established through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states have …
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Addressing the influence of context and development in rural international engineering design
… alternately developed societies’ needs and conditions in favor of values and knowledge that most closely aligns with the engineers’ own experience. A sociological analysis of the relationship between technology interventions and place-based identities, particularly for rural societies …
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An evaluation of human development through renewable energy provision in an offgrid Tsumkwe settlement area of Otjozondjupa region in Namibia
… in rural areas enhances the achievement of economic and social development objectives. A photovoltaic mini-grid in the Tsumkwe Settlement Area of Namibia was established to enhance human and community development in the sparsely populated rural areas of Namibia to alleviate poverty. The …
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Desenvolvimento econômico local: o caso do município de Livramento-PB
… aimed to analyze the characteristics of the economic and social development of the city of Livramento-PB. Therefore, analyzers were indicators of economic activity and the labor market, such as training the labor force by education, sex and income. Moreover, it was also carried out field …
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We Built this City on Rock and Romans: A geospatial comparison of Economy, Infrastructure, Settlement and Culture between Dorchester, Dorset, and Winchester, Hampshire, and their Environs during the Period 300AD- 700AD.
… in 410AD after unrest on the Empire’s borders and the sacking of Rome by Alaric and his band of Goths - a period of economic collapse followed in Britain… Or did it? This project endeavoured to define the urban developments (or lack of) that took place over the period 300-700AD in the two Roman …
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Decision tree classifiers for incident call data sets
… (IT) has become one of the key technologies for economic and social development in any organization. Therefore the management of Information technology incidents, and particularly in the area of resolving the problem very fast, is of concern to Information technology managers. Delays can result …
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Urban cowboys: an examination of gaúcho identity formation in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
This piece investigates the historical, economic, and social development of South America’s cowboy, the gaúcho. Situated in southern Brazil, it tracks the emergence of a particular rural way of life and the subsequent conservative social movement established to safeguard the identity it created. It …
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