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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Quota system"”.
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Is it cricket? : an ethical evaluation of race qoutas in sport
… for affirmative action and situating the use of quotas within that framework. It is suggested that the arguments evaluated in the paper are useful in attempting to justify not only the quota system, but also other policies which make use of racial preference. Both justice-based and …
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Capitalization of fishing industry thorugh quota markets
… is aimed to answer the question, how a fishing quota system can facilitate capitalization of a fishing industry and be used to finance new shipbuilding in the fishing industry. The main hypothesis is that the fishing quota system is an effective instrument to increase effectiveness of the …
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Female Political Representation: A Global Analysis and a Domestic Proposal
… and conclude with the theoretical proposal of a quota system in the U.S. and whether or not it might be a step in the right direction. Readers can hope to gain a better understanding of the adversities women in politics face and the cruciality of increasing the percentages of female politicians …
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Strategic Options for the Virginia Peanut Industry After the 2002 Farm Bill: a Linear Programming Model
… the 2002 Farm Bill and the removal of the peanut quota system revealed underlying fundamental problems in the Virginia peanut industry. Lower yields and high costs plague producers at the farm level, acreage levels continue to decline and it is doubtful that peanut production in Virginia will …
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The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission: effective local management of a subsistence resource
… by the whalers led to the establishment of a quota system still in effect today. In response to pressures from the IWC and other outside agencies, the AEWC developed its own Management Plan for bowhead harvests. In 1981, this was incorporated into a Cooperative Agreement between the AEWC and …
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Changing Places, Creating Spaces: Santali Women in Local Level Politics in Rural India
… thesis analyses the impact that a 33% women’s quota in local level politics has had on a tribal population in India. It is based on ethnographic research in a majority Santali village in northern Odisha, India. Using Marxist and Foucauldian categories, I assess the manner in which state imposed …
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The impact of the quota-based system on social stratification among the students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
… the impact of the recent expansion in the quota system among Quota-Based Students (QBS) and General Category Students (GCS) at the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) (IIT(M)). The study emphasized various institutional behaviors that affected the students and their educational …
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The Perceived Adequacy of Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria and the Administrative Problems in Staffing the Programs
… enough for students' industrial attachment. The quota system of allocating resources has been inadequate. Many graduates have not been employed and those employed are working in areas other than which they are qualified.</p>
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Efficiency and financial sustainability of sugarcane Farmer Cooperatives in Eswatini
… decision by the European Union (EU) to end the quota system for sugar has had deleterious consequences for the local industry. In Eswatini, sugar imports decreased by 13.5% during the 2016/2017 financial year. Another problem is that a third of Eswatini’s sugar output originates from smallholder …
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Deliberative Practices In and Outside the Malaysian Parliament
… eradication agenda and the implementation of a quota system for Bumiputera. The evidence provided by the broader case study of deliberation processes in Malaysia, and the specific case study of poverty eradication and Bumiputera quotas, points to deliberative practices taking place at different …
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The effects of the federal programs on the U.S. dairy industry
… the 1982 market situation and an increasing quota system was considered. It was found that without considering the supply effect induced by price stabilizing regulations, the competitive manufactured milk market price would be lower than the 1982 support price level. The butter and nonfat dry …
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Stuck Like Glue: The Formation Of Product Attachments Among Salespeople
… has been frequently used to support the use of quotas in that salespeople engage in behaviors that will be perceived by them as most likely to yield valued rewards. Thus, according to this theory, salespeople will place the most effort on products that are expected to yield the best results in …
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Open hearts, closed doors : native Protestants, pluralism, and the "foreigner" in America, 1924-1965.
… and, by the 1950s, to challenge discriminatory quotas against eastern and southern Europeans. Through frequent communication with political representatives and testimony before congressional committee hearings, Protestants advocated a more liberal immigration system and encouraged refugee …
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The Experiences of Dalit Students and Faculty in one Elite University in India: An Exploratory Study
… some of the debilitating effects of caste. The Quota System policy was designed in the 1950s as an early form of affirmative action to ensure that higher education institutions retained fifteen percent of their places for Dalit students; the same proportion of faculty was also expected to come …
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Análise das Conferências Nacionais de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional no contexto de formulação de políticas públicas
… the III NCFNS being the most propositional; a quota system was established as of the III NCFNS, expanding the participation of traditional peoples and communities; the NCFNS mobilized a large number of participants and municipalities; regarding the nature of the recommendations, 22% met the …
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Comparative Study on Racial Inequality in Higher Education in Brazil and South Africa
… formation and the structure of their education systems. The findings of the study were able to uncover the importance of affirmative action policies to tackle racial and social inequalities in higher education in both countries. In Brazil, the findings showed that a total number of vacancies in …
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Essays in oil, conflict, and the development of resource-rich countries
… I assess the impact of a nationalization quota policy in Saudi Arabia on workers and private-sector firms. In the past two years, Saudi Arabia has dramatically extended its active labor market policies in order to address the issue of growing youth unemployment and low Saudi participation …
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An explanation for differential career progression for women in Nigerian banking industry.
… to study because of the introduction of the quota system and because it is perceived as a gender-neutral industry. To achieve this aim, this study adopts a social constructivist case study approach, wherein two Nigerian commercial banks were investigated. This qualitative study involved 40 …
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Admission Crisis In Nigerian Universities : The Challenges Youth And Parents Face In Seeking Admission
… task of admission of students into the academic system seriously, using the guidelines set by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The National Universities Commission (NUC), which regulates university education in terms of standards, …
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