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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"institutional reforms"”.
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Water service delivery in Indonesia : the case study of Greater Bandung
… This study also identifies a series of legal, institutional and political factors that affect the ability and incentive for PDAMs to perform well. The alternatives to improve water service delivery in Greater Bandung involve implementation of technical reforms, management reforms and capacity …
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The Post-Conflict Reconciliation Process; Truth Commissions
… pressure or changes within the leadership, institutional reforms or prosecution will not take place. This is especially 3 true with intra-state armed conflicts because international action on protecting human rights may be essential. For the time being, there have been no prosecutions in Sri …
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A new beginning: a case for establishing a sexual and gender-based violence truth commission in South Africa
… TJ strategy over a reparations programme, institutional reforms, and a SGBV tribunal, as well as whether a TC would be effective, justified, and/or necessary after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Ultimately, this thesis suggests that a SGBV TC, if adopting an …
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Reform from above, reinterpretation from below : state making and institutional change in Ghana
… that drive this research include: How does institutional change occur, and how do varied forms of social organization within informal institutions influence institutional reforms in the land sector? The dissertation does this by examining land administration reform in Ghana during the period …
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ETHNO-NATIONALISM AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
… develop? This dissertation uniquely employs the institutionalist approach to explain the above puzzles and theoretical questions in the context of Central Asia. By exploring the nature and dynamics of nation-formation in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, this work concludes that territorial nationhood …
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INDONESIAN NATIONAL ARMED FORCES EFFECTIVENESS IN THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF ROLES
… The study recommends instituting sustained institutional reforms to strengthen TNI’s HA/DR capacity, emphasizing continuous improvement in civil-military interoperability and strategic resource allocation.
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Output performance, institutions and structural policy reforms for transition economies
… The second group consists of two categories of institutional development (INST), and the third group of variables is structural policy reforms (SPR), often known as liberalization policies. This dissertation’s theoretical and empirical framework explicitly account for the endogeneity between …
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Drivers of Climate Change? Political and Economic Explanations of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
… participation, democracy, corruption, and institutional concentration of political power. Another finding is that positive economic growth does not lead to more extensive and stringent emission policies, but these policies still have considerable negative impact on emissions. In contrast to …
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Essays in entrepreneurial finance
… The first two essays in the dissertation exploit institutional reforms - one in Denmark and another in the US - that changed the financing environment for new businesses to study how they impacted individuals' entry and survival. These natural experiments are supplemented with detailed and …
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China's Banking Reform: A Corporate Governance Perspective
… banking sector, with particular reference to the reforms of the SOBs since the late 1990s. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of both external and internal governance mechanisms of the banks. The study shows that the Chinese SOBs have been undergoing a profound transformation since 1998 …
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Towards good corporate governance: an analysis of corporate governance reforms in Uganda
… focusing on the proposed corporate governance reforms. An analysis of the major corporate governance reforms is done including; statutory reforms, development of codes of conduct and best practice and institutional reforms. The evolution of Uganda's corporate structure and the forces driving …
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Tacking against postmodernism : Gloucester's working port holds it course
… policy issues, physical improvements and institutional reforms.
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Analysis of Social Security Schemes In Tanzania With Response To the ILO Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952
… that there needs to carry out legal, policy and institutional reforms plus an over haul the entire legal regime governing pensions so as to widen the benefits being offered to meet the ILO minimum standards. The study recommends also that the ongoing Constitutional reviews should also ensure that …
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An assessment of whether the critical minerals boom and green transition can be leveraged for Zambia's industrialisation and economic development: spotlight on the Copper Mining Sector
… refinement, local content enforcement, and institutional reforms. It argues that with coherent policy implementation, infrastructure investment, and a balanced geopolitical approach, Zambia can transition from a raw material exporter to a key player in mineral-based industrialisation, …
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The waterfront engine : proposal for a 21st century Delhi
… generation, mixed land use as well as institutional reforms and an intelligent real estate strategy are all necessary conditions for creating a waterfront that will be both attractive and sustainable. These conditions create minimu and maximum thresholds for development, between which …
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Expansion despite permanent austerity? Innovative aspects of social policy in Liberal welfare regimes
… economic ideology and new public management reforms to decision-making. It does so though an examination of social policy expansion in early years education and care (EYEC) in England and Canada/Ontario; two liberal welfare states. This thesis contends that EYEC policy, often neglected in …
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The role of large-scale government-supported research institutions in development : lessons from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) for developing countries
… can promote such development by creating similar institutional arrangements. Literature on innovation systems was reviewed, particularly national innovation systems and the role of R&D institutions within these. Taiwan's recent economic success, deemed attributable to economic and institutional …
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The Influence of District Support During Implementation of High School Standards Based Grading Practices
… on teachers’ ability to implement reform and how institutional reforms impact the relationship between grading practices and external measures of student learning. Twelve implementing teachers with various levels of support were interviewed and surveyed. Focus groups of leaders and PD materials …
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INTERNAL DEMOCRACY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL OUTCOMES: A STUDY OF STATUTES, ELECTORAL DISPUTES AND LEGAL DECISIONS IN NIGERIA (1999-2019)
… Nigeria have necessitated significant legal and institutional reforms over the years. However, the reluctance of party officials to abide by and enforce these reforms has rendered – and continues to render - the laws ineffective. Using a socio-legal approach, this thesis examines the regulatory …
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A critical review of corporate governance reforms relating to South African state-owned enterprises
… reform is an important aspect of broader reforms aimed at securing an environment attractive to both domestic and foreign investors and that enhances the benefits of investment to society. Of particular relevance is the relation between corporate governance practices and the increasingly …
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