Lap lambert academic publishing dez 2011 (Más de 4300 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Mosquitoes are important blood sucking arthropods that transmitting serious diseases. Due to health and environmental problems of synthetic insecticides used in their control, attention has been directed to another more eco-friendly alternatives such as botanical derivatives and biological control agents. This book provides information on success of some alternatives for controlling a couple of important mosquito vectors. The book presents results of susceptibility of Culex annulirostris and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to 11 plant extracts, fenitrothion and lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides; influence of sublethal concentrations of both insecticides and botanicals on the development of these mosquitoes; predation capacity of a couple of predaceous insects and factors influencing their capacity and integrating control of both mosquitoes by using of binary mixtures of phytochemicals with or without synthetic insecticides. Results of the present book should help shed some light on these exciting results and should be useful to professionals in mosquito control as well as researchers, postgraduate students or anyone else working in fields of insect control and/or medical entomology.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Mosquitoes are important blood sucking arthropods that transmitting serious diseases. Due to health and environmental problems of synthetic insecticides used in their control, attention has been directed to another more eco-friendly alternatives such as botanical derivatives and biological control agents. This book provides information on success of some alternatives for controlling a couple of important mosquito vectors. The book presents results of susceptibility of Culex annulirostris and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to 11 plant extracts, fenitrothion and lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides; influence of sublethal concentrations of both insecticides and botanicals on the development of these mosquitoes; predation capacity of a couple of predaceous insects and factors influencing their capacity and integrating control of both mosquitoes by using of binary mixtures of phytochemicals with or without synthetic insecticides. Results of the present book should help shed some light on these exciting results and should be useful to professionals in mosquito control as well as researchers, postgraduate students or anyone else working in fields of insect control and/or medical entomology.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Mosquitoes are important blood sucking arthropods that transmitting serious diseases. Due to health and environmental problems of synthetic insecticides used in their control, attention has been directed to another more eco-friendly alternatives such as botanical derivatives and biological control agents. This book provides information on success of some alternatives for controlling a couple of important mosquito vectors. The book presents results of susceptibility of Culex annulirostris and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to 11 plant extracts, fenitrothion and lambda-cyhalothrin insecticides; influence of sublethal concentrations of both insecticides and botanicals on the development of these mosquitoes; predation capacity of a couple of predaceous insects and factors influencing their capacity and integrating control of both mosquitoes by using of binary mixtures of phytochemicals with or without synthetic insecticides. Results of the present book should help shed some light on these exciting results and should be useful to professionals in mosquito control as well as researchers, postgraduate students or anyone else working in fields of insect control and/or medical entomology. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -V monografii izlozheny wozmozhnosti metoda mehanohimii dlq intensifikacii processow rastworeniq kollagena, izmel'cheniq dublenyh kollagensoderzhaschih materialow i uglej, a takzhe wliqnie mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki na stabil'nost' wodougol'nyh suspenzij i rastworenie uglej. Pokazano, chto mehanohimicheskaq obrabotka kollagena priwodit k intensifikacii processa ego rastworeniq s sohraneniem woloknistoj struktury. Predlozheno iz rastworow kollagena poluchat' plenki pischewogo i medicinskogo naznacheniq. Najdena wozmozhnost' prakticheskogo primeneniq izmel'chennogo dublenogo kollagena w kachestwe woloknistogo napolnitelq w stroitel'nyh materialah i iskusstwennyh kozhah razlichnogo naznacheniq. Vyqwlena wozmozhnost' ispol'zowaniq obrabotannyh melanzhem uglej (posle predwaritel'noj mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki) dlq polucheniq materialow s wysokoj udel'noj powerhnost'ü w kachestwe sorbentow. Opredeleny optimal'nye uslowiq mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki uglq dlq polucheniq stabil'nyh wodougol'nyh suspenzij i rekomendowany optimal'nye PAV.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - V monografii izlozheny wozmozhnosti metoda mehanohimii dlq intensifikacii processow rastworeniq kollagena, izmel'cheniq dublenyh kollagensoderzhaschih materialow i uglej, a takzhe wliqnie mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki na stabil'nost' wodougol'nyh suspenzij i rastworenie uglej. Pokazano, chto mehanohimicheskaq obrabotka kollagena priwodit k intensifikacii processa ego rastworeniq s sohraneniem woloknistoj struktury. Predlozheno iz rastworow kollagena poluchat' plenki pischewogo i medicinskogo naznacheniq. Najdena wozmozhnost' prakticheskogo primeneniq izmel'chennogo dublenogo kollagena w kachestwe woloknistogo napolnitelq w stroitel'nyh materialah i iskusstwennyh kozhah razlichnogo naznacheniq. Vyqwlena wozmozhnost' ispol'zowaniq obrabotannyh melanzhem uglej (posle predwaritel'noj mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki) dlq polucheniq materialow s wysokoj udel'noj powerhnost'ü w kachestwe sorbentow. Opredeleny optimal'nye uslowiq mehanohimicheskoj obrabotki uglq dlq polucheniq stabil'nyh wodougol'nyh suspenzij i rekomendowany optimal'nye PAV.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -International business comprises a large and growing portion of the world s total business, usually in term of to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and government, sales, investment, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more countries. All business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods, services, resources between two or more countries. This transaction of economic resources include capital, skills, people etc. for international production of physical goods and services such as finance, banking, insurance, construction and etc. In this project, we need to visit the organization and interview the managers who know about the international business activities in their organization. This book presents three cases for your reading. 76 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Environment is one of the most concerning issues in present world. Gradually, the natural environment of the world is becoming degraded. Rural to urban migration in response of environmental degradation and disaster is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Women are also a great number who migrate to the urban area as the environmental response. As a result, they face harassment and obstacles as migrated and as women. Which has creates social insecurity of women. Women are migrating to the city because they were failing to manage their livelihood at village because of environmental degradation. In addition, the urban area is not so welcoming for the rootless poor women. They are living in unhygienic house; get no social facilities like health and legal aids, working in informal sector with the fear of employment insecurity. Slum women are also the victim of domestic violence and sexual harassment in public area. The factor of environmental degradation and its consequences with the migration is a crucial truth for the Bangladesh and all over the world at present. The problems and complexities of environmental migrant women also need to be concentrated in the field of gender studies. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Gas TransBoliviano owns and operates the Bolivian portion (557 Kms.) of the Bolivia Brazil Pipeline, the largest one in the country, and one of the largest and most important pipelines in South America. During the construction of this pipeline, an Indigenous People Development Plan (IPDP) was conceived and implemented. The main objective of this plan was to form long-term, trust-building partnerships with the communities in which it operates and to empower them to use the Bolivia-Brazil Pipeline as a sustainable economic development tool. The objective of this documento is to develop a Social Strategy Plan Proposal, taking as a case analysis GTB s work in the conception, development and implementation of the Indigenous People Development Plan. This Plan has been selected for analysis because it is the first time there have been direct relations between an important company, international funders, the Bolivian Government, NGOs and indigenous communities. 56 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study investigated the characteristics and operations of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs) in Osun state of Nigeria.It determined the perception and identified the characteristics of people participating in the programme. It also analysed the various factors affecting ability and desire to participate in ROSCAs. Primary data were obtained from six towns. The study adopted stratified random sampling technique in selecting the towns from which the samples were drawn. Data obtained from the respondents using questionnaires were analysed and processed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found that highly educated people and that public sector workers participated in ROSCAs contradicting the assertion that only the poor, uneducated and semi-educated people participated in ROSCAs. The study concluded that participation in ROSCAs paid off for the participants and hence increased patronage of diverse groups cutting across levels of education, sex, marital status and age. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -I argue that rhetorically, music functions constitutively, rather than merely persuasively as previous scholars suggest. The following analysis of five separate jazz songs from the Harlem Renaissance period elaborates the process by which musical lyrics constitute qualities already apparent in their audience members, structure visible cultural identifiers that prompt collective identities, and form sub-cultures. This analysis employs Maurice Charland s (1987) work on Constitutive Rhetoric to examine the collective bohemianism that emerged from the Harlem Renaissance as an identifiable sub-culture, as well as Kenneth Burke s (1969) methodological approach to identification. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The continuous and uncontrolled influx of arms and ammunitions to Africa, particularly to the Northern states in Nigeria (Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Bauchi and Jos) has necessitated the need to access the measures used by security agencies to check, monitor, control and management techniques. The main objective of the book is to examine the modalities of security agency co-operation in the control and management of arms proliferation in Kwara state. This book recommends that joint problem solving approach, establishment of early warning system within the agencies, constant cordon and search, empower institutions to prosecute culprits, procurement of modern equipments by the government, maintaining a high level of public confidence and effective information gathering as the best options in other to solve the problem of illegal influx (arms proliferation) in the state. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -BRIC or BRICs are the acronym used to refer to the combination of the four biggest emerging-market countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Goldman Sachs has argued that, since the four BRIC countries are developing rapidly, by 2050 their combined economies could eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries of the world. This book evaluates the strength of the BRIC economies and compared them against the USD. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This publication is the product of one year work/research for the purpose of completion of the Master Thesis 'EU's strategy towards Kosovo: civilian or stabilizing power ' It looks at EU's approach over Kosovo from 1999 to 2008. June 1999 marks the end of the war in Kosovo while in 2008 Kosovo declared independence, and EU launched its Rule of Law mission in Kosovo and mandated its Special Representative to implement the EU policy objectives in Kosovo. Furthermore, it looks at EU engagement in Kosovo during this period while sheds light whether EU towards Kosovo is a civilian, a normative or a stabilizing power. Depending on how much uniqueness is found among EU member states towards Kosovo (and Western Balkans), intergovernmentalism and supranationalism as two different theoretical approaches come into play. Following independence, EU in Kosovo is characterized by a dual approach: peace-building and institution building. The former is mandated by the intergovernmental side of the EU, Council of the European Union, while the latter is mandated by the supranational side of the EU, European Commission. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Public pension is one of the largest social security programmes for Government personnel. In the annual budget of 2010-2011 fiscal years,a total sum of BDT 39651 Million had been allocated for pension in public service;it was nearly 3 per cent of the total budget allocation and over 4.62 per cent of non-development expenditure (Annual Budget 2010-2011).According to latest available government estimates,the total number of public employees working in various ministries, divisions,departments,directorates,autonomous bodies and corporations of Bangladesh government was estimated to be 9,32,050(BBS-2005).Corruption is the receiving burning issue in the present states of the World.Actually the last two decades,it had invented as the great social curse, especially for developing country like Bangladesh. But retired Government personnel had been facing of demanding bribery in the processing of their pension.It is outlandish phenomenon that a retired person had been demanded bribe by his former colleague. Bangladesh is a rigorously corrupted country. Corruption had been spreading in every sphere of life of people.But it had long-term suffering for a pension holder. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present world order is neither environmentally sustainable, nor socially acceptable. Major and quick changes are an ethical imperative. A paramount task is to plan and implement innovative solutions for a very different future. In this essay, I look at an individual who is concerned about the current negative social and ecological trends and try to give new insights about his/her action opportunities. Today, straightforward options to make a difference include political participation, civic engagement, and personal-level decisions and activities. For example, citizens may talk to their representatives to influence their opinions and decisions, join civil associations to work on specific issues, or make efforts to live sustainably and encourage others to do so. However, all these options have their own problems: decision makers may not listen to reasonable arguments, civil associations may not get support or make strategic mistakes in the increasingly intricate policy networks, and unsustainable lifestyle choices may prevail due to cognitive reasons. I study these cases, identify particular sources of inefficiency, and point out improvement opportunities. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since the good strategies focus on the consumer behavior as well as the feelings and satisfaction of consumers are intervening in the marketing strategies, therefore one of the most important approaches to determine the stragy is to employ psychographic traits of the customers. However, segmentation and marketing are not separable issues which are considered to get the best starategy. Moreover, psychogrpahic segmentation is precise strategy to understand customers who are divided to subgroups of consumers and their lifestyles with common characters and similarities. As marketers, it should be very important to find out the classified customers to grasp loyalty consumers and retain them.Consquently, the position of Psychographic variables has been played an important role in the marketing of products.Psychographic variables are related to lifestyles and personality values of the individuals who are as purchasers. On the other hand, they are considered thruogh such researchers to clear the behaviors of customers and consumption patterns.Hence, Thinking, living, and beliefs are influenced as factors in order to define behaviors as the result of segmentation and marketing research. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study estimates the transactions demand for money in Zimbabwe over the period 1980:Q1-2004:Q4 using quarterly time series data on money supply (M1), food shortage, real income, inflation, black market premium on the exchange rate, population, the return on the industrial index and the capital loss rate. A long run co-integration relationship among variables is found to exist with an error correction term indicating that economic agents will in the short run slowly adjust towards the long run equilibrium. We find that food shortages increase the demand for narrow money in Zimbabwe. Other factors such as inflation, population growth, income, the exchange rate and the return on the industrial index are also important determinants of the short run transactions holdings of money. There is also evidence of some structural instability in the transactions demand for money in Zimbabwe. In order to contain inflation due to food shortages, monetary authorities should consider tightening money supply during periods of shortage. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The democratic theory of Claude Lefort is established on the idea of a society in continuous construction; the forms that it takes continuously change. From this point of view, Lefort attempts to understand modern democracy as it emerges from the breakdown of the monarchy. The monarchistic mutation of the 18th century provokes a new perception of power, because of the death of the king, the guarantor and representative of the unity of the kingdom. Because of the fact that power was embodied in the prince, and therefore gave society a body, an effective knowledge of what one meant to the other existed through the social. Consequently, Lefort draws a revolutionary and unprecedented conclusion concerning democratic society. In democratic society, the locus of power becomes an empty place; power belongs to none or to everyone. The point is that the institutional apparatus prevents governments from appropriating power for their own ends; the exercise of power is subject to the procedures of periodical redistribution. Through this approach, I try to consider the CNS and the CODESA of early 1990s as important events in terms of the definition of new social visions. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of the process and project-based approaches to low-income housing development. The study was conducted in Hatcliffe Extension settlement; a low-income community located twenty kilometers from the capital, Harare. Two low-income housing projects were assessed with one being supported by a local non-governmental organization Dialogue on Shelter and the other being assisted by the Zimbabwean government s Operation Garikai programme. A qualitative research approach was used and the data was generated through in-depth semi-structured interviews with three participants from either project. The findings from the study provided a wealth of information pertaining to the two low-income housing development approaches that were adopted by the two institutions. Notable aspects of the two approaches that were more prominent in results relate to their participatory nature, capacity-building mechanisms, empowerment benefits, social cohesion and scope for sustainability. More significantly, the results also highlight the participants perceptions and assessment of the two projects. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Children are today worldwide being released and let back into their communities, after years of abuse and violations against their rights. According to The Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is protected from involvement in direct hostilities. Psychological help and reintegration plans should be provided if a child has been exposed to an armed conflict. Nevertheless reports indicate that countries and leaders across the world do not follow the conventions and protocols they have ratified. Children across the world are today suffering from neglect and limited resources when it comes to rehabilitation plans for former child soldiers. With the help of former child soldier Michael of the SPLA in Southern Sudan, I have been given an up to date and accurate picture of how the life of a former child soldier can develop without the help of international organisations or reintegration programs. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is about Marriage and the Church in Burundi with specific reference to Bujumbura Archdeaconry, Bujumbura Diocese from 1993-1999. The author defines marriage in this book as the union, permanent at least by intention, of a man and a woman for the purpose of the pro-creation and education of children, and mutual companionship and existence. The book shows that some Couples do not understand each other and quarrels are increasing day by day. Therefore, Christians and Church leaders have to know that the marriage among Christians does not mean happiness only but also, there is a period of conflict and anger. The readers of this book will be aware that many families are living together unhappy. This book helps the readers to acknowledge the causes of those conflicts, and suggests some solutions. Chapter one is an introduction to the whole book, chapter two is the empirical data, chapter three is the theological analysis and interpretation of marriage in Biblical perspective from both Old and New Testament, and the last chapter concerns the suggestions, recommendations and the conclusion. 80 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cooperatives are expected to execute those cooperatives principles, values and ethics because cooperatives are considered as a democratic organization and there is no artificial discrimination of members like gender within the cooperatives based on this theoretical perspective this research is published. The research pinpoint all the independent variables to measure Gender and the participation of both men and women in cooperatives and to identify gender gap if their is. The research emphasis on the socio-economic and decision making patterns of cooperatives in promoting gender equality. In addition to this it describes the gender mainstreaming practice and gender gap in cooperatives, finally it shows those factors that affect gender equality in cooperatives since cooperatives are democratic organization and they provide recommendations for the betterment of cooperatives in gender equality. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is designed to make voters, politicians, journalists, media trainers and communication scholars embrace the emergence of new media as they affect public consciousness in urban Nigeria - how they drive civic activism as well as inspire political discourse. It traces the use of new media technology with a deliberate focus on Facebook, an American online platform that is said to have more than 600 million subscribers and made available in many languages across the world with millions of Nigerians socialising and networking on it. It shows how Nigeria's 14th President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, positioned himself and his 2011 presidential campaign as being very modern and ICT-relevant, and how he gained more Facebook fans and followers than the combined tally of British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Jacob Zuma, placing second only behind America's President Barack Obama. Hamilton and Daramola's findings, analyses, literature review, theoretical framework and methodology shed more light on how the effective use of new media will shape the future of electioneering in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A research about muslim employees to see how far religion plays a role in commitment towards the organization and the relationship with the work attitude and life satisfaction. The research is vital because Islam perceive work as part of deeds, thus employee must fulfill the job diligently and honestly. Generally, the muslim employees are committed to the organization, however their work behavior and life satisfaction varies though their belief is one. This phenomenon had caused an interest to the researcher to understand why it happens and to further see the linkage between each other.The research was done through quantitative method and analysed using the SPSS. The result obtained showed that the variables are positive but in a weak relationship. It is because the understanding and practice of the respondents towards Islam is not wholly, it is only the relationship between an individual and the creator or towards the compulsory deeds only. Thus, the exposure about the knowledge on religion that covers the organizational aspect and work must be explained throughout, as well as the steps towards loving their organization. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main aim of this thesis is to analyze how Eritrea s nationalism and Eritrean self image as a State, in pre and post independence, has been affecting Ethiopian politics. As specific objectives, it aims to find out the main reasons and factors why Ethiopian politics has been used as an instrument by the Eritrean elites to achieve their own political and economic interests. This thesis, hence, could be significant in showing how external interests injected and promoted the idea of independent Eritrea and how this later came to be the problem child of Ethiopia. it tried to asses, describe and analyze the facts which are found in related to the sources and links of Eritrean nationalists and nationalist movement with especial emphasizes given to the EPLF and its strategy of manipulation of Ethiopian political groups and mercenaries as far as such groups can serve it to destabilize Ethiopia. The finding of this thesis clearly indicates that Eritrean nationalism and its Quest for Independence were injected by external elements and shaped by internal multiplicity of factors. . 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -THE Gulf of Guinea is an enclave of growing economic, social, political and geostrategic importance. It is also an enclave of overwhelming poverty, disease, chronic instability and prone to terrorist incursion. The establishment of a new combatant force (AFRICOM) for the region (GULF OF GUINEA) and Africa in general by the United States of America marks an important milestone in the evolution of relations between the U.S and the government of the Gulf region. Through AFRICOM, the United States Department of Defense will consolidate the efforts of other existing Commands and headquarters as it seek a more stable environment for political and economic growth in the Gulf of Guinea. In line with such goals, AFRICOM would be pioneering a bold method of military engagement focused on war prevention, interagency cooperation, and development rather than on traditional war fighting. It is in such view that this study is carried out to assess Nigeria's security interest in the Gulf of Guinea owing to her supposed leadership position in the region. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The European debt crisis has become much more serious recently and spread from small economy, e.g. Greece to larger economy, e.g. Spain, Italy. A major reason for this problem is the unique characteristic of fiscal policy and monetary policy within the euro zone. The national fiscal policies are decided by every member state, and may be different from each other, while the single united monetary policy is made by the ECB. As a result, the macroeconomic coordination problem is likely to emerge. This paper investigates the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies within a monetary union and assesses the ECB s policy in promoting the macroeconomic coordination. Two types of macroeconomic coordination failure may emerge in the context of the monetary union. Since the coordination failure can bring large inefficient loss to the economy at the union level, the macroeconomic coordination is absolutely necessary. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Applying the Ordinary Least Square method and panel data analysis, the performance of inflation targeting (IT) regime is analyzed in 11 developed and developing economies. The results show that the implementation of inflation targeting has effectively reduced the inflation rate and stimulates high output growth. The reduction of inflation rate is larger in developing economies but the gain in higher output growth is larger in developed economies. On the other hand, there is strong evidence that inflation targeting has led to higher volatility in exchange rate of developed economies. Furthermore, the deviations of inflation and output gap have increased in the post-IT period in few economies. However, we do not find evidence that inflation targeting induces trade-off relationship between inflation and output gap as the trade-off relationship between inflation and output gap also detected in the pre-IT period. Overall results show on better economic conditions after the implementation of inflation targeting regime. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study was concerned with the viability of non-formal social protection systems for vulnerable groups; particularly elderly group in Kashongi sub-county. The study was guided by four objectives to explore the existing non-formal systems of social assistance among the rural communities, to examine how social assistance systems operate as social protection forms for the elderly in rural areas, to determine non-formal systems strengths and weaknesses as forms of social protection for the elderly, and to recommend the necessary policy reforms needed to improve on interventions to enhance the non-formal systems performance as forms of social protection.There is an emerging consensus among multilateral institutions about the need for developing countries to strengthen and develop social protection policies and programmes in response to economic crisis and rising vulnerability.The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and these included structured interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. It concludes that non-formal systems are feasible institutions to meet social protection needs of the elderly. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Which instrument between credit ratings and credit default swap (CDS) spreads best responds to fixed income investors need to appraise credit risk Such an assessment becomes necessary because of mounting criticism to rating agencies promptness in identifying changed credit conditions. An empirical research on a sample of American reference entities is carried out. Cardinal CDS spreads are transformed into ordinal ratings, after adjusting for the systemic component in CDS spread movements. CDS-implied ratings are found to be more timely than agency ratings and thus best suit investors exigencies. Furthermore, CDS-implied rating changes are found to usually lead agency rating changes. In fact, credit ratings have turned into regulatory licences to access capital markets and do not solely rely on their quality any longer. Simultaneously, the focus has shifted from investors, who used to be the prime users of ratings, to issuers. A reference to the industry s compensation structure helps explain the reason for that. On the other hand, CDS-implied ratings are a tool able to give the point-in-time credit-risk appraisal investors are more interested in. 76 pp. Englisch.…