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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Economic problem"”.
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The Economics of Proliferation: An Examination of the Changing Nature of the Nuclear Marketplace
… proliferation in its purest sense is an economic problem. Actors seek security in an unpredictable international environment through the acquisition of a weapon that has the potential to inflict a tremendous amount of pain upon an adversary for a minimal price. Because of the high value …
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The Non-Recognition or Devaluation of Foreign Professional Immigrants Credentials in Canada: The Impact on the Receiving Country (Canada) and the Immigrants
This research thesis is concerned with the problem of the non-recognition or devaluation of the credentials of foreign professional immigrants in Canada. For decades, the Canadian government has admitted large numbers of highly skilled immigrants to support the growth and competitiveness of the …
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Living Through Terror and Terror Through Living: The Biopolitical Dimensions of Religion, Security, and Terrorism
… the attempts to explain terror as simply an economic problem, an excessive form of violence, and/or as religious fervency gone awry rely on embedded biopolitical concepts. The continual attempts to solve terrorism through increased biopolitical strategies, thereby making terrorism a problem …
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Supervisors' perceptions of productivity of employees with preschool children in workplace on-site child care
… the lack of affordable, licensed child care an economic problem for our society. Many supervisors are not aware that their employees' child care dilemmas affect job performance. Inservice training could provide educational opportunities to improve attitudes and increase awareness.
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Implementation of Gender Equality Policies in the Public Sector: A case study of the Gauteng Department of Labour, South Africa
… moral and social pandemic, but also a serious economic problem. This is because women account for nearly half of the world's human capital and yet they are undervalued, underutilized, and underrepresented in different institutions and in the society at large. This study was undertaken to …
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Entrepreneurship Skills Training to Kiluvya Sub-Ward residents in Kinondoni District
… is to provide enough information about the economic, political and social factors that are negatively hindering the development of the residents of Kiluvya villages. In realizing this objective, the research used questionnaires to collect key data from different sections within Kiluvya. Then …
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The Social Construction of Poverty and the Meaning of Deprivation: An Ethnographic Exploration of Mobile Home Park Residents
Poverty is an important socio-economic problem with serious negative consequences for consumers worldwide. Currently, there are approximately 57 million Americans considered as the "marginal poor" and 37 million Americans categorized as the "extreme poor" (Newman and Chen 2007). The nuances between …
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Effects of nursery floor space allowance on growth, physiology, and immunology of replacement gilts
… culling exceed 50% annually. This loss poses an economic problem for producers because the cost of acquiring replacement females is great. Although research has shown that crowding in the nursery has negative impacts on growth, research describing effects of crowding on subsequent reproductive …
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Lignocellulosic Bio Fuel Production In Iceland, A System Dynamics Approach.
… fuel imports each year. This posses an enormous economic problem for Iceland as fossil fuels are non renewable and will eventually run out. The paper explores the possibility of utilizing Wood grown in Iceland through the process of pyrolysis and upgrading of the pyrolysis products with current …
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The Efficacy of Programming for FASD Youth Incarcerated in Manitoba: Exploring The Perceptions of Service Providers
… where the disorder is a pressing social and economic problem. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with youth correctional service staff at the two closed-custody youth facilities in the province in order to investigate the efficacy of existing programs for this client group. Through …
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Employment Creation For Youth In West District, Zanzibar: The Case Of Shehia Of Fuoni
… Study focuses on identifying and analyzing the problem of unemployment of youth in the West District particularly the Shehia of Fuoni and then proposes the project to create employment. The Study involved the CED project description guidelines. The Study is presented in six chapters. The Chapter …
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Dynamic fuzzy pattern recognition
… developed here, it was applied to two different problems. The first economic problem is concerned with bank customer segmentation based on the analysis of the customers' behaviour. The second technical problem is related to the recognition of typical states in computer network load. The target …
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Harvesting Innovation: Exploring the Potential of an AI-Enabled Platform to Revolutionize Agricultural Labor Markets
Labor shortages in agriculture are a global problem that cause revenue losses and resource waste. In the US, immigration is the main source of such laborers, but labor immigration has decreased by 75% in recent years and costs due to unharvested crops due to labor shortage in agriculture were …
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A Project Proposal for a Borehole Water Supply at Machimbo, Vitukaward, Temeke Municipality, Dar Es• Salaam.
… all the respondents were facing water shortage problem and all of them were willing to contribute in cash and in kind. Various social economic problem associated with water shortage which were revealed through survey were water related diseases, high work load and burden of water to women, poor …
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Evaluation of Feasibility of NGO Activities to Strengthen Social Economic Status of Youth Living with HIV: A Case of PASADA in Temeke Municipality
… of NGO activities to strengthen Socio Economic Status of youth living with HIV. It was guided by the following objectives: (i) to establish the methods used by the NGO to prepare youth living with HIV so as to become economically independent (ii) to find out challenges faced by the NGO …
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A Genetic Approach towards Modulating Pre-Harvest Pod Shatter in Brassica napus (Oilseed Rape)
… (Oilseed Rape) is a serious agricultural and economic problem, with losses of 11-25% reported (Price et al., 1996) resulting in lost revenues of an estimated £66 million per annum for the U.K. alone. Reductions in this loss will provide benefits for both society and the environment. Lines from …
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An investigation into consumer motives in purchasing counterfeit luxury branded products at the China Town in Windhoek Namibia
Counterfeiting has become an economic problem and has led to a variety of countermeasures based on lawful, political, administrative, or business techniques. In order to develop appropriate countermeasures, an understanding of the general phenomenon of counterfeiting as well as the specific reasons …
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Economic Measurement of Consumers and Firms: A Model Consistent Approach
… principle to balance the science and art of economic modelling. Striking a delicate balance between the theory and art of modelling is examined as a way to promote economics as a social science. This is accomplished by looking at more traditional approaches to economics, especially those …
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Labour supply problems and solutions: econometric model for the State of Bahrain
… of the State of Bahrain to implement significant economic and social changes, and their full, or partial, sponsorship of intensive training programmes, neither have the human resources available been exploited to their full potential, nor have the vocational training programmes managed to equip …
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