rural innovation the case of nordland norway

... foreign countries rather than other regions of the same country Indeed, one of the characteristics of the current wave of globalisation is the possibility to disconnect the creation of knowledge from ... produce the same amount of output as the other region The narrowing of the “gap” and therefore the concept of convergence or “catching up” towards the frontier can be computed as illustrated in the ... rural (100) Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of regions in the group For mostly urban regions the patterned part of the bar indicates the share of regions that contain (part of) ...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2016, 15:25

... this section The breach of a policy usually implies an adverse action If there are no adverse ramifications of a breach, then you should review the necessity of the policy A breach of this policy ... the policy completely, and confirm that they understand the contents of the policy and agree to abide by it Breach of Policy and Enforcement What is considered a breach and the consequences of ... termination of their contracted services All employees and vendors are bound by these policies and are responsible for their strict enforcement Scope of the Policy The scope should explain the policy's...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2012, 09:40

... $ 2.30 per litre of biofuel € 0.33 per litre of biofuel € 0.33 per litre of biofuel Zero tax $ 383 per ton of biofuel $ 40 per litre of biofuel 45 cents per each litre of biofuel in blends containing ... [17], 2005 The government of Nigeria has also recognised the need for subsidies to enhance the development of the biofuel industry The Renewable Energy Master Plan of the Republic of Nigeria ... amount of money for the development of RETs in general In spite of the apparent need for the introduction of subsidies and incentives to boost the production of biofuels SNEP fell short of proposing...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... The Price Stability Goal and the Nominal Anchor • Over the past few decades, policy makers throughout the world have become increasingly aware of the social and economic costs of inflation ... Education, Inc All rights reserved Other Goals of Monetary Policy • Five other goals are continually mentioned by central bank officials when they discuss the objectives of monetary policy: – – – – – ... Stability as the Primary, Long-Run Goal of Monetary Policy - Either type of mandate is acceptable as long as it operates to make price stability the primary goal in the long run, but not the short...

Ngày tải lên: 15/11/2013, 20:27

... provide the non-federal share of the Medicaid cost incurred by the school districts or other governmental entity The Medicaid program transfers the federal share of the Medicaid allowable costs to the ... functions of the division The Chiefs of Compliance, Audits, Health Care Reform and Information Services direct their respective units The rest of the support staff in the administrative office support ... had the option of organizing their program in the form of a new CHIP, expanding Medicaid coverage, or establishing a combination of these two approaches There are options for administration of these...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... in the funds rate target at time t to the close on the day of the change ∆R330y,t = change in the 30-year yield from the close on the day of the change in the funds rate target at time t to the ... Table 1.17 The total response of the 30-year rate over the entire interval, from the day after the previous policy action to the day after the current change, is shown in the bottom row of the table ... change in the rate t from the day after the change in the effective funds rate target at time t-1 to the day before the change at time t the funds target at time t to the close on the day of the change...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... non-trivial, so the change in the one-month futures rate is used when the target rate change occurs within three days of the end of the month, which was the case for five of the 42 changes in the sample ... spread between the future rate and the Fed funds target on the last day of month s , The sum of the two is just the month-s average funds rate target minus the target on the ¯r ¯ last day of month ... similar, regardless of subsample In both cases, the R2 is much lower in the “no change” subsample Implications for the term structure of interest rates The behavior of the short end of the yield curve...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... package) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands is a unique example of this kind of measure: when the entrepreneur reaches the age of 55, he/she receives a letter reminding him/her of ... supported by the members of the expert group The diversity of family businesses also affects intergenerational transfers The issue differs according to size of the company, the size of the family ... quantitatively measure the scale of the phenomenon from the point of view of its economic and social importance Other fields for research are innovation in family firms, the performance of family businesses,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... be the case either because the country is not a WTO member or because, as in the case of many of the least developed countries, their TRIPs obligations have not yet come into force The Of ce of ... the burden of proof on the challenger.115 Furthermore, challengers must undertake the time and expense of litigation, with the patent generally remaining in force until the case is resolved The ... brief overview of the strongly propatent orientation of the U.S patent system The Propatent Orientation of the U.S Patent and Trademark Of ce There is much academic debate over whether the patenting...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 22:07

... relevant authorities aware of the magnitude of the burden of mental disorders in their country, the strength of the needs and demands of the population, and the costeffectiveness of several mental health ... coordinated at the 26 The vision represents a general image of the future of mental health, the type of services and their financing The vision needs to motivate the different stakeholders of the country ... sector of a large city that is representative of the majority of the population of the country concerned The knowledge that may be gained from a demonstration area is vital for the success of the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... development goals In the case of India, fully 80 per cent of the funds collected are distributed by the Ministry of Finance to the Governments of the States in which the deposits were made The Union Government ... with the traditional model of operation is the fully privatized postal operator In this case, the government gives up direct oversight of management of the postal system and the role of the state ... Government retains the other 20 per cent There is no specific oversight by the central government of the States’ use of the borrowed funds once they are remitted to them, as they are viewed as...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... on their own Launched in partnership with the Bank Marketing Association of the Philippines, the programme garners the support from 12 of the top Filipino banks to enable children older than the ... that FSPs seek and obtain the support of the Ministry of Education It is also important to ensure that the policies and efforts of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth are closely aligned ... open the account and withdraw money, although often they are permitted to deposit money on their own In many cases youth not wish to inform their parents or guardians about their finances, so they...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... countries of the value of a statistical life Then the result is weighted by the income ratio between the developing country and the country in which the value of a statistical life was estimated These ... has also been key to the success of the Chinese rural stove programme (53) One of the reasons for the lack of systematic studies may have been that, with the central role of energy technology ... whether the child is carried on the |9 Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the Poor Implications for Policy Action and Intervention Measures mother's...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... small or large Then, finding proxies in the data for the level of complementarities and for the relative size of the players, one can identify the causality implied by the predictions of the model ... thus increasing the amount of outflows in these funds 3.2 Extension: the role of large investors We now extend the model to study the effect of the type of investors holding shares in the fund So far, ... signal on the fundamental θ Conditional on θ, the signal of the institutional investor is independent of the signals of the retail investors For simplicity, the amount of noise σ is the same for...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:21

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Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... inherits the RSoP of the GPOs from the California site, then the Corp.com domain, and then, last, the Human Resources OU MarksPC MarksPC first accepts the GPOs from the New York site and then the ... highlight the mechanism of how Group Policy works throughout the next three chapters One major design goal of the GPMC is to get a Group Policy–centric view of the lay of the land Compared with the ... However, most of the book deals with the more common case; that is, we’ll explore the implications of deploying Group Policy in an Active Directory environment Most of the book shows screens of Windows...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 19:20

... departmental heads Efficiency was to be the hallmark of the new HRM system Results did not support the theory The demise of the PSC heralded the increased politicization of the public service Personal connections ... but the RMS did not eventuate as the guiding force of the public sector There were few supporters outside of the PMU Many departments did not understand the RMS and saw it as theory devoid of ... the independence of, and to strengthen, the Bank of Papua New Guinea (see Kamit 2000), the Ombudsman Commission, the auditor general, and the public service; an Organic Law on the Integrity of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... are recent exceptions, although these deal with the effects of expectations of a “macro” bailout rather than the implications of the monetary stance Reviews of the older literature are in Boot ... observe the bank’s choice of k and set the interest rate they charge on the bank’s liabilities The last two stages are as before in that banks choose the lending interest rate and then the extent of ... fact that the pass-through of the policy rate onto the loan rate is maximum in the case of perfect competition, and must perfectly reflect the increase in the policy rate It follows that the pass-through...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... liabilities Either due to the perception of the credibility of the framework or the information content of the surveillance procedure, these budgetary institutions should affect the risk component ... addressing some of the criticisms and implementation problems of the SGP 12 Feb 20 Jun 26 Jun Jul Strengthening of the credibility of the SGP Discussion on the SGP 26 Jul disappointment about the current ... for the specific regulations of the Pact and the decisions taken by the Council varies considerably The main reason for diverging assessments of the virtues of the Stability and Growth Pact is the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... sponsors for their contribution to the project This publication was produced with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada The IDRC funded the underlying ... KwaZuluNatal Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs funded the provincial workshop, while the three municipalities provided venues for the workshops The Department of Provincial and ... very supportive of our initiative, and we were honoured by the presence of Nomatyala Hangana, Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government, who closed the national workshop Officials in national,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 09:21