... tasks of Microfinance
to stimulate efficiency access to the financial
resources;
to create work places;
to grow of tax proceeds;
to create a credit history for the further
development of ... millions (including 4.5 millions
of individual entrepreneurs);
90 % ofthe total number of establishments;
44 % of GDP;
45 % of employment.
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MFIs create new work ... Microfinance Programs
program of Russian Women’s Microfinance Chain,
supported by Ford’s Fund
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concern the promotion of general ideals or ends such as our own perfec-
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are ... with
the historical facets of his position, some with the philosophical, and some
with both.
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What are the defining features ofthe morality system? At the end
of Chapter 10 of Ethics and the ... and others are not. After the initial space and time lotteries
are held, everyone is subject to further lotteries associated with the class
system, the race system, and the gender system (systems,...
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sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff,
the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy,
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lyzes the historical cost escalation for ships and compares it to other
weapon systems as well as other sectors ofthe economy. Chapter
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other sectors ofthe economy? To examine this, we compare it with the
Department of Defense...
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approach fits the natural logarithm of cost (the dependent variable) as a
function ofthe fiscal year (the independent variable). e annual rate is
the exponential ofthe coefficient for the fiscal ... was jointly sponsored by theAssessment Division, Office
of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N81) and by the Principal
Deputy, Office ofthe Assistant Secretary ofthe Air Force (Acquisi-
tion), ... and detail the actual costs for the
weapon systems purchased. We obtained these data from the Defense Cost and Resource
Center (DCARC) Web site maintained by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense...
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whereby the RCL ofthe serpin inserts into the major
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cated from the top to the bottom ofthe inhibitor ... polymers of serpins, where the insertion of
another molecule’s RCL takes place [8]. Both of these
result in the irreversible inactivation (generally) of the
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parser. A weighted set of GRs from the parse for-
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system. They play a central role in the initiation of primary
immune response and in the enhancement of secondary
immune ... [26,13].
Taken together, these data show the presence of a
complete endocannabinoid system in human dendritic cells.
Our findings, together with previous reports in the literature
regarding other immune...
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spine and the anteroposterior diameter ofthe chest
increase with aging, thereby decreasing the curvature
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vital capacity to approximately 75% of best values.
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the age-related diminished elastic recoil ofthe ... al. Quality control
of spirometry in the elderly. The S.A.R.A. study.
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Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of ... III(4) ofthe Treaty of Amsterdam.
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central banks. The other members ofthe ... about their transactions.
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management ofthe ECB.
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