... African land policy as implemented in the period 1994 to 1999 Since joining the HSRC, he has been involved in research around integrated rural development including land reform, agricultural development, ... social development, women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security and Sustainable ... resolving food insecurity and the real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger and the continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in...
... starting point for spatial and quantitative thinking remains controversial in the field and used that point to highlight the need for caution in presenting research findings of this kind to the ... mathematics and science learning include categorization, symbolic reasoning, and causal reasoning Unfortunately, these advances in understanding of children’s thinking not seem to be shaping practice and ... first strand, including consideration of financing, minimal licensing standards, and the schedules for care, tend to surround the child care settings serving the poorest families—families leaving...
... African land policy as implemented in the period 1994 to 1999 Since joining the HSRC, he has been involved in research around integrated rural development including land reform, agricultural development, ... social development, women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security and Sustainable ... resolving food insecurity and the real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger and the continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in...
... freedom and economic development are strongly linked to each other Another interesting data that is revealed by the ranking of Press Freedom and Economic Developmentin Latin America is linked ... author sustains that “the broad access to independent media is very closely related with systematic indicators of good governance and human developmentIn this same line and using similar indicators ... the process of installing modern democracies and the feelings and opinions that those aroused in Europe and the Western world is Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) Being critical and distrustful...
... Middling women could be found operating freely in the French guild system,²³ trading independently in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Geneva,²⁴ and acting as merchants in northern German and Scandinavian ... similar developments in the Midlands, see Andrew Hann, ‘Industrialisation and the Service Economy’ in Towns, Regions and Industries: Urban and Industrial Change, 1700–1840, ed Jon Stobart and Neil ... products in 1760 and 1770, and this provincial dominance was also evident in Leeds and Sheffield in 1800 Conversely, London appeared more prominent in all three towns at various points between 1810 and...
... management and knowledge processes are introduced Finally, the theories of organizational learning, including individual and organizational learning, in single and double loop and a systemic model in ... transfer and competence development continue in 2002 in a paper machine start-up project in Finland The concept and tools were constructed and developed further based on the experiences gained in the ... concept utilizing simulation and knowledge support systems The applicability of the constructed concept and tools is verified in industrial case studies both in Finland andin China In more detail...
... pregnancy and parenting among teenagers In Chapter 2, we investigate the ways in which school principals understand, interpret and report on law and policy governing pregnancy and parenthood (as outlined ... Morrell et al 2009) In the two chapters in Section A we separate out the data according to those involved in leadership and management, and those who are involved in teaching and learning processes ... English, andin the Cape Town schools generally in Afrikaans in the coloured schoolsand isiXhosa in the township schools All participants engaged in the research willingly after being fully...
... degree and diploma programs in fields relevant to economic development, including education, engineering, health and business Expand postgraduate training capacity – Ph.D & Masters programs Train ... Goal is to increase training to technical and vocational education institutions, especially in business education, and to partner with businesses There has been a rapid increase in developing new ... education levels) Increasing the proportion of enrollments in technical and vocational training schools from 8% of secondary school in 2001 to 20% in 2005 and 50% in 2015 Laying the groundwork...
... hospitals in urban-rural areas and by Han (H) and minorities (M) Proportion of use of clinics and hospitals by minorities and Han in nine provinces in China Location of Zhiduo county in People’s ... Anja Lahtinen examines the effects of the Chinese Western Region Development Strategy on provincial developmentin Qinghai, highlighting the need for increased opportunities in continuing and vocational ... related to minorities and their development: minority region developmentand ethnic mobility and urbanisation The first theme examines regional development among minorities andin minority regions...
... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional and economic changes in Latin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Developmentand ... productivity growth and investment in research anddevelopment (R&D) for the manufacturing sector, trade and services, finding that investment in R&D has a positive effect on productivity growth in the three ... globalisation in developing countries, say: ‘while inequality has many different dimensions, all existing measures for inequality in developing countries seem to point to an increase in inequality which in...
... STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTIN AFRICA: MAIN FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 127 A Introduction 128 B Main findings 128 C Messages and recommendations ... rising affluence and growing population, will necessarily intensify environmental pressures, through the increasing demand for natural resources, including both material and energy inputs used in ... transformation, its prioritization and financing Finally, it discusses the role of government in promoting sustainable development, and the way in which the international community can support...
... differing in human development index ranking in Brazil Methods Sample The study included, initially, 77 people: 48 from the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (BH: Brazil HDI ranking of 80), Minas ... economic standing seems not to be a determining factor in quality of life This explains the absence of significant differences in quality of life in patients affected by stroke in Belo Horizonte and ... days/week and > 30 min/session; b) vigorous-> days/week and > 20 minutes/session + moderate or walking 3-5 days/week and > 30 minutes/ session For the study, very active and active individuals...
... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional and economic changes in Latin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Developmentand ... productivity growth and investment in research anddevelopment (R&D) for the manufacturing sector, trade and services, finding that investment in R&D has a positive effect on productivity growth in the three ... globalisation in developing countries, say: ‘while inequality has many different dimensions, all existing measures for inequality in developing countries seem to point to an increase in inequality which in...
... trade and sustainable development TKN is a collaborative initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Developmentand the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; and ... characteristics); and preserving woodlands, where their protective and ecological role is in the general interest and where the cost of preventive measures exceeds the income from silviculture and maintaining ... an agricultural processing company Residing in the district in which the holding is located or in one of the bordering districts included in the LFA Undertaking to maintain agricultural activity...
... for agroindustrial development include, among others, Regulation of technology transfer and industrial ownership; Fiscal incentives for research and development, as well as training; Financing of ... technological and industrial base, human resources in science, technology administration and management, also physical and institutional infrastructure Institutes for Research andDevelopment working on ... versus increased cash cropping, and bioenergy coinciding with the depletion of forests, soil and a rise in plant and animal diseases In order to achieve the objectives and goals defined and established...
... length and root tips Total root length, including length of both tap and lateral roots, doubled from time of transplanting in April to first sampling in June in untreated controls andin seedlings in ... developmentin root DW remained low in the period from transplanting to the first sampling in June (Fig 2a) From June to July an increase was observed in the treatment where whorl and lateral buds and ... 2a) The increase in root DW from transplanting until September was 229% in untreated controls, 147% in seedlings in which whorl and lateral buds and whorl branch tips had been removed and 79%...
... been intensively studied in lines such as V30 [23] Mitchell and V30 are genetically dissimilar, as demonstrated in mapping studies, and vary in a number of other ways, including growth habit and ... both lines In contrast, the suggested genes did not coincide and were EF1a and SAND in Mitchell, whilst CYP and RAN1 were the genes of choice in V30 In conclusion, we provide a list of genes in ... evaluating EF1a as the most reliable gene in line Mitchell but differed in line V30, recommending ACT as the best candidate EF1a suitability has been confirmed in potato during biotic and abiotic...