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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"economic contributions"”.
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Understanding the socio-economic contributions of different wildlife ranching business models in South Africa
… and linked to job creation and substantial economic contributions. However, an understanding of the socio-economic contributions of wildlife ranching that account for the heterogeneity and diverse business strategies within the wildlife economy remains limited. The aim of this research was …
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Transport policy reform and rural communities : a case study of Gaspé
… policy reform has given rise to social and economic problems for regions located in the periphery. Rural communities are particularly dependent upon transport links. The town of Gaspe was chosen as a case study because it shares characteristics that are common with rural communities: the …
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"But the half can never be told" : the lives of Cannelton's Cotton Mill women workers
… place in Cannelton society, their essential economic contributions to their families, and the unique tactics they used in attempts to achieve better working conditions in the mill. It will also explain the small changes in women’s work experiences from 1854 to 1884, and how ultimately …
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Changing dynamics of the U.S.-China-Latin America relationship
The United States remains the leading economic, diplomatic, and strategic partner of Latin America. However, the hegemonic geopolitical influence the United States once exerted is arguably fading, and Beijing offers an alternative to Washington’s policies that have been encouraged throughout Latin …
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Hypergraph Distributed Optimization & Decentralized Control with Applications in Economic Networks and Graphical Games
… on the subjects of applied mathematics and economics. More specifically, our applied mathematics results focus on the use of hypergraphs instead of their graph analogue, the clique expansion graphs in the settings of distributed optimization and decentralized control. In both settings we …
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From education to employment: Investigating postgraduate employment outcomes of international students in the ICT sector of New Zealand
… skills shortages and the sector's pivotal economic contributions. Adopting a mixed-methods approach to triangulate quantitative data from surveys with qualitative insights from semistructured interviews and existing literature, the research examines the influence of social capital and …
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Relationship marketing in agribusiness: a case study
… relationship types, strategies, theory or economic contributions, and empirics. This case study is built around the acceptance and acknowledgement of these theoretical themes and propositions – utilizing key relationship marketing constructs as the foundation to develop an interview …
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The Role of a Regional Power in Regional Integration: The case of Nigeria in the Economic Community of West African States
… no exception in ECOWAS; it has made tremendous contributions to regional development – from the establishment of the ECOWAS to the running of its peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Nigeria's efforts in ECOWAS have demonstrated the potency and benefaction of a regional power to the development and …
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A study of the foreman's status in the highway construction industry
… this situation which has been created largely by economic conditions in our economy. But, these conditions have not affected all industries in the same manner. It is the purpose of this paper to investigate the status determining conditions in the highway construction industry. To evaluate these …
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Women's work and household income: evidence from Bangkok's urban fringe
… research asks whether the patterns of women's economic contribution and marginalization that previously have been identified apply to the emerging metropolitan fringe areas. I argue that women in metropolitan fringe communities are more marginalized than men in terms of type of employment, …
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Nature-based recreation and leisure in fenland rural ecomies - A case study approach.
… recreation and leisure as factors of economic generators within rural, fenland landscapes, and thus as contributors to rural economies. Using a case study approach, the research investigated the Humberhead Levels as a region of potential nature-based recreation and leisure demand, …
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Income Generation By Rural Women Through Indigeneous Poultry Keeping Project at Chessa Village in Uyui District, Tabora Region
… line. Women’s income is important for achieving economic growth and sustainable development in Chessa Village and thus, their economic contributions should be given importance in policy design. From this study now, the researcher helped rural women to form a group (Upendo group) and came up with …
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The Arts in Cobb County: A Case for Increased Public Funding
… an increasing movement recognizing the important economic contributions that arts and culture organizations make to communities. The nonprofit arts sector is a major contributor to job creation, urban revitalization, and economic growth. As elsewhere in the country, nonprofit arts organizations …
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The economic contribution of river recreation and tourism in the Little Yampa Canyon, Colorado
… to a region that seeks to further diversify its economic portfolio in light of broader transitions occurring in the energy and agriculture sector. A land acquisition proposal by the Bureau of Land Management seeks to expand public access to the Yampa River and the nearby recreation amenities and …
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Scientists in the principal investigator role
The social and economic contributions of R&D are essential in the development of countries, since they are the motor for their progress. Research can be implemented by companies, but it can also be implemented in universities and research centres. The research process is more and more often …
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Women's experiences of street trading in Cape Town and its impact on their well-being
… a large subsection of South Africa's informal economic activity, creating opportunity for self-employment and sustaining livelihoods (Mitullah, 2003; Skinner, 2008). Yet, street traders face various barriers including societal marginalization and pervasive poverty, threatening their well-being. …
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Time Spent at University: The Impact of Volunteering on Political Engagement During Degree Study and Beyond
… through graduate employability outcomes and economic contributions, but potential outcomes of university study provided by the development of good citizenship and political engagement remain largely untested. This thesis argues that trends in the United Kingdom higher education sector to …
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Financing Preferences and Capital Structure Among Successful Malaysian SMEs
The increasing importance of economic contributions of small and medium-sized sized enterprises (SMEs) around the world, especially in developing countries, motivated a better understanding of financial practices among SMEs. Financial support is among the factors affecting the success of SMEs. …
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South Africa's generational economy
… that engagement in the economy and the resulting economic flows between individuals vary with age that underpins this impact: children consume more than they produce; prime working-age cohorts produce more than they consume, transferring surpluses to others or saving them for old age; and the …
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