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... Policy and Practice Information and coordinating CentreFINCA Foundation for International Community AssistanceFSDT Financial Sector Deepening Trusts in Kenya and TanzaniaGHAMFIN Ghana Microfinance ... two were of savings schemes alone. They include evaluations of programmes within Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda and Zimbabwe. Ten ... studies included inthe in- depth synthesis 85 Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of microfinance on the wealth ofthe poor 89Appendix 4.3: Narrative synthesis of...
... than whatthe Treaty on the Functioning ofthe European Union (and previously the EC Treaty) actually envisages, and isthe logical consequence ofa finding that the measure isa measure having ... Criminal Proceedings against Prantl, Case 16/ 83, [1984] E.C.R. 1299, ảả 2021. Despite the invitation by Advocate General Jacobs, the ECJ has steadfastly held the line against a de minimis approach ... heading (3) above, Spaventa rightly states that the Grand Chamber was unclear about the meaning ofthe phrase “any other measure.” She identifies a possible narrow interpretation as any measure...
... capital flow, monetarysystem, financial markets, financial institution, and financial coordination andsupervision. In China, institution building inthe financial sector takes place against the backdrop ... Structure of Financial AssetsYear Mo Depositswith FIsLoans of FIs Borrowing by the Ministry of Finance Bonds Capitalization of A Share andB ShareMarketsInsurancePremiumsTotalFinancialAssets1980 ... 67.8Sources: Almanac of China’s Finance and Banking and China Statistical Year BookV. An Outlook of Institutional Reforms inthe Coming Years In light ofthe opportunities and challenges posed by China’s...
... because ofthe potential ad-verse reactions associated with the use ofthe vaccine in these persons. In the United States, the use of BCG vaccination is rarely indicated. BCGvaccination is not ... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered6 MMWR April 26, 1996 not a factor in determining whether thereaction ... techniques. The vaccine currently available for im-munization inthe United States, the Tice strain, was developed at the University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) from a strain originated at the Pasteur...
... largerbanks in making small business loans. Loan officers at small banks cantake into account a wide variety of factors in reviewing applications forsmall business loans, including the character of ... future using more recent data. 5 In Charts 3 -5, the size categories are not adjusted for inflation and are basedon the size ofthe bank rather than the size ofthe banking organization. 6An alternative ... SmallBanks Have an Advantage in Lending? An Examination of Risk-AdjustedYields in Small Business Lending at Large and Small Banks,” unpublishedworking paper, January.Cole, Robert A. , Lawrence...
... Aurora Bracale, AntonellaAntignani and Sonia Di Gaetano for preparing some of the RNase variants used in this study.This work was supported by the Italian Associationfor Cancer Research, the Ministry ... ‘r’) and variation ofthe inclination (inclination angle ‘i’) withrespect to the plane ofthe membrane (parallel to the xy plane).Cter and Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural regions,respectively, ... fordestabilizing and eventually permeating membranes,and that intracellular membranes play a decisive role in defining the antitumor action of an RNase.Experimental proceduresAssays with membranesSynthetic...
... This indicates thatN-glycans, in particular their terminal trimming, are important for the GABA-uptake activity of GAT1. They play a regulatory roleinthe GABAtranslocation by affecting the affinity ... areinvolved in regulating the GABA translocation of GAT1, but not in binding of GAT1 to GABA.Transport of GABA by GAT1 across the cell mem-brane is driven by an electrochemical gradient of Na+and ... oligosaccharide side-chainsare important for the GABA transport activity.1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleof the terminal structures...