... need for rigorous systematicreviewsoftheevidenceofthe impact of microfinance on the poor Further, while many ofthe first institutions offering microfinance were not-for-profit local NGOs ... review oftheevidenceofthe impact of microfinance timely And in the latter half of 2010 the microfinance industry made news for negative reasons.7 By October of that year regulation ofthe microfinance ... Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a The impact of microfinance on the incomes ofthe poor b The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/ wealth ofthe poor c impact of microfinance...
... accounting education and the accounting profession in general, were oriented toward the systems ofthe UK and USA, and thus more relevant tothe environment of those countries than tothe Libyan environment ... conducted to address various aspects ofthe introductory accounting course Among other things, these studies have examined the determinants of student performance in the principles of accounting ... brought the completed versions back to an instructor The survey collected primary data fromthe spring 1993 classes of advanced accounting and non-accounting major The total number enrolled in these...
... of 70 ml and 90 ml) and one UV-absorbing peak (at elution volume of 95 ml) The A280 to A260 ratio ofthe UV-absorbing peak indicated it was composed mainly of nucleic acid In the profile ofthe ... composed mainly of protein, was unexpected Figure shows the effect of concentration ofthe NaOH-extracted polymer (2.5 to 20 ppm) on activity in the presence of mM calcium ions The activity correlated ... compared tothe other methods The SDS-extracted polymer included a small amount of material other than protein Furthermore, the steaming- and washing-extracted polymers contained large amounts of phosphorus...
... was started from a mixture of venom from different animals belonging tothe same species To solve the question whether the presence ofthe two peptides was related to coexpression of both peptides ... was transformed to molecular mass by the Maxent software (Micromass, UK) The masses ofthe peptides resulting fromthe tryptic digestion were determined by MALDI-TOF MS on a VG Tofspec (Micromass, ... characteristic for the presence of an a-helical structure The spectrum of parabutoporin in the absence of trifluoroethanol is characteristic of an unordered structure To mimic the interaction of parabutoporin...
... consent ofthe opposite parties From these lofty pretensions they were induced to descend by the obstinacy of Vane and the persuasions of Johnston of Wariston, one of their subtlest statesmen; they ... conduce tothe maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration tothe just ease of tender consciences, tothe settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws ofthe ... intention ofthe king to satisfy the demands ofthe papists by altering the national religion, and the rapacity ofthe Cavaliers by giving up to them the plunder ofthe metropolis; and that, to prevent...
... XII OfThe Explanation Of Laws Of Nature Chapter XIII Miscellaneous Examples OfThe Explanation Of Laws Of Nature Chapter XIV OfThe Limits ToThe Explanation Of Laws Of Nature; And Of Hypotheses ... stock of knowledge, but because the facts themselves are of importance to his interests or to his occupations The business ofthe magistrate, ofthe military commander, ofthe navigator, ofthe ... at the mouth ofthe Dart But it is no part ofthe signification ofthe word John, that the father ofthe person so called bore the same name; nor even ofthe word Dartmouth, to be situated at the...
... L Thorp Theodore O Yntema Relation ofthe Directors tothe Work and Publications ofthe National Bureau of Economic Research The object ofthe National Bureau of Economic Research is to ascertain ... beginning ofthe book The work ofthe project fell into three parts First, there was the development ofthe conceptual framework Second, there was the collection of data on a comparable basis for the ... is in the corporate sector Details ofthe size ofthe corporate sector and the importance of foreign ownership of domestic capital are provided in the respective country chapters To assess the...
... the skills ofthe girls: “They played base-ball in a very sad and sorrowful sort of way, as if the vagaries ofthe ball had been too great for their struggling intellects At the bat most of them ... assumed to be inferior tothe opposing men’s talents who allowed the women to score purposely to gain the support ofthe crowd Far more attention was paid to their bodies and “costume” consisting of ... was linked with their confinement tothe private domain ofthe home and their roles as wives and mothers Since the privacy ofthe home was women’s “natural” sphere and the source of public morality,...
... unworthy ofthe Estates ofthe Realm to shrink fromthe responsibility of providing for the common safety, to try to obtain for themselves the praise of tenderness and liberality, and to leave tothe ... question of humanity and of expediency They spoke much ofthe debt of gratitude which the nation owed tothe priesthood; ofthe courage and fidelity with which the order, fromthe primate down tothe ... custom in the purlieus ofthe court; and of these brokers the most successful had been, in the days of Charles, the harlots, and in the days of James, the priests Fromthe palace which was the...
... of their own rightful King, than to trust the Prince of Orange, who would probably send them tothe other end ofthe world to fight for his ally the Emperor against the Janissaries The help of ... than the government of William and Mary? Had not the battle of Worcester been as great a blow tothe hopes ofthe House of Stuart as the battle ofthe Boyne? Had not the chances of a Restoration ... column to plunge into the water at Oldbridge and another to cross the bridge of Slane If the constitution gave him the command ofthe forces ofthe State, the constitution gave him also the direction...
... and set at the bar ofthe Peers From that moment he was the prisoner ofthe Peers He had been taken back fromthe bar tothe Tower, not by virtue ofthe Speaker's warrant, of which the force was ... But the citizen of Westminster passed his days in the vicinity ofthe palace, ofthe public offices, ofthe houses of parliament, ofthe courts of law He was familiar with the faces and voices of ... by the Estates ofthe Realm, when, in 1689, they recounted and condemned the unconstitutional acts ofthe kings ofthe House of Stuart Neither in the Declaration of Right nor in the Bill of Rights...
... is the paradigm where a predefined level of demand is managed internally and the remainder augmented with cloud services The apothegm is ‘Own the base and rent the peak’ Conclusion The customer’s ... http://blogs.forrester.com/stefan_ried/11-04-21-sizing _the_ cloud) It is simply not credible to use yesterday’s IT investment to compare against tomorrow’s IT cloud solution The latter has the additional attributes of being available ... health starts with an assessment of value The assessment of value of cloud services can only include a comparison against other cloud providers The comparison of cost between traditional IT investment...
... on average there are about 160 bonds from which to estimate the term structure in each month Panel B describes the prices ofthe bonds in the sample In ofthe years, at least 56% ofthe sample ... ofthe simple case of tax-exempt and taxable bonds is likely to provide insight into the role taxes play in the pricing of other assets This article is organized as follows: Section reviewsthe ... describe the percentage ofobservations for the year that have a month-end bond price within the range described by the column label Nobs is the average number of monthly bond observations for the...
... Bureau of Investigation or the staggered 14-year terms ofthe governors ofthe Federal Reserve Bank Neither of these mechanisms was adopted in the case ofthe directorship of OCRWM In summary, the ... policymakers in the design of a new MDO: first about the relationship ofthe MDO tothe President, next about Congress’s role, third about the source ofthe MDO’s funding, and then the role of stakeholders ... influence should the President have on the activities ofthe MDO to ensure the public interest and future success in the siting ofthe facilities while allowing the MDO the flexibility to carry out...
... market forces to largely determine the supply and demand ofthe minerals they produce The impact of these policies on the global manufacturing sector suggests the need for two types of actions: ... development center sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence ... Chapter Two, we consider the reliability of supply ofthe 41 critical raw materials analyzed in the EC study.13 Our objective is to identify the extent to which the production of these materials is...
... The researches of Pasteur showed the process of oxidation to be due to a microscopical fungus (mycoderma aceti), possessing the power of condensing oxygen and conveying it tothe fermentable ... bacterium, as the fermentation proceeds, forms a leathery membrane (slightly differing according tothe substance fermenting) on the surface ofthe liquor, which constitutes the so-called mother of vinegar, ... liable to take place, and the vinegar is spoilt The acetic fermentation is accelerated by the addition of vinegar plant, and also by the presence fromthe commencement of a small quantity of vinegar...
... thousands of new cases ofthe disease, both in the UK and across the world Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of this progress thanks tothe sustained support and generosity ofthe UK public The ... die fromthe disease Cancer remains people’s greatest health fear It is difficult to overstate the scale ofthe cancer problem and the impact it has on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people ... in the 1970s Our work has been at the heart of this progress and has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the UK and many millions more around the world • We were the first to...
... kind of sharper stone tool, and the drugs they help design are a modern purified and refined form ofthe herb Today, as in the evolution from stone blade to electronics, few ofthe latest tools ... with the migration of people and the rise of civilizations We are the molecules of which we are made, and the story of migration and survival is the story of both Our mission, in part, is to trace ... though some ofthe descendants of these men still live in the vicinity ofthe places where the mutations occurred, they have spread to colonize northern Europe The geographical distribution THE MEDICAL...
... the same subject is susceptible of being treated in many ways When the idea occurred to me of offering tothe public of Canada a history ofthe province, I was not ignorant ofthe existence of ... thousand pages of foolscap and brought to a conclusion the first rebellion Then the work of printing was begun, and the correction of all the proofs together with the editorial management of a newspaper, ... constitutes the Arctic highlands, and from which the rivers running tothe northward into Hudson's Bay, and tothe southward into the great lakes and the St Lawrence, take their rise The icy breath of the...