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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"US Aid"”.
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Pro-poor education : an analysis of key policies guiding funding to basic education at a primary level in South Africa
… The basis for this evaluation is a list of US AID-developed principles whose presence would be a good indication of the degree to which an education policy is pro-poor.
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The Effects of International Governmental Donor Agencies on Institution-Building: A Case Study of United States Agency for International Development's Assistance to the North-West Frontier Province Agricultural University, Peshawar
This study examined the dynamics of aid-giving behavior by international governmental donor agencies in institution-building and the effects of such aid on recipient institutions. It was done via the case study approach by examining the multi-million dollar assistance offered to the North-West …
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Three Essays in Applied Economics
… thesis I present three essays that explore various economic situations on strategic choices from different perspectives: the individuals’ strategic decision to work on the informal/formal sector, the US strategic decision on the provision of foreign aid, and the firm’s strategic decision to …
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Pathways Out of Poverty: How Microfinance Can Revolutionize U.S. Foreign Aid to the Developing World.
… has eluded many experts in the development industry for decades. Every progress has brought with it new issues, or unintended consequences. For example, the "Green revolution" that allowed many to maximize crop output has indirectly helped to increase life spans in the developing world, …
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South African foreign relations with Angola, 1975-1988 : a structural realist perspective
There are an enormous number of competing interpretations of South Africa's apartheid era policies both in the region and towards Angola. With South Africa's role in the Angolan civil war as its case study, this paper evaluates the relative utility of certain selected approaches to international …
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Politics and trade in Africa : Does Sino-African trade and investment significantly influence Africa's United Nations General Assembly voting behaviour?
… consequences of Sino-Africa trade relations. Using a panel of ten Sub-Saharan countries, this paper builds on the theoretical understanding of dependency theory, to explore the relationship between economic dependence and political alignment in the United Nations General Assembly (UN General …
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Four Essays on Defense and Peace Economics
… time of deployment and that have many previous UN PKO experiences are more likely to be leaders. Results also suggest that contributors engaging in multiple UN PKOs contemporaneously are less likely to be leaders. The second essay analyzes the effectiveness of PKOs. If the transitions from …
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Australia's role in Japan's postwar trade strategy : development of Japanese trade under the Sterling Trade and Payments Agreements, 1947-1954
This thesis analyses Australia's role in the re-establishment of postwar Japanese trade networks from 1947 to the mid 1950s. The Sterling Trade and Payments Agreements which stipulated settlement in pounds sterling of Japan's trade with the sterling area was an important determinant of …
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Australia's role in Japan's postwar trade strategy : development of Japanese trade under the Sterling Trade and Payments Agreements, 1947-1954
This thesis analyses Australia's role in the re-establishment of postwar Japanese trade networks from 1947 to the mid 1950s. The Sterling Trade and Payments Agreements which stipulated settlement in pounds sterling of Japan's trade with the sterling area was an important determinant of …