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Showing 1 to 20 of 132 for “"Technical assistance"”.
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Investigating Socially Supported Technical Assistance for Older Adults
… Our research aimed to understand the nature of technical caregiving for older adults, focusing on password management. We interviewed 21 older adults and 16 caregivers to explore their experiences. We found that this caregiving role is usually created unofficially and is impacted by relationship …
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Evaluation of Cross-Cultural Programs of Technical Assistance to Education
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Assisting Africa: a critical analysis of technical assistance in low carbon development practice
… carbon development’ within developing countries. Technical assistance programmes have been set up to support the achievement of low carbon development, and these activities typically flow from the global North to Africa. However the power structures and flows of benefit that underlie these …
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A study of the economic effect of point four technical assistance on India
… The United States has adopted the Point Four Technical Assistance Program to provide help to these underdeveloped areas in order that they may realize their aspirations for a better life. This aid is provided only to those countries that ask for help; it is not forced upon those countries that …
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An evaluation of a technical assistance program for special education area cooperatives in Kentucky
The Kentucky Department of Education initiated a technical assistance program in 1981-82 for fifteen special education area cooperative projects established in 1980 with funds from P. L. 94-142. The program was aimed at overcoming problems related to the implementation of the cooperative concept …
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Humanitarian and Technical Assistance to the Palestinian Health Sector: Donors' Policy and Behavior Analysis
Hamarna, Rami A., Humanitarian and Technical Assistance to the Palestinian Health Sector: Donors’ Policy and Behavior Analysis. Master of Public Health (Health Management and Policy), December 2004, 170pp, 19 Tables, 41 Illustrations, bibliography, 104 titles. International assistance to the …
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Aid to the gatekeepers : design principles for technical assistance under coastal nonpoint source watershed management
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.
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The Value of Human Resource Development to an Organization; Providing Technical Assistance to Small Manufacturing Companies
… to create and implement a nationwide system of technical assistance centers, staffed by knowledgeable manufacturing and other business system professionals, to enable small and medium-sized manufacturers reach this goal. Each of the 78 MEP center's individuality results from its respective …
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Potential effects of technical assistance foresters on pine planting on non-industrial private forestland in the South
… of marginal agricultural lands. Available technical assistance is regarded as a significant factor in NIPP tree planting accomplishment. This study compares technical assistance available to NIPFs from various sources and attempts to measure response to technical assistance in terms of …
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An Analysis of African American Farmer Participation in Virginia Cooperative Extension: An Emphasis on the Small Farm Outreach and Technical Assistance Program
… Cooperative Extension\'s Small Farm Outreach and Technical Assistance Program. This program, which is housed at Virginia State University, aims to support minority farmers who have limited access to benefits from USDA programs. Historically, limited resource farmers have been challenged to gain …
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Who participates and why? What do they expect and what do they accomplish? An Evaluation of the Superfund Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program
… to investigate public participation in highly technical policy</p> <p>scenarios and the outcomes of this participation. A detailed evaluation of community</p> <p>involvement at Superfund sites (via the Technical Assistance Grant, or TAG, Program) was</p> <p>performed by researching a specific …
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The new Illinois school recognition process: Its implications for the ISBE for responding to the technical assistance needs of local school districts: An embedded single case study of the pilot process
… of educators, the general assembly mandated that technical assistance to schools and school districts be provided through the State Board of Education. Due to the short time line for implementation of the new process, development of an appropriate technical assistance system was critical.
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Unlocking Africa's poverty trap : holistic approach to BOP investment in agribusiness
… farmers to access affordable extension services, technical assistance and financial scheme, thereby improving their overall productivity level.
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Successful public sector enforcement of environmental standards in the Toritama Jeans industry in Pernambuco, Brazil
… poor regions and often work under financial and technical constraints, the public sector and donors alike often exempt them from environmental, tax, and labor legislation. I chose to study a case in which the outcome was different, in which small firms in a highly informal garment industry to …
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Atrazine Contamination in a Rural Source-Water Supply: Spa Lake, Lewisburg, Kentucky
… partial funding from the EPA, WKU developed a Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality (TACWQ), which focused resources and expertise toward assisting RWSS in achieving and maintaining capacity development goals and protecting public health. The TACWQ established the Source Water …
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Fieldwork Summary Report: California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
… the country with evidence-based training and technical assistance needs; (2) conducting literature reviews for training and technical assistance projects to inform work for funding opportunity announcements; (3) developing clinical decision support tools to assist medical providers in …
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Japanese educational assistance to developing countries
… activities, Japan has expanded its educational assistance to developing countries and has steadily increased the number of training programs and centers for technical assistance to developing nations both in Japan and overseas. In addition, the Japanese government also has begun to support the …
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Needs of Iowa Instructional Microcomputer Users
… concerns, instructional design needs and technical assistance needs and the preferred mode and source of addressing those needs. By identifying the needs of the first generation of microcomputer users, support service providers may be better prepared to assist local district educators in …
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Maintaining the Segregated City?: Exploring the College Planning Experiences of Kansas City’s Urban Students of Color and the Implications on Their Access to Higher Education
… disenfranchised students who may require greater technical assistance and support to access college. To explore the role of school-based college planning guidance services, this dissertation examined the college planning experiences of students of color enrolled at two distinct urban public high …
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The Impact of the Professional Development Component of Comprehensive School Reform on the Mathematics Achivement of Third and Fifth Grade Students Attending Selected Title I Schools in Virginia
… used to examine data from a focus group of four technical assistance providers, six principal interviews, and thirteen teacher surveys. This study involved participants of the 2003 cohort of the Comprehensive School Reform process during a 3-year period from 2003 through 2006. A set of questions …
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