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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"State sector"”.
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The power of ideas : the state-sector relationship in policy and practice.
This thesis explores the relationship between the state and the voluntary sector as expressed within national documents and individual actor accounts. It is a response to the tendency within existing studies to cast voluntary sector organisations as passive in their context, responding to ideas …
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Public sector corporate governance revisited: the ROI's non-commercial semi-state sector
… (ROI) Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies came into effect. In addition to imposing further compliance and reporting obligations on the boards of the ROI’s statutory agencies, the Code more ciearly defined the role and responsibilities of board members.<br/><br/>A review of the …
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The costing of operating theatre time in a secondary level, state sector hospital: A quantitative observational study
… for operating theatres in South Africa, yet both sectors have existing charges for operating theatre (OT) time: in the state sector, Uniform Patient Fee Schedule (UPFS) rates, and in the private sector, Rands/minute (R/min) rates for OT time. Understanding the cost of providing the separate …
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Social Networks, Sectors and Occupational Attainment in Urban China
… nurtured the emergence and growth of the private sector, two parallel while competing sectors, the state sector and the private sector have coexisted since then. China has been a “relationship based” society since ancient times, social networks as an efficient channel have been frequently used …
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An analysis of the role of government in the locational decisions of Cambridge biotechnology firms
… the central role of the dynamic, entrepreneurial state sector in economic development. Through an examination of the role that government at three levels-local, state, and federal-has played in the locational decisions of firms in Cambridge's biotechnology industry, the impact of the state sector …
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The presence and architecture of Islamic health providers in Egypt
… acknowledgement of the involvement of non-state providers in health care services and delivery. A wide range of non-state health providers exist in the region, one type being Islamic health providers (IHPs) which fall under the category of non-state, not-for profit health providers. There …
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Cultural and Political Geographies of the AIDS Crisis in Ireland
… approach to focus on the practices of the state and non-state sector and their interaction with the ‘AIDS’ body through two embodied practices; AIDS Quilting and blood donation. Drawing on a Butlerian conceptualisation of precarity and precariousness, it configures a landscape of HIV/AIDS …
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The Effect of Financial Enforcement on Entrepreneurship and Growth in the Korean Economy
… Chinese economy with some variation. The private sector in China is growing rapidly -- though unevenly -- across regions, while the state sector is retreating. This paper studies the effect of institutional and policy differences across cities on China's economic development. In order to …
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Women, the household economy and the informal sector in Hanoi
… lifting of restrictions against the private sector and mass unemployment resulting from cuts in subsidies to state-owned enterprise has resulted in a blossoming of the informal sector, and a revival of this 'traditional’ occupation for women. This revival has taken place with the tacit, …
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Patient outcomes in a PD First Program in Cape Town, South Africa
… especially as haemodialysis is limited in the state sector. Methods: We retrospectively analysed all patients undergoing PD at Groote Schuur Hospital from January 2008 until June 2014 and thereafter prospectively until June 2015. Variables included demographics, adequacy, modality, fluid, …
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The development of an effective multi-media distance education programme for in-service teachers
… in recent years in South Africa. Both the state sector and non-government organisations have provided various in-service interventions in an attempt to improve both the qualifications of teachers and the results of pupils in schools. However, the dismal state of education in ex-DET schools …
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The political socialisation of youth : a comparison of private and state educated girls.
… in a comparison of girls attending private and state sector schools. Questionnaires were completed by 181 girls aged 15-18 in the two types of school. Individual interviews were conducted with 127 of this group (67 private, 60 state) from comparable social backgrounds. The aim was to compare …
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The ‘Reading War’ in Early Childhood Education: a Marxist history
… and whether a teacher employed by the state can make a difference. The argument running through the thesis is that state-sponsored schools, including the methods used to teach reading, were devised as a means for the social control of working-class children. However, the thesis will …
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Dissecting the marketplace: The development of healthcare provision in nineteenth-century Portsmouth
… treatment available from a range of private, state and charitable providers. Each of these sectors has been studied in depth, but the relationship between them is poorly documented. Current thinking generally accords a leading position to the private sector. Conceptualised in economic terms, …
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A survey-based, descriptive study of the occupational health experience of pregnant women doctors working in the public health sector in the Western Cape from 2009-2015
… of pregnant women doctors working in public sector health facilities in the Western Cape and to ascertain whether occupational health laws and guidelines are being implemented for pregnant women doctors. This is being done in order to provide feedback to Western Cape department of health, so …
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Essays on east European economies
… had the following three characteristics: 1. The state controlled almost all returns to capital in the economy, including the returns to human capital. 2. The state controlled the allocation of resources between investment and current consumption. 3. Households supplied labor to the state sector …
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Opportunity & participation for women mine workers in the Bolivian Altiplano : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Manawatu campus, New Zealand
… despite their significant involvement in the sector for 500 years. Researchers have also tended to focus upon large, State mining operations, although in the last decade there has been growing interest in artisanal mine worker co-operatives, typically in the Department of Potosi. Bolivia’s …
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The caring enterprise: a sociology of corporate social involvement in Britain and Italy
… needs to stress the role of the modern state in society, and, more specifically, the development of relations between the state and the business community. It is argued that, in Britain, as a response to the political and economic crisis of the 1970s, the links between the business and …
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