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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Structural reform"”.
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Performance indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of structural reform of the Chicago public transportation system
This thesis anticipates the need for structural change within public transportation systems and the need for clear goals and indicators relating to structural reform to provide real time course correction and periodic evaluation of goal achievement. The research is applied to the Chicago public …
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The impact of declining defense budgets on Japan maritime self defense force
… of the Government of Japan (GOJ) and financial structural reform, the GOJ is trying to reduce all expenditures, including defense expenditures. Conversely, Japan and countries in its vicinity face the threat of uncertainty. China is increasing its defense budget to build a modern oceanic navy. …
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Access to Life: Advanced Heart Failure Therapies for Undocumented Immigrants
… policies. The findings underscore that structural reform is both ethically imperative and financially viable, with critical implications for public health, equity, and clinician moral distress. This thesis calls for immediate policy changes guided by the ESRD model and further research …
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Costs of multiplicity in public health supply chains in Burundi
… in the context of a proposed health sector structural reform while using the current system as a baseline. The analysis also discusses several other relevant factors that affect the costs of multiplicity. The research suggests that the Ministry of Health in Burundi can reduce costs, and …
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BEPS action 14 – the effectiveness of the dispute resolution proposals, with specific reference to South Africa
… together with the G20 and other states to reform the international tax framework. The reform was necessary to deal with the challenges posed by globalisation. The existing international tax framework had not changed for many years and was unable to deal with these new challenges. As stated …
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Postmaterialism and Democracy: What Does the Postmaterialist Value Shift Mean for Democracy?
… theorists have called for direct action, structural reform, and other social and political changes to make democracy "stronger." Increased education levels brought on by continued economic and physical security in advanced industrial societies has led to a change in the ability of citizens …
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Metropolitan municipal government for greater Cape Town
… for all the people of the area. Political and structural reform of local government may seem to some to be an incongruous starting point for the objective outlined above but yet, when the matter is considered, it will be realised that local government is a form of government which is closest to …
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Corporate sustainability and responsibility in the Cape Winelands
… although the success of these in remedying deep structural inequalities remains unclear. Secondly, the findings provide evidence of paternalistic behaviours on wine estates operating within existing hegemonic power structures. The participants’ experiences of social initiatives largely equates to …
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Vaccination Hesitancy Through the Ages: The Past, Present, and Future Implications
… and community, public education, and structural reform. The key concern of this thesis is to explore how to navigate a complex healthcare ecosystem regarding vaccination and strategies to ensure patient safety while maintaining the bioethical principles of autonomy and agency.
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ESSAYS ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS' AID
… (IFIs) affects the implementation of economic reforms. In the presence of asymmetric information about the outcome of a structural reform between an opportunistic agenda-setter government and an opposition with veto power, conditional lending by IFIs has a direct effect on the relative payoffs …
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Reforming the United Nations Security Council: Making it more Democratic in the Post-Westphalian Legal Order
… of both severe criticism and calls for its structural reform. A variety of reform proposals have been offered by scholars and politicians, almost all of which have focused solely on state-based solutions. The current study considers that reforming the Council through such means would not …
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A new affordable housing model in China : a case-based examination of a private developer's role
… to make Wanhuilou a replicable business model, a structural reform of housing, with help from the financial market and government policy, could potentially make Wanhuilou a sustainable enterprise.
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Embedded Cities, Excluded Citizens: Governance, Housing, and Rroma Marginality in Post-Socialist Romania
… with NGOs enable flexibility but rarely deliver structural reform. I evaluate both models through four governance mechanisms—eligibility criteria, bureaucratic discretion, spatial allocation, and NGO substitution—to show how local capacity and political incentives steer administrations toward …
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Exploring Police-Community Relations Through Homicide.
… and restoring public trust requires systemic structural reform across the criminal justice system, including culturally competent trainings, expanded victim support, and consistent communication protocols. Future research should continue to explore how police-community relations currently …
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Sustainability and biofuels: Reconciling social and environmental criteria with WTO law
… Appellate Body may redress this without major structural reform, as relevant WTO provisions have a range of interpretation, and dispute settlement outcomes continue to evolve.
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From Theory to Practice: Clinical Supervisors' Perspectives on Developing Counselor Skills in Eating Disorder Treatment
… gaps in formal training and the need for structural reform in counselor education programs to better prepare clinicians for the complexities of eating disorder care. The findings of this study underscore the importance of supervision as both an educational and relational process that …
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LE INTERRELAZIONI NEL SISTEMA DEL ‘DOPPIO BINARIO’ TRIBUTARIO E PENALE
… is explored in depth, exacerbated by recent reforms that have failed to resolve definitional uncertainties. Secondly, the circulation of evidentiary material is analyzed, noting the persistent asymmetry between the two processes and the impact of new regulations on the inadmissibility of …
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Sailors, Soldiers and Statesmen: The Conceptual Context of British Naval and Military Strategy, 1902-1914
… planning staff, which was instrumental to the structural reform of the service and the adaptation and communication of military strategy in the light of strategic reorientation. Ultimately, the thesis concludes that the conceptual disparity between the Navy and the Army has been neglected as a …
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Social and political goals of mergers in competition law: comparative analysis of the efficiency and public interest provisions in Kenya and South Africa
… as being crucial and key in the economic and structural reform and addressing concerns of distribution and power. Competition law in Kenya cannot ignore the wider industrial policy or socio-economic considerations in Kenya. These social and political goals of competition law are important in …
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Testing times: New Zealand’s clinical laboratories under the 1990s health sector reforms
… in unexpected ways. The 1990s New Zealand health reforms were characterised by a downplaying of the role of technical, scientific and clinical expertise in management decision making, a reduced role in management and planning for central government, and moves towards the creation of a ‘health …
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