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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"economic developments"”.
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The economics of water in Botswana : water use and affordability in urban areas
… that are expected to accompany the continuing economic developments in the country.
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Site Valuation and Optimal Development
Recent economic developments and legislative rulings have led to many changes in the housing industry. This paper investigates the relationship of a lot's size and configuration to profit. Specifically, this refers to the effect of a lot's frontage and depth dimensions on the cost of developing a …
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United States interests in China: a post-normalization analysis.
… the origin and evolution of United States economic and strategic interests in China, showing how they have been affected by the progressive political and economic developments within China. Special attention is paid to the problems of arms transfers from the U.S. in the light of their …
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An examination of the post-acquisition performance of bank acquisitions
… to banks' role in local, regional and national economic developments.
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“I’m Not a Criminal, I’m Underground”: Globalization, Multiculturalism, and the Street-Oriented Countercultures of Urban Guatemala
Recent political economic developments in Guatemala exemplify the broken promises of top-down “globalization” and “multiculturalism,” which have instead produced “global apartheid” (Besteman 2018) and “multicriminalism” (Speed 2016). Youthful countercultural Guatemalans, who call themselves …
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Internet technology adoption in the banking industry
… methods. A strong banking industry supports economic developments significantly through its efficient financial services. The role of the banking industry in trying to achieve the objectives outlined by the Sultan of Oman will depend heavily on the industry's capabilities. This requires banks …
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"The man that says slaves be quite happy in slavery...is either ignorant or a lying person..." an account of slavery in the marginal colonies of the British West Indies.
… "marginal colony" in an effort to illustrate how economic developments in each of the Bahamas, the Caymans, Belize, Anguilla, and Barbuda during the last half century or so of formal slavery in the British Caribbean impacted upon the life and labour experiences of bondsmen and women in these …
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A comparison of the remedies under the CISG and German law and the effect of the directive 1999/44/EC on German sales law
Today's economic developments which lead to more and more international trade relations and globalisation underline the importance and need of regulations in this field. The belief that there should be a consistent and universal form of international mercantile law which is based upon common sense …
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Perceptions of ringforts in pre-modern Ireland
… areas to be identified. A study of the practical developments in each of these two baronies that was likely to have most affected ringforts in each of these study areas was then undertaken. The study suggested that the development of commercial tillage farming from the later part of the 18th …
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Essays on Women's Education, Health Knowledge, and Fertility: Evidence from Vietnam
… levels likely reflect concurrent educational and economic developments, so the reform does not provide a clean source of exogenous variation in schooling. Chapters 2 and 3 instead focus on reduced-form effects of reform exposure, capturing both schooling-related and contemporaneous influences. …
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A ROMAN LAW PERSPECTIVE ON SUPERVENING EVENTS IN CHINESE CONTRACT LAW
… in the late 1980s following China’s legal and economic opening. It examines the evolution of force majeure and the doctrine of change of circumstances in Chinese civil law, tracing their conceptual roots to Roman law – particularly the assessments of vis maior by pre-classical and classical …
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Women in the Context of Industrialization and Labor in Nineteenth-Century German Literature by Women
… women to overarching social, political, and economic developments outside of the domestic sphere. With their novels and stories, these women writers contributed to a greater presence of women in the public sphere and commented on the discrepancies between a society experiencing change due to …
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A comparison of Scottish and Norwegian hutting traditions, with particular reference to the communities of Carbeth and Lindøya 1905-2013
… traditions are the result of similar political, economic and social forces coming to bear on fundamentally different democratic landscapes. Themes explored include the history of farming, forestry, landownership, urbanisation, industrialisation, housing, leisure and holiday provision for workers. …
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South Africa's Paradox: A Case Study of Latent State Fragility
… with respect to the police system – and mounting economic challenges may be undermining the stability of SA in ways undetected by commonly used measures of state fragility. Using a mixed-methods approach based on quantitative secondary data analysis and semi-structured interviews with government …
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From empire to hegemony : the dynamics of U.S. relations with Cuba and Mexico, 1930-1940
… by differing political, cultural, social, and economic systems in addition to geographic proximity. The major difference between the 1930s and the earlier and later periods was that the U.S. government decided to change the nature and practice of its relationship with Latin America in response …
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The International Monetary Fund and The Global South: A Comparative Analysis
… major oil exporters, and have experienced good economic growth in the past. Specifically, I will examine the conditions in each State that led to the structural adjustment programs, the content of each program, and the socio-economic consequences of those programs and how their political …
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Women, the household economy and the informal sector in Hanoi
… of this restructuring is affecting women’s economic roles in the economy and in the household in very specific ways. Vietnamese women have a long history of participation, if not domination, of trading activities. The simultaneous lifting of restrictions against the private sector and mass …
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Innovative visual effects in printed and dyed textiles for fashion: the combination of various printing techniques for coloration and relief effects
… in Appendix 3. Recent technological and socio-economic developments are resulting in trends towards shorter industrial production runs and a greater flexibility in design. The designer therefore has more opportunity to become involved in the production process,enabling a greater degree of …
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Teach Yourself? Language Learning through Self-Instruction Manuals in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia
… learning as a consequence of social and economic developments in the region. At the time, early globalisation was felt in terms of increased travel and trade. As a consequence, people needed to acquire foreign languages for the purpose of everyday communication. Because this area of …
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