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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Informal activities"”.
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Essay on Tax Enforcement, Optimal Monetary Policy and Labor Supply
… behavior. Tax distortions can be offset by informal activities because households can substitute from market work into informal or non-taxed work. The formal sector TFP plays an important role in explaining agents' time allocation. Informal activities and tax enforcement policies can …
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Modalities of regulation In the informal economy: a study of waste collectors in Cape Town
… and collective organising capacity of these informal sector workers, and their relationships with other actors. Although, these studies provide a useful resource for understanding the nature of their work and the contexts in which it emerges, very little is known about how their work is …
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PROJETO RECICLA TRÊS RIOS UM CASO DE SUCESSO EM EDUCAÇÃO AMBIENTAL E EMPREENDEDORISMO
… employement and income many times obtained by informal activities, promoting the social inclusion in the city.
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Teachers’ professional learning: perspectives and reflections of practising teachers
… teachers think they learn and develop and what activities impact teachers’ learning and development. A review of the conceptual frameworks focused on three different areas. Firstly, a consideration of how teachers and adults define their own learning. Secondly teachers’ knowledge and skills base …
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From math activities to math homework: How interaction context shapes parents’ involvement and children’s math learning
… than in other home-based math learning activities such as math games. My dissertation investigates how attributes of math learning contexts—specifically, time flexibility, choice, and performance orientation—shape the quality of parents’ math parenting practices and children’s math …
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Three Essays on Social Networks
… a model of time allocation between formal and informal labor supply where workers learn of informal job opportunities from their peers in a social network. In addition to formal income taxation and enforcement, individuals labor supply decisions depend on the number of their peers with informal …
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Examining yard sales in Fayetteville, a rural West Virginia town
The informal economy has been a widely studied topic as the economy has changed with a shift from primary to secondary industries. The informal economy is a particular topic of interest in West Virginia, a state with a depressed economy where many citizens participate in informal activities to …
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Shaping Streetscapes within the Complexities of Urban Informalities in the Cape Flats
… is characterized by a mix of formal and informal housing, with By recognizing the importance of inclusive design, this research explores how Landscape Architecture can contribute to creating functional and vibrant streetscapes that effectively respond to the needs and aspirations of the …
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Encountering city governance: an analysis of street trading in Gaborone, Botswana
… are responding to the realities of the informal economy. Street trading provides a critical platform to explore the dynamics and complexity of planning and management of informal activities in public spaces. This research explored how city governance shapes the practices of informal …
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Re-envisioning the Indian city : informality and temporality Sabrina Kleinenhammans.
Although informality constitutes an omnipresent and growing phenomenon in the cities of developing countries, planners pay limited attention to this sector. Moreover, current development schemes project Western-planning concepts onto Indian cities despite the fact that these models do not relate to …
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The experiences and livelihoods of unemployed graduates in Windhoek, Namibia
… seeking employment and what are the livelihood activities of unemployed graduates? A qualitative approach has been used using narrative interviews as a method. The total number of participants interviewed was thirty participants selected using purposive and snowball sampling. The key findings of …
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Mobile & Wired: Tweens In An Interactive Mobile World
… learning as they participate in formal and informal activities in their everyday lives, exploring the skills and digital literacies that are cultivated during these interactions. The study also considered the interplay between these experiences and concepts and the impact this has on our …
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A case study of professional musicians and their perceptions of the impact of aural learning experiences in developing musicianship
… (FAEs) are defined here as any formal or informal activities in which the individual learned music by ear, learned to play an instrument by ear, or listened to music with focused intent. Relevant formal activities might include taking formal aural training classes in a school setting, …
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Online Support for Intentional, Teacher Community of Practice
… they were encouraged to think of what formal and informal activities the system could support, and how. The study explored how participants responded verbally and behaviorally to the community worksite and the other technologies employed to better support their group work and sharing of knowledge …
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Exploring the forms of violence experienced by women street vendors, and the strategies they use to sustain a living, in a particular South African periurban context, Muswodi Dipeni
… sought to further the feminist discourse on the informal sector and contribute to the exploration of gender dynamics in street trading. Through the use of qualitative methods, the results showed that women street vendors deal with diverse forms of violence daily, including physical, emotional, …
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A Descriptive Study of Middle School Alliterates
… to spend time with their peers in organized or informal activities. (d) Middle school students' reading attitudes are reflected in their reading habits. Recommendations: The following implications emerged from a review of the literature and findings from this study. (a) Educators may consider …
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Information and knowledge society and its impact on poverty alleviation and economic empowerment among informal sector women entrepreneurs in South Africa
… communities and the female entrepreneurs in the informal sector who are the subject of this thesis. The aim of this study was to examine information and knowledge society and its impact on poverty alleviation and the economic empowerment of informal sector women entrepreneurs in South Africa and …
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From participation to social cohesion : an analysis of variation in the development of social capital in coastal British Columbia
… to engagement in structured and organized group activities, such as rotary clubs or sports teams, while informal activities are casual irregular and often spontaneous, such as visiting with friends. Using a series of multiple linear regressions on survey data from rural coastal communities in …
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“Exploring the contribution of alternative food systems towards food security: a case study of the siyazenzela food garden project”
… affluent zones. As a result, AFS emerged through informal activities to reduce the lack of access to necessary resources that these underserved communities experienced. Even at the end of the apartheid regime and the subsequent increased expansion of formal food retailers in many of these …
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Tribal College Culture-Based Education Impacts American Indian Students In North America
… Participant observations of formal and informal activities, fifteen interviews, and two different surveys were conducted to answer the questions.</p> <p>Observational results of this study suggested that Life Circle Tribal College attempted to instill values of respect and community in …
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