the start of the new century, now over 20 available). In 2013 and 2014, Africa's stock exchange performance was enhanced by financial and telecommunications sectors rather than energy or mining and by Small and Mid-size Enterprise (SMEs) rather than
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Regional integration from “below” in West Africa
A study of transboundary town-twinning of Idiroko (Nigeria) and Igolo (Benin)
Olukayode A. Faleye
with economic liberalization” (2008, p. 101). In essence, informality of this nature does not obstruct economic progress. Other scholars have traced the growth of the informal sector to poverty due to the poor performance of state (Docquier, Muller
US–México border states and the US military–industrial complex
A Global Space for expanding transnational capital
Juan Manuel Sandoval Palacios
Characteristics of future US Forces Source: Office of Technology Assessment, 1991b, p. 8. Smaller active and ready reserve forces Less forward basing, greater strategic mobility Continuing weapons performance advantage Substantial nuclear
María del Pilar Jiménez Márquez and Lucila Zárraga Cano
( 2014 ). Inmigrantes ¿Quiénes son? Residentes Rivera Maya-Cancún , 11 , 36 – 39 . Rodan , S. , & Galunic , C. ( 2004 ). More than network structure: How knowledge heterogeneity influences managerial performance and innovativeness . Strategic
Human rights-based service delivery
Assessing the role of national human rights institutions in democracy and development in Ghana and Uganda
Richard Iroanya, Patrick Dzimiri, and Edith Phaswana
determining the effectiveness of NHRIs by proposing a schema and testing it with Ghanaian and Ugandan human rights institutions’ performances. Thus, analyses of questionnaire responses as well as annual reports show that factors of autonomy, immediate
Inequality and poverty
The ill-fitting pieces in the EU’s development partnerships
Riina Pilke and Marikki Stocchetti
both LICs and MICs are the same, development assistance is allocated according to partner countries’ situations, performance and needs. However, the Consensus does not specify what these entail. ( Stocchetti, 2013, pp. 180–181 ). In principle, the
Violence and public health in the Altamira region
The construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant
Rosa Elizabeth Acevedo Marin and Assis da Costa Oliveira
groups affected by this megaproject. The analysis of the Specialist Panel forms a substantial part of the performance of Federal Public Prosecutor who filed a set of conditions 4 and 14 lawsuits in response to illegalities identified in the construction
From philanthropy to impact investing
The case of Luxembourg
Shirlita Espinosa
commercial goods, and entertainment, to mention a few, has shaped the performance of transnationalism in a way that benefits both migrants and the country of origin. One phenomenon that is central to transnational exchange is that of diaspora giving
Sordera y el cuarto objetivo del desarrollo sostenible (ODS4)
Propuesta de un proyecto de RED para la educación bilingüe de los sordos bajo el marco europeo
Itzel Moreno Vite and María del Pilar Fernández-Viader
). Silver Spring, MD : National Association of the Deaf . Zafarty , Y. , Nunes , T. , & Bryant , P. ( 2004 ). The performance of young deaf children in spatial and temporal number task . Journal of Deaf studies and Deaf Education , 9 , 315 – 326
Improving and protecting human rights
A reflection of the quality of education for migrant and marginalized Roma children in Europe
Silvia-Maria Chireac and Anna Devis Arbona
-intrusive classroom observation for this project. The objective of the study was to observe classroom interaction rather than evaluate the performance of students and teachers. The target of interest was social interaction, attention to school tasks, motivation, and