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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Policy challenges"”.
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The dynamics of the European Union foreign and security policy : challenges from North Africa
… but also affected EU's foreign and security policy and put light onto its deficiencies. Even though the EU was present throughout the Arab Spring, it has been portrayed as weak and inefficient. Focusing on Tunisia and Egypt as case-studies, this study examines the extent to which the EU's …
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An investigation of Corporate Governance practices in Saudi Arabia listed companies: Adoption and policy challenges
… The study also investigates the relevant challenges that are associated with the process of adopting CG in the SLCs. Finally, the study tries to understand the reasons for some companies’ avoidance or resistance to compliance with the CG regulation. To achieve the purpose of this study, an …
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The Defense Department and innovation : an assessment of the technical and policy challenges of airborne boost-phase intercept
… interests of a nation. Defense innovation policy is the culmination of a variety of factors, including considerations of the future strategic environment, bureaucratic and organizational politics between military services and civilian agencies, and domestic politics. The differing degrees …
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Is there a role for public interest provisions in South African competition law?
… issues in merger decisions. A competition policy has been identified as a key instrument in economic development. This begets the question: does the Competition Act (Act 89 of 1998 as amended) empower the Competition Authorities with adequate tools to address economic policy challenges of …
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Trafficking in human beings: international and European human rights framework
… phenomenon that presents regulatory and policy challenges that touch upon a wide range of disciplines and approaches, including criminal law, human rights, migration, social work, international judicial cooperation etc, with the application of all extending well beyond national borders, …
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Effective information integration and reutilization : solutions to technological deficiency and legal uncertainty
… reuse practices. The need for clearer data reuse policy will become more acute as information integration technology improves to make integration much easier. This Thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing both the technology and the policy challenges, identified above, in the …
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Upholding Gender Equity: Title IX Coordinators' Experiences Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Postsecondary Students
… (4) campus norms, (5) resource availability, (6) policy challenges, and (7) emotional strain. Conclusion: The findings illuminate the complexities of TIXCs’ experiences in supporting PPS. Positioned at the intersection of policy and practice, TIXCs are pivotal in advocating for PPS rights and …
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Simulating an Optical Neural Network for Deep Learning in Edge Computing
… novel applications give rise to a host of policy challenges, one of which focuses on defining and applying acceptable performance metrics to optically enabled deep learning.
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Understanding the practice of career guidance in the Palestinian community inside Israel: concepts and challenges
… practitioners. Hence, in the light of such challenges, there exists a great need to determine the effectiveness of the services by focusing on a number of areas such as; the types of career guidance interventions used; the kind of challenges Palestinian practitioners are faced with; the …
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Valuing flexibility in infrastructure developments : the Bogota water supply expansion plan.
… of each methodology and identifies the policy challenges relevant to infrastructure investment evaluation in Colombia and other emerging economies. The study confirms the hypothesis that NPV is inadequate for the evaluation of projects in uncertain environments, mainly because it does …
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Localities and their natural gas : stories of problem diffusion, state preemption, and local government capacity
… in the United States poses a new set of policy challenges for local governments. Striving to balance the goals of encouraging economic growth and mitigating its side effects, local governments across the country-especially the small, rural communities where most drilling occurs-are …
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Evaluation of In door Residual houseHold spraying:Challenges faced by Ndola Urban District
The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All the 122 service providers were purposively selected into the study. This …
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Evaluation of In door Residual houseHold spraying:Challenges faced by Ndola Urban District
The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All the 122 service providers were purposively selected into the study. This …
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Sustainable Low-Carbon Isolated Island Electricity Systems - Policy and Investment Impacts Assessed Using System Dynamics
This thesis presents a novel System Dynamics (SD) policy and investment analysis framework for future low-carbon electricity systems, using an electrically isolated island system as its case study. Current electricity systems are undergoing a long-term transition towards reduced fossil fuel use, …
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Collective Climate Action, Policy Learning and COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis of the Global Governance and Responses
… thesis investigates the governance of two global challenges in terms of policy learning and collective action. The COVID-19 pandemic and anthropogenic climate change pose critical challenges to human well-being as much as they depend on collective responses to contain them. The comparative …
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The role of women in the formalisation of housing and placemaking: The case of the Victoria Mxenge housing project
… and a growing demand for housing opportunities. Policy challenges persist, including the perception that informal settlements are temporary. Thus, there is a need for a more nuanced approach to housing provision. Furthermore, gender disparities in urban spaces compound issues of well-being, …
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Systems-level analysis of On Demand Mobility for aviation
… include evaluative perspective from the legal, policy, urban planning and sustainability domains. The first order, systems-level analysis approach for early-phase conceptual design developed in this thesis was applied to a case study in Los Angeles. Promising markets were identified based upon …
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Investigation of the smart cities strategies within the United Kingdom
… has emerged as an innovative response to the challenges and opportunities faced by cities around the world. However, despite many attempts to implement various strategies, many organisations within the United Kingdom still encounter difficulties embedding the smart city agenda in their systems …
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The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture
… of Correctional Services is yet to rise to the policy challenges. Substantive engagement with that policy challenge is in turn dependent on good research. This dissertation hopes to make a small contribution to that larger quest for understanding the social logic of prison gangs. This research …
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Energy-efficient control of a smart grid with sustainable homes based on distributing risk
… weather conditions and human behavior pose challenges for a smart home. For example, autonomous room temperature control of a residential building may occasionally make the room environment uncomfortable for residents. Autonomous controllers must be able to take residents' preferences as an …
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