... goods industries Tariffs and trade taxes on intermediate inputs also undermine competitiveness If Zimbabwean firms have to pay tariffs on their inputs, their costs rise and their products are less ... tourism, air transport, and BPO A related problem has been the historically low investment rates in these sectors Low investment in these sectors reflects the macroeconomic stresses on public finance ... from mining exports into investment in other sectors so as to diversify and to offset the potentially regressive distributional effects of growth based on mineral exports Reestablishing stable international...
... Rapid Assessment Tools • Improve the business climate by establishing accepted measures of performance (such as the Doing Business indicators18) as benchmarks for progress Increase the availability ... broadening the tax base If there is widespread corruption inthe tax and customs administrations, carry out systemic reforms and changes in personnel to increase efficiency and fairness • Strengthen ... Donors must quickly assess the existing capacity and use other actors to fill the highest priority gaps However, donors should seek to associate their activities andthe activities of NGOs and...
... accessible in Zimbabwe This study draws on the perspectives of active ARV users and nurses, focusing on their understandings and retrospective experiences of factors shaping their access and ... further by stealing their wives’ hospital cards However, such husbands need counselling (Tsitsi, nurse) Another commonly reported strategy used by husbands to disassociate themselves with AIDS and ... masculinities on women s ART access and adherence (Table 2) This process generated 26 codes, covering 12 basic themes, which are discussed in our Results section These basic themes were further...
... expression causes a slight overgrowth of the tissue between the wing veins, resulting in a wavy wing surface and wing bending (i’), manifested as folds between wing veins in (i) (arrows) Genotypes ... Pictures were taken with a Zeiss Axiophot microscope Significance was assessed using Student s t-test For the overexpression studies, a set of Gal4 driver lines was crossed to a UAS-Madm transgenic ... genes The short class of TSC22DF variants, including TSC-22 (TSC22D1.2), is well studied In mice, TSC22D2 produces several short transcripts that are important for the osmotic stress response...
... forming effective partnerships with the industry and business community Some incentives for enterprises when they invest in on -the- job training were stipulated inthe Education Law (National Assembly, ... employment sector is almost absent Inthe last five years, in view of making training responsive to social needs, attention was paid to creating university-industry linkages, however there is still ... mean by progress of the existing LLL system Structural speaking, the existing LLL system in Vietnam encompasses four periods of education and training: pre-primary education, basic school education,...
... business, hiring and firing workers, enforcing contracts, getting credit and closing a business Doing Business in 2005 updates these measures and adds another two sets: registering property and ... highs and lows Much of agro-processing business is inthe summer and fall Much of retail business is during holidays Businesses can meet these fluctuations in demand by expanding and contracting the ... getting credit and closing a business (topics in Doing Business in 2004 and 2005)—happened in EU countries Reforms in registering property and protecting investors (new topics in Doing Business in...
... presented indicators in topics: starting a business, hiring and firing workers, enforcing contracts, getting credit and closing a business Doing Business in 2005 updates these measures and adds another ... highs and lows Much of agro-processing business is inthe summer and fall Much of retail business is during holidays Businesses can meet these fluctuations in demand by expanding and contracting the ... will cover other major industries The same standardized case used in building the starting a business data is applied to assess the procedures, time and cost necessary for the business to operate...
... supporting industries is to increase competitiveness of assembly firms, so it is vital that these companies can satisfy quality, cost and delivery standards Though supporting industries are beginning ... between stakeholders and strengthen the role of business associations The government, industry associations and enterprises have to work together to tackle the issues at stake and strengthen Vietnam s ... clusters Competitiveness depends on how well enterprises make use of their own assets and gain access to new assets by co-operating with other firms and institutions The Government should consider...
... difficulties and improving speaking skills inthe classroom Part III, Conclusion, addresses the key issues inthe study, summarizing some shortcomings revealed during the process of completing this ... by their listeners’ reaction So during speaking, speakers are responsible for making themselves understandable to listeners through selected and adapted messages based on listeners’ understanding ... during speaking activities in class Learners would rather be considered passive ones than lose face in front of the class This is the reason why some keep silent in class even when they know the...
... times to schedule business trips are April to June and September to October Do not plan business trips during the Chinese New Year, since many businesses close for a week before and after the festival ... names and titles, see the section “Chinese Naming Conventions” in Appendix A Gestures Avoid making exaggerated gestures or using dramatic facial expressions The Chinese not use their hands when speaking, ... before they close a deal Weights and measures are mainly metric, but several old Chinese measures may still be used Bring business cards with a translation printed (in Mandarin Chinese) on the reverse...
... consequences for econometric testing Section presents the economic speci…cation used for the estimations and describes the dataset andthe estimation techniques Section then presents and discusses the ... sector In ation is measured both in terms of PPI and CPI 5.) Housing prices (phou sin g ): increases in housing prices result in a rise inthe total amount which has to be spent on the purchases ... credit inthe CEE-5, and also in emerging markets and small OECD countries In contrast, the …nding for the Baltic states andthe SEE-3 is that interest rates mostly have a positive sign, if they...
... ROSC-AA RTGS SEDO SFD SIF SME SOE SRC SRO TSX US$ WBES WFE International Financial Reporting Standards Islamic Financial Institutions Islamic Financial Services Islamic Investment Companies Initial ... The Soundness And Performance 130 Of The Banking System Annex 2: Indicators For Assessing The Capital Market 135 Annex 3: Indicators For Assessing The Insurance And Contractual Savings Sector 136 ... addressing financial institution-specific constraints Institutional solutions cover the legal framework, creditworthiness information system, and other financial infrastructure issues, such as the...
... agribusiness), investmentrelated agencies (one-stop shops, registration offices, investment promotion agencies), labor and social security administrations, and others All these institutions—some ... gaps re main in so me c o untrie sandin so me are as Most governments have improved the business environment by simplifying business regulations, opening up the financial sector, and reducing ... to Businesses in MENA Countries Ownership Status of Industrial Land in MENA Countries Master Developer Requirements to Invest in Industrial Zones The Basic Framework: Government Subsidies by...
... ROSC-AA RTGS SEDO SFD SIF SME SOE SRC SRO TSX US$ WBES WFE International Financial Reporting Standards Islamic Financial Institutions Islamic Financial Services Islamic Investment Companies Initial ... The Soundness And Performance 130 Of The Banking System Annex 2: Indicators For Assessing The Capital Market 135 Annex 3: Indicators For Assessing The Insurance And Contractual Savings Sector 136 ... addressing financial institution-specific constraints Institutional solutions cover the legal framework, creditworthiness information system, and other financial infrastructure issues, such as the...
... questions is cause and effect, in which one thing is a result of something else Words such as thus, therefore, consequently, and because and phrases such as due to, as a result, and leads to signal ... phrases the questions ask about, then look for those words and phrases inthe passage If you don’t understand what a question is asking, rephrase the question using your own words Once you understand ... Spurious elements is a key phrase, which means doubtful or false components The answer must somehow address the issue of spurious elements inthe writings of the alchemists Therefore, you can eliminate...
... clinics in subsistence farming areas, 34.4% in estates, 14.8% in roadside trading centres, and 19.0% in towns Across rounds, the mean age of individuals inthe population survey sample dataset ... participants living in subsistence farming areas, 28.9% in estates, 19.8% in roadside trading centres, and 15.9% in towns aggregated across all rounds Inthe ANC survey, 31.8% of participants attended ... approaches on the study findings are considered further inthe discussion Inthe ANC survey, all data from women aged 15 to 24 years seen at the 22 ANC clinics participating in all three surveillance...
... loosen the creative shackles a bit One of the hallmarks of this business is fearlessness around technology Understanding what something does is necessary, but an artist s true creativity starts when ... starting location of the brush on the solid Color: Specifies the color of the paint Brush Size: Specifies the circumference of the paint brush Brush Hardness: Specifies how strongly the paint is ... points in Flash Professional 8.” The trick is to use an XML document to hold the times for the cue points andthe captions In this example, we use the “Tom the talking head” clip as the video The...
... activities, because these data responses were not linear All regression analyses were performed using the statistical software JMP (SAS Institute Inc.) The level of signicance was set at 0.05 RESULTS ... by PEPC increased in response to O3 in both groups of seedlings (Figs 5E5H) during the growing season The level of activity decreased inthe neoformed ush of the episodic seedlings when the O3 ... enhances the survivorship of the seedlings of slowgrowing species [5] Some enzymatic stimulation was also involved in this conservative strategy The Rubisco activity was generally not Response of...
... architectural information A similar approach is used for continuous diffuse sinks such as radial growth (see [37] for details) Sources and sinks In SIMWAL there are basically two C sources: photosynthesis ... validate it in a strict sense RESULTS 2.2 Model inputs and data analysis Initial trees, input parameters and climate As far as possible, initial trees and input parameters in simulations were drawn ... photosynthesis and reserve remobilisation Reserve remobilisation takes place in winter and spring when photosynthesis is nil or insufficient to supply the different organs In winter, each organ is assumed...