... Management Division oftheLatinAmericaandCaribbean Region ofthe World Bank The objective ofthe study was to rigorously evaluate small and medium enterprise (SME) programs in four Latin American countries—Mexico, ... implementation in the West and East Midlands of England, the South West of England and South Wales The sample included 4,326 firms of which 2,840 firms received support (the treatment group) and 1,486 ... Assistance and Small Firm Development in Northern Ireland andthe Republic of Ireland,” Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol 48, No 1, pp 99-117, February (2001) OECD – Northern Ireland and Republic...
... in the V Summit ofthe Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April of 2009; in the VI CONCASIDA Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, 2009; and in theLatin American andCaribbean ... that they take into account the specific needs and demands of sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people, considering the diversity of sexual orientation and identity, and ... Declaration and Platform for Action, of 10 June 20006; Key actions for the further implementation ofthe Program of Action ofthe International Conference on the Population and Development, of July...
... state ofthe art HRH metrics in LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, identifying metrics on specific HRH issues, promoting comparative studies and formulating new goals in the creation of feasible and ... Bejarano and Sarah Lewis are gratefully acknowledged for participating in the preparation ofand Page of discussion about this document COCORHS is a member network oftheLatin American andtheCaribbean ... design and analysis MM participated in the development ofthe theoretical framework andthe final analysis FR participated in the design ofthe analytical strategy VC participated in the literature...
... An Overview oftheLatin American andCaribbean Region I LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean — comprising South America, Central America, andthe English, French and Spanishspeaking Caribbean — represent ... reproductive rights in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean WOMEN OFTHE WORLD: Argentina Women oftheWorld: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives LatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanThe Center for ... Women ofthe World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives, LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean This report is unique in many ways It is the first publication on LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean...
... improving the quality of life for individuals, primarily through the promotion of human rights andthe provision of a comprehensive range of reproductive health information and services Tenets ofthe ... approach in the context of health sector reform and must be further analysed and reversed Of concern is the dearth of critical information on the impact of health reform efforts on the reproductive ... for NGOs andthe government to work together There has been government resistance concerning the amount of donor support the NGO has received independent ofthe Ministry of Health Further tensions...
... priority groups (such as mothers and children) They are administered by theThe State of Social Protection in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean Figure 1.6 21 The Share ofthe Formal and Informal Sectors ... Source: Rofman, Lucchetti, and Ourens 2008 Note: Data are for the year that comes closest to 1995 (for the 1990s) and 2006 (for the 2000s) The State of Social Protection in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean ... the case ofthe pension system in Brazil Depending on earnings and on when individuals enroll and retire, they receive a subsidy or pay a tax to the system andthe level of both the tax and the...
... and outpurs) in LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, 2005-8 38 Table Indicators of health care expenditures in LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, 2005 44 Table Financial indicators of pensions in Latin ... worked in all the countries ofLatinAmericaand several in the Caribbean, as a regional advisor for the Economic Commission for LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, a consultant with the International ... help LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean, as well as other emerging and developing nations, to cope with the social effects ofthe global crisis and their aftermath 1 INTRODUCTION L atin America and...
... the piece of discourse under analysis The later includes the type of communicative event, the topic, the purpose ofthe event, the setting, the xii participant andthe relationships between them ... medium ofthe language activity It is the manifestation ofthe nature ofthe language code being used Halliday and Hassan include here: “Mode is the function ofthe text in the event, including therefore ... spontaneity; and - The participants present in BTA are two countries: The United States ofAmericaandThe Socialist Republic of Vietnam Therefore, this affects and determines features ofthe language The...
... BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICAANDTHE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ON TRADE RELATIONS The Government ofthe United States ofAmericaandthe Government ofthe Socialist Republic of Vietnam ... may provide the competent authorities the authority to inform the right holder ofthe names and addresses ofthe consignor, the importer andthe consignee, andofthe quantity ofthe goods in ... provisions of this Agreement andThe Agreement between the Government ofthe United States ofAmericaandthe Government ofthe Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the Establishment of Copyright...
... Bahamas The Commonwealth ofthe Bahamas Although regarded as part ofthe Caribbean, the Bahamas lie outside the chain ofthe Greater Antilles, to the north of Cuba and to the east of Florida They ... Cabinet Nine ofthe 16 members ofthe Senate are appointed on the advice ofthe Prime Minister, four on the advice ofthe Leader ofthe Opposition and three on the advice of both The representative ... and refused to recognize the interim President who replaced him Aruba Aruba is the most westerly ofthe chain of islands in the southern Caribbeanand lies 25km north ofthe Venezuelan mainland...
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... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... remember all ofthe counselors’ and C.Os’ names through their extensions within several hours ofthe first day I had made a lot of mistakes in transferring the calls, and I dealt with the call center ... knowledge of language in communicating; and I have also applied office skills to deal with the company’s equipment The company is a service one that demanded all the staffs cooperate together The environment ... TA081 ABSTRACT There are thousands of graduates from hundreds of universities and colleges every year Therefore, the amount of students who are ready to apply for a job is so much The raised question...
... aspect under the perfect has the effect of asserting that the beginning ofthe event time is included in the PTS The question of whether the end ofthe event time is included in the PTS or not ... makeup ofthe Perfect participle 285 ing for the perfect - a combination ofthe meaning of [PERFECT] in Asp1 andthe meaning contribution of a viewpoint aspectual projection The semantic role ofthe ... (12b), the left boundary ofthe PTS is asserted to precede the beginning ofthe event time andthe right boundary ofthe PTS is not asserted to be included in the event time Examples such as the...
... discussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism can be found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... Studies of male reproductive health and toxicity have Between fathers and fetuses concentrated primarily on the eVects of occupational and environmental exposures of men and less on the eVects of ... fathers and fetuses ‘Crack babies’ and ‘pregnant addicts’ By now, the images ofthe crack baby and addicted mother are familiar to anyone who has read news reports of pregnancy and addiction In the...
... thoughts and thought broadcast The essence of thought insertion is not the idea of external origin, but the loss ofthe sense of possession ofthe mental experience This is shared by other passivity ... all forms of auditory hallucinosis Thus these four types of symptoms exhibit variously the loss ofthe sense of possession, loudness and external projection, andthe exact pattern of these three ... attributions of power and control to the people persecuting them or responsible for their hallucinations (Birchwood, 2003; Green et al., 2006) Negative appraisals of symptoms, of self andof others are of...
... k e ) PO = the current price ofthe stock DIV1 = the dividend paid at the end of year ke = the required return on investment in equity P1 = the sale price ofthe stock at the end ofthe first ... Pt + C Pt R = the rate of return on the security Pt+1 = price ofthe security at time t+1, the end ofthe holding period Pt = price ofthe security at time t, the beginning ofthe holding period ... Rationale Behind the Theory Rof > R* ⇒ Pt ↑ ⇒ Rof ↓ Rof < R* ⇒ Pt ↓ ⇒ Rof ↑ until Rof = R* In an efficient market all unexploited profit opportunities will be eliminated Stronger Version ofthe Efficient...
... for the operation ofthe Bank rests with a Board of Directors, which consists of fifteen members: • the governor (currently Mark Carney, who is the chief executive officer and chairman ofthe ... regulatory oversight ofthe national payments system, operated by the CPA • acts as the holder of deposit accounts ofthe federal government, the directly clearing members ofthe CPA, international ... independence (ability to set the goals of policy) • “ 1) in the ordinary course of events, the Bank has the responsibility for monetary policy, and 2) if the government disapproves ofthe monetary policy...
... applications ofthe Rudebusch-Wu model illustrate the range of issues that such a macrofinance model can address The first of these is an exploration ofthe source ofthe Great Moderation the period of reduced ... solved and responses given Quarters ofthe term premium andthe other variables ofthe model to economic shocks can be computed Figures and show the impulse response functions ofthe term premium and ... orthodoxy Therefore, it also seems likely that the recent financial and economic crisis the Great Panic and Recession of 2008 and 2009—will both rearrange the economic landscape and affect the focus of...