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Showing 1 to 20 of 126 for “"policy reforms"”.
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FOREIGN AID FOR TRADE POLICY REFORMS
… to induce a recipient country to engage in trade policy reforms. For this purpose, we develop a two-good and two-country model where the donor commits to give foreign aid in the first period and disburses in the second period. The donor`s commitment for foreign aid is based on an equation where …
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Teacher evaluation policy reforms involving student data: Teachers’ perceptions
This study explored the perceptions of elementary school teachers in two Illinois public schools who have been evaluated using student test data. One school used a student learning objective approach and one school used an all-in approach. The theoretical framework for this study was relational …
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Output performance, institutions and structural policy reforms for transition economies
… 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 output performance variables, the measures of institutional development and SPR. …
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Tax policy reforms in Thailand : a computable general equilibrium approach
… This created public investment problems. Tax reforms consequently became a major issue, but in the light of the international debate that placed a high value on avoiding tax increases, the emphasis was on a tax structure that would improve tax efficiency and contribute to greater international …
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Tax policy reforms in Thailand : a computable general equilibrium approach
… This created public investment problems. Tax reforms consequently became a major issue, but in the light of the international debate that placed a high value on avoiding tax increases, the emphasis was on a tax structure that would improve tax efficiency and contribute to greater international …
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Analysis of Policy Reforms in the New Zealand Forest Manufacturing Sector
… of this paper is to analyze the impacts of these reforms on wood and paper industry cost, production, and cost efficiency. Unlike previous work, the effects of privatization and deregulation are compared to determine which shock had the most influence on the forest sector. Results show that …
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Globalization and the diffusion of gender policy reforms in Latin America
… introduced similar national gender equality policy reforms. The key policy areas in which this convergence took place were the criminalization of domestic violence, the introduction of state agencies for women, and the incorporation into law of candidate gender quotas for national …
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Agricultural Sector Policy Reforms: Implications for Poverty and the Environment in Malawi
… Malawi has implemented a number of agricultural reforms particularly in the tobacco and maize sectors. These reforms have been designed with four key objectives as follows: (a) to improve smallholder prices particularly in the tobacco sector; (b) to increase income for the poor especially in the …
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Prevention, Diversion, and Reentry: Effects of School and Juvenile Justice Policy Reforms
… and increased likelihood of future delinquency. Reforms to school and juvenile justice policies may help reduce youth contact with the juvenile justice system and minimize such consequences. Using quasi-experimental methods, I examine three policy interventions designed to address youth needs at …
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Policy reforms for smallholder agriculture: an analysis using household data for Vietnam
… However, the relevance of the ‘rice first’ policy and the place of smallholder agriculture have recently been questionedin the discussion on Vietnam’s agricultural development strategy. The objective of this thesis is to contribute to designing appropriate agricultural development strategies …
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Policy reforms for smallholder agriculture: an analysis using household data for Vietnam
… However, the relevance of the ‘rice first’ policy and the place of smallholder agriculture have recently been questionedin the discussion on Vietnam’s agricultural development strategy. The objective of this thesis is to contribute to designing appropriate agricultural development strategies …
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The politics of welfare policy reforms: a comparative study of how and why changes of government affect policy making on social cash transfer programmes in Zambia and Malawi
… thesis examines how and why social protection policy reforms happened after changes of government in Zambia and Malawi. It provides four case studies that account for the process of reforms to promote or constrain social cash transfer programmes (SCTs) by government administrations within and …
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Rise of regions after reforms : late development strategies for the software industry in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala in India
… government initiated wide-ranging economic and policy reforms. In this dissertation, I examine the development strategies pursued by three states in southern India for development of this industry within an overall neo-liberal policy framework of the central government. Two of these states …
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An Evaluation of Pakistan's Rice Trade Policy: A Case Study of Basmati Rice
… Rice exports, compare with those of alternative policy options, and suggest possible policy reforms.
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ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR IN DYNAMIC BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS: THE CASE OF THE EX-SUGAR BEET FARMERS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
… to predict cropping allocations in response to policy reforms are not satisfactory. On the other hand, an alternative research using multivariate models (i.e. models that consider economic and social-psychological variables to explain farmers’ behaviour) has been developed with the purpose of …
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Unintended effects of federal transportation policy: a look at the lifecycle costs of the interstate system
… system development and proposes a series of policy reforms to refocus the program. An analysis of the history of US transportation policy demonstrates ongoing persistent trends towards multimodal approaches, increased federal involvement and a shift in focus from rural development to enabling …
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The role of the head teacher in motivating teachers into performance and job satisfaction.
… is expected to contribute to development of policy strategies and give insight to educationist and education administrators. The study recommends policy reforms action plan that influence job satisfaction and motivation of teachers.
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The role of the head teacher in motivating teachers into performance and job satisfaction.
… is expected to contribute to development of policy strategies and give insight to educationist and education administrators. The study recommends policy reforms action plan that influence job satisfaction and motivation of teachers.
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