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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"rural sector"”.
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Institutional Constraints and Bolivian Agrarian Development During the Pre-Agrarian Reform and Post-Agrarian Reform Periods
… be the solution to economic stagnation in the rural sector.
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Work allocation behaviour in rural Philippines: a bounded rationality model
… developing countries like the Philippines the rural sector in general, and agriculture in particular play a significant role in economic development. Hence, relevant information on the rural workers and rural employment opportunities are necessary conditions for the development of appropriate …
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Ways to Expand the Animal Welfare Component in the Extension System in Senegal: A Case Study of Thies and Bambey
In Senegal, in recent years the rural sector has undergone major reforms which are partly due to macroeconomic policy reforms adopted by the Senegalese government. Therefore, all the actors of economic and social development have a common concern and share in promoting rural agriculture (Bernard et …
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Trypanosomosis risk factors and impact assessment of a tsetse and trypanosomosis eradication campaign in Burkina Faso
… Faso where the economy relies mainly on the rural sector. To eliminate this scourge in Africa, the Heads of States and Governments have decided in July 2000, during the summit of the African Union in Lomé, Togo, to create the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign …
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The effects of post-independence reform policy on public education in Africa: the case of Tanzania
… heightened their unemployment and migration from rural to urban sectors. The emphasis on alternative self-help programs only in the rural sector has the effect of reinforcing a dual system of education that would stream pupils in the urban sector into mental jobs while those in the rural sector …
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The role of information technology in disseminating innovations in agribusiness: a comparative study of Australia and Sri Lanka
… to the introduction of IT to the agricultural sector, and to ensuring its adoption by farmers. Given its apparent ability to provide rich information to a large number of people, hopes have been raised about the role of IT as a tool for diffusing innovations in the agricultural sector. This …
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Understanding Development Bureaucracies: A Case Study of Mexico’s Rural Development Policy
… a new national law called Ley de Desarrollo Rural Sustentable (Sustainable Rural Development Act) seeking to produce the radical change that the Mexican rural sector needed to improve the social and economic conditions of the rural population. Its policy design was based on the dominant …
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Essays on political economy
… Second, they force peasants to remain in the rural sector to protect their property, even if job opportunities appear in the urban sector. The theory identifies conditions under which weak property rights institutions emerge, and provides a specific mechanism for the endogenous persistence of …
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Financial Intermediation and Economic Development:The case of the Development Bank of Zambia:1974-1981
… of employment, (3) Effecting linkages with other sectors ,.of the economy, (4) Contribution to reduction in the imbalances between rural and urban development. It was observed that the Bank had developed appraisal techniques of internationally accepted standards. In its appraisal work, emphasis is …
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Financial Intermediation and Economic Development:The case of the Development Bank of Zambia:1974-1981
… of employment, (3) Effecting linkages with other sectors ,.of the economy, (4) Contribution to reduction in the imbalances between rural and urban development. It was observed that the Bank had developed appraisal techniques of internationally accepted standards. In its appraisal work, emphasis is …
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Inheritance and Social Change Among the Tonga of Southern Province of Zambia, 1900-1989
… forces was more evident in the emerging urban sector than in the rural sector of the Tonga society. This uneven impact of capitalist forces tore apart the Tonga society as the new class with new ideological inclinations and values began to question the viability and relevance of the old social …
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Inheritance and Social Change Among the Tonga of Southern Province of Zambia, 1900-1989
… forces was more evident in the emerging urban sector than in the rural sector of the Tonga society. This uneven impact of capitalist forces tore apart the Tonga society as the new class with new ideological inclinations and values began to question the viability and relevance of the old social …
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An investigation into out of pocket health expenditure in India
… that can enhance the Indian healthcare sector. Using nationally representative household data (2011-12) collected by the National Sample Survey Organization, three research areas have been examined: incidence and determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) and medical poverty …
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Optimizing perspectives: a classic grounded theory of stakeholder perceptions on WSDB influence in Uganda's water sector
… Database (WSDB) initiative on Uganda's water sector development, particularly the rural sector. The WSDB was deployed by the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) to manage country wide water source information submitted by District Water Officers (DWO) and regional Technical Support Units …
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Food deserts and household food insecurity in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
… few job opportunities in the formal employment sector. Moreover, the informal sector has not been able to absorb the ever rising volume of migrants from the rural areas, increasing urban poverty and food insecurity among the most vulnerable group in the urban environment: female -centred …
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Non-timber Forest Products, Gender, and Households in Nicaragua: A Commodity Chain Analysis
This thesis focuses on the intersection of gender, households, and the non-timber forest product market. Based around the concept of commodity chain analysis, this research examines each stage in two non-timber forest products', straw brooms and coco baskets, life cycles from extraction to final …
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Effect of technological innovation and application on SMEs in Pakistan: an overview of the dairy sector
Pakistan's livestock sector, notably the dairy sector, contributes little at the national and household levels, despite its potential and enormous population. Inefficient livestock output due to traditional production methods, substandard breeds, poor feeding, poor housing conditions, inadequate …