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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Economic liberalisation"”.
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The impact of globalisation on the development of the Libyan oil and gas sector
For many years Libya suffered from economic and political exclusion from the outside world. This isolation was a result of both Libyan governmental policies (under the Gaddafi regime, which was almost entirely against economic liberalisation) as well as sanctions placed on Libya by the …
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Crises of Expectations: Workers Struggles In Zambia, 1964-2011
… and the government; to analyse the impact of economic liberalisation on trade unionism; to examine the nature of the industrial relations and impact on the economy and to examine the workers’ expectations from 1991 to 2011. Data was collected from primary sources in the Special Collections …
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Crises of Expectations: Workers Struggles In Zambia, 1964-2011
… and the government; to analyse the impact of economic liberalisation on trade unionism; to examine the nature of the industrial relations and impact on the economy and to examine the workers’ expectations from 1991 to 2011. Data was collected from primary sources in the Special Collections …
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Enduring intersectional precarity: A history of resistance by women informal traders in Harare (Zimbabwe), c. 1965 to 2022
… racial and gendered marginalisation; socio-economic crises; systemic absence of State support; punitive regulation of the informal sector and a pandemic. While informality is not a new phenomenon in Zimbabwe, its expansion post-economic liberalisation has significantly involved an enduring …
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An investigation on women's access to agricultural credit faclities: A case of Mutandalike area, Choma District, Southern Province, Zambia
… no access to credit and this is affecting them economically. The women of Mutandalike area are experiencing an inadequate access to economic resources such as agricultural credit. This is despite their playing significant roles in the household food and livelihood security. Women of Mutandalike …
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Deconstructing the image of the African women: A study of selected works by Yvonne Vera
… female characters‘ identities through social and economic liberalisation. It is clear in this study that economic liberty has a great impact on the life of an African woman. This study contributes to the growing body of works that appreciates women writers‘ efforts in transforming, reifying and …
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Security sector reform in post-conflict environments: An analysis of coherence and sequencing in Mozambique. Examining Peacebuilding Challenges of Defence, Police and Justice Reforms in a Neo-Liberal Era
… of Mozambique’s triple transition, in which economic liberalisation prevailed over peacebuilding and democratisation, shaped the post-civil war direction and pace of the defence, police and justice reforms. The 1992 peace agreement and the public sector reform programme are investigated with …
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Embracing difference and the deferral of self-government: a critical analysis of the framing and practice of contemporary peace building
… a top-down strategy of democratisation and economic liberalisation, prevalent at the beginning of 1990s. Instead, throughout the 2000s, peacebuilders have increasingly adopted a commitment to cultivating a bottom-up and hybrid peace building process that is context-sensitive and intended to …
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Redefining Public Space in Hanoi. Places, Practices and Meaning
The introduction of the economic reform program, Doi Moi, in 1986 opened the door for private sector development in Vietnam, as well as the country’s integration into the world economy. As Hanoi is the national political centre, it occupies an important role in Vietnam’s transformation process. The …
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Race, Gender, and Beauty in Late Colonial India c.1900-1950.
… Fair and Lovely by Hindustan Lever in 1975 or to economic liberalisation of the late 1980s. This thesis rejects this assumption — and argues, instead, that colourism and preferences for fairer skin were commodified in colonial India via a racialised imperial-capitalist economy and were …
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Chief Amongst The Angels? International Prosecutors And The Modernist Project
… unwittingly or otherwise, in the interests of economic liberalisation, expressed as neo-capitalism during the middle of the twentieth century or as neoliberalism in the late twentieth century. By foregrounding the material and ideational conditions giving rise to those major enforcement …
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The Present and Potential Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in Agricultural and Rural Development in Tanzania
… Tanzania. This followed the beginning of socio-economic liberalisation policies from the mid-1980s and political pluralism in the mid-1990s. As Tanzania's economy is predominantly dependent on agriculture, development interventions by NGOs have to, in one way or another, support and promote …
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Translating Foreign Ideas into Domestic Practices : Pharmaceutical Policies in Laos and Vietnam
… reforms were initiated leading to far-reaching economic liberalisation in Laos and Vietnam. These reforms have affected all segments of society, including the health sector. The pharmaceutical sector was privatised, drugs became widely available, and self-medication as well as fake and …
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A methodology for Identification and Development of Border Towns as Centres for Trade and Investment in Thailand
The benefits of globalisation and economic liberalisation, and the acceptance of the importance of trade and investment activities, have increasingly affected the role of border towns. In 1994, the Thai National Plan designated and promoted border towns as centres for trade and investment. However, …
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Abertura externa e liberalização financeira: impactos sobre crescimento e distribuição no Brasil dos anos 90
… in Brazil during the 90's affected the country's economic growth and income distribution. More specifically, it will be discussed how trade and financial liberalization caused an increasing financial fragility and economic vulnerability in Brazil, posing an external constraint to economic growth …
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The Socio-Economic Impact of Privatisation in Zambia: Experiences and Lessons
It has generally been argued that Zambia's economic crisis originated from the catastrophic impact of the dual shock - the sudden skyrocketing of the oil prices in 1973 and the onset of a severely declining trend in copper prices in 1974. The truth, however, has been that the fundamental cause of …
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Voice and accountability in one party dominant systems : a comparative case study of Mexico and South Africa
… power through the establishment of (1) economic, (2) political, and sometimes (3) ideological monopolies. These monopolies are established using internal and external methods of control (centralising of political power; party controlled process of political leadership selection; …