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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"structural adjustments"”.
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Structural adjustments to the farm labour force, 1994-2011 : a Mincerian exploration of returns to education and experience
Agriculture is a vital source of employment and income for many unskilled workers in South Africa. However, due to the decline in the sector's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (as a result of the reduction in agricultural production and an increase in the contribution of the …
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From the ground up : an agent-based model of regional structural change
… with the reality of farm consolidation and other structural adjustments. While structural adjustment may result in increased productivity at the farm-level, the declining farm population has a direct impact on rural regions. Given the economic difficulties now inherent in many rural regions, there …
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New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) : a hostage to conditionality?
… and current state examined; the effects of structural adjustments programs on African states are explored; the question of state-market relationship in development is considered; IMF and World Bank positions (i.e. policy) on conditionality are assessed; possible alternative forms of …
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Patterns and determinants of health care utilization : an assessment of high density urban areas in Harare, Zimbabwe
… due to the combination of the effects of structural adjustments policies, intermittent drought, a decline in the quality of health care services and severe economic decline. The current economc environment places pressure on households, especially the poorest, to meet the rising costs of …
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Strategy for penetrating engineering & construction markets in Southeast Asia for Singapore through BOT contract
Singapore's economy is currently making structural adjustments resulted by the Financial Crisis of 1997, the burst of the Internet bubble in 2000, and the emergency of different powers in the region. Its export-oriented manufacturing and trading model, which has served the city-state well in the …
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Caracterização geomorfológica e tectônica da folha Rio Mamuaba 1:25.000.
… well as qualitative questions also indicative of structural adjustments as asymmetry, truss patterns and radial drainage network.
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Three Essays on China's Political Economy, Environmental Policy, and Green Job Guarantee
… to coordinate economic growth, full employment, structural adjustments, and environmental sustainability. In 2019, increasing China’s fiscal deficit by 1.58% of GDP would have financed a complete Job Guarantee to eliminate China’s 24.27 million urban unemployment and elevate the country’s GDP …
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The Impact of the International Monetary Fund’s 2016 – 2019 Loan to Egypt on the Country’s Development
… was criticized for its weak implementation of structural adjustments for multiple reasons including delays caused by legislation changes needed for enforcement. The recent program, on the other hand, was preceded by the passing of bills in the Egyptian Parliament and rigid conditions to ensure …
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The role of Management Accounting Practices in shaping efficiency in a Colombian Utility Conglomerate
… situated recurrent (inter-)actions but also the structural principles that underline those practices. Thus, the thesis analyses the influence of the managerial autonomy, the long-term financial approach and the technostructure in shaping efficiency at CUC (Aristizábal et al. 1988, López 2005, …
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The International Monetary Fund and The Global South: A Comparative Analysis
This thesis will analyze structural adjustment programs that the International Monetary Fund entered into arrangements with through three States: Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela. All three States have fairly large populations and land areas, are major oil exporters, and have experienced good …
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They say cutbacks: we say fightback. A case study of a grassroots anti-water charges community campaign group in Crumlin, Dublin using a participatory action research (PAR)approach
… charges in an era of crisis driven neoliberal structural adjustments and austerity. This, in turn has given rise to the emergence of the largest non-politically aligned mass movement since the foundation of the State, specifically in the form of the current anti-water charges community …
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IMPACT OF HOUSE DESIGN ON THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF INSECT DISEASE VECTORS IN THE GAMBIA
… killing millions of people every year. These two structural adjustments were the main focus of this thesis, which addresses three major questions: 1. What effect does eave closure have on mosquito house entry in houses that have screened doors and no other route of entry? 2. Are torn ceilings …
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An economic analysis of the impact of alternative government peanut programs on program costs and the farm production sector of the Virginia-North Carolina peanut industry
… separable programming algorithms to regulate structural adjustments and the movement of resources among 12 farm size and tenure groups identified in each model. The objectives were achieved. Results of this analysis support the hypothesis that differences in peanut program alternatives being …