the international benchmarking network for water and sanitation utilities

... The IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Performance Blue Book The IBNET Water Supply and Sanitation Performance Blue Book The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities ... IBNET: The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities IBNET: The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities CANADA NORWAY FIJI 10 IBNET Water ... IBNET: THE INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING NETWORK FOR WATER AND SANITATION UTILITIES Introduction Water essential to sustain life and livelihoods—is a core sector of the global economy The water and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:22

... model privatises what matters for the poor, which is actually water and sanitation access and not the water and sanitation system itself The idea to use the resources of the rapidly-growing microfinance ... therefore does not seem to be a fair and effective solution to the lack of water and sanitation On the whole, in both cases the provision of microfinance for water and sanitation addressed the ... into the provision of public goods It focuses on the problem of public goods and collective action and refers to the specific example of water and sanitation The microfinancing of water and sanitation...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 09:20

... repeats the information to the third The third listens and gives comment on the information to the last one The last one gets information, summarizes the main ideas to the class Teacher asks the last ... Understand deeply the technical subjects of Water and Sanitation - Sharing solutions of water and sanitation - Methods of explaining and guiding a subject - Group discussion hours 1hour for each ... from pictures above and writes them down on the colored paper Then, students exchange their papers Learners read their new papers and stick them on the board: LABEL SHELF OTHER 33 NTPII PAOT Implementation...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 14:20

... design and accompanied the study implementation EA and BK shared the focus groups as assistants and undertook the task of linking the qualitative data to the ICF GS was responsible for the overall ... questions and further instructions (for example, introduction, procedure of the session, technical aspects) At the beginning of each focus group, the procedure of the session was explained, and the ... trained in the linking rules was consulted In a discussion led by the third person, the two health professionals that linked the concepts stated their pros and cons for the linking of the concept...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... participated in the performance of the focus groups and the data analysis and was involved in the peer review GS was responsible for the overall design of the development and the validation of ... the most outstanding theme reported by participants was the attitude of others regarding FM The patients describe often feeling left alone with their illness, due to a lack of understanding and ... samples in other national [48] and international studies [49] The validation of the ICF Core Set for rheumatoid arthritis from the patient perspective using the same approach as in the present...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... as a guide to therapy, thereby possibly avoiding the need for pulmonary artery catheterisation [44] The final two lectures in this session covered the issues of terrorist attacks and mass casualty ... Undoubtedly, the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine will continue to expand both as an educational forum and as a research forum, creating ever greater challenges to the ... results from the landmark intensive insulin study [5] She reminded the audience that although the renal glucose threshold is in the order of 12 mmol/l, other tissues (in particular, the lung) might...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... information of the ICNALE and the construction of the Singapore ICNALE are introduced 2.5.2 Introduction to the ICNALE Given those factors influencing the decision on corpora for the study, the ... realized it and may try to compromise it For instance, Laporte (2012) compared the use of “make” in the International Corpus of Learner English (The ICLE) and a small part of the International ... to the corpora readily available” In order to provide data for the thesis, I undertook the construction of the Singapore 42 component of the ICNALE under the guidance of my supervisor In the...

Ngày tải lên: 01/10/2015, 17:28

... tools, one to gather quantitative data and the other one to qualitatively validate the findings of the former 7.Organization of the study The thesis is composed of three parts: A, B, and C Part A ... verbal and non-verbal communication is influenced by the culture of the participants in communication Culture is the reference point for transmitting the message and for understanding the message Therefore, ... colleges and universities in Vietnam which set the standard of B1 CEF as the obligatory condition for all the students Therefore, the book set Solutions is chosen in the hope that it can be helpful for...

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2015, 17:18

... outcome of the forecast, • Gathering and analyzing the data using a variety of methodologies, and • Interpreting the results and assembling the forecast from the available information Framing the problem ... inherent in the algorithms and to the data set for training These networks can reinforce bias patterns found in the data and users, causing the network to produce unwarranted correlations and pattern ... the real world calls for understanding the potential performance of the new technology and how users and other stakeholders will apply the technology Early efforts to forecast the future of new...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate ... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress ... destroyed the town of Casso, 260 m above the reservoir on the opposite side of the valley, and then sent a wave of water 250 m high over the top of one of the world’s tallest dams and crested...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... However, the risks are attention to the active ingredient, and generally lower than the risks from complications of the diseases they prevent make sure you’re not taking another For more information, ... when, and for how long you should take it; any precautions or warnings about the medicine; side effects to watch out for, and what to if they occur • Ask what the medicine is intended to do, and ... Version 2.0 October 2011 For more information on medicine safety, please visit: www.pfizer.com/medicinesafety Medication Safety for the Elderly: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers • • • Be honest...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... 13 The ideas for reform, discussed in this paper, would make it is easier for individuals to understand what they are entitled to, easier for people to make or change a claim and easier for them ... difficult for them to manage their finances 15 A simpler and fairer system could assess and pay benefits faster and could reduce the scope for error and fraud: claimants would more clearly understand ... guide reform In addition, there are complex interactions with other forms of welfare support for basic needs (for example, the financing of affordable housing provision and sub-market rents) and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20

... report for certain categories of disclosures, providing the date of the disclosure, what information was disclosed, the recipient of the information, and the purpose for the disclosure for example, ... or other electronic form and format requested by the individual, if it is readily producible in such form and format; or, if not, in a readable electronic form and format as agreed to by the ... comment on the following issues: a Whether the information collection is necessary and useful to carry out the proper functions of the agency; b The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the information...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20

... principles, and standards for evaluating perfor8 mance.1 III CURRENT EFFORTS TO MONITOR THE RIGHT TO HEALTH WITHIN THE U.N SYSTEM While there is considerable collection of data at local, national, and international ... of these opportunities for participation There is a major discrepancy between the number of groups that participate in the work of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and some of the other ... intellectual clarity as to the definition and scope of these rights and the related obligations of States Parties to the various conventions Understanding of the full implications of these rights is far...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... (1994) and Devereux (2001) for the U.S and Devereux and Hart (2006) and Hart (2006) for Britain] For insightful surveys see Brandolini (1995) and Abraham and Haltiwanger (1995) Several theoretical ... retain the last two estimates of α and use the three data points to adjust the trajectory of the estimates for the fixed effects The estimation routines for the OLS coefficients, standard errors, and ... containing the estimates of the αs On the other hand, if the least squares solution for β were known, we could easily obtain least squares estimates for the α The normal equations show that these...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... , the mass of the wall of the bulb; cpw , the specific heat of the wall; hf , the heat transfer coefficient between the filament and the gas; hg , the heat transfer coefficient between the gas and ... coefficient from the wall to the atmosphere; Aw , the wall area in contact with the atmosphere; p and w , the emissivity values of the metallic part and the wall respectively and σ the Stefan–Boltzmann ... through the window and the temperature of the inner surface for a day when the outside air temperature is −15 ◦ C and the room temperature is 20 ◦ C The heat transfer coefficient on the inner and...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 13:53

... that the dot accepts any letter in the Romanian alphabet and that, for each of the six forms, the value of the capturing groups (those between brackets) remains constant, in this case cˆ n These ... parts of a the stem that remain unchanged and ensure that, given the infinitive and the regular expressions, one can work backwards and produce the correct conjugation For a clearer understanding ... model the first person singular form ”(eu) cˆ nt” a (in regular expression format: ˆ(.+)$), the second, model the second person singular form ”(tu) cˆ nti” (ˆ(.+)ti$), the third, model the third...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 22:20

... access to the source code, but he or she knows much more about the underlying architecture and the nature of the interfaces between the application under test and the other software and the operating ... database Data is sent back to the client as output from the server The results are then formatted and displayed in the client browser The client-server model, and consequently the Web application model, ... its distributor for available inventory and its shippers for the cost of shipping the software to the customer The Web application communicates with these third parties through network connections...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... date further in the future and at a rate (generally different from the rate applied to the short leg) agreed at the time of the contract (the long leg) Both spot/forward and forward/forward swaps ... instrument On the one hand, part of the securities issued abroad may be purchased by residents and therefore not represent international but domestic liabilities On the other hand, part of the securities ... by the exporter on the importer and subsequently acquired by the reporting bank These credits may therefore be treated as external or domestic assets depending on whether the residence of the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20