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    Identify the strategies for strengthening local financial capacity in Malaysian local government. The first strategy that can be used to strengthen the financial capacity in Malaysian local government is by generating the new avenues for revenue source which are sought to supplement the income of the local authorities. This may include sale of the municipal bonds‚ rezoning of the land from the residential to commercial purposes or taking the equity share in the privatization project. Another

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    The environmental challenges facing the American auto Industry.America is currently the second largest auto industry in the world after China. In a report on Edmunds.com it is estimated that in 2014 America will produce 16.4million light vehicle cars. The giants in this industry the General motors‚ DaimlerCrystler‚ Ford‚ Toyota and Honda will battle it out for a market share. Historically buying of cars was associated with wealthy and even today some of the brands in the automobile industry are status

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    The federal prison system has been unable to keep pace with the steady flow of inmates pouring into its facilities during the past five years‚ despite adding space for thousands of new offenders‚ according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The report also found that the Bureau of Prisons has already surged to 39 percent above capacity and is projected to jump to more than 45 percent above its limits by 2018 (GAO‚ 2012). According to a The New York Times article written by Adam Liptak

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    Economics Baylor University Prepared for the Baylor University Faculty Development Seminar on Rational Choice Theory May 2002 © 2002‚ Steven L. Green It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. -Winston Churchill It seems easy to accept that rationality involves many features that cannot be summarized in terms of some straightforward formula‚ such as binary consistency

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    review 2 Local government; Functions and Importance 2 Local government in nation building/development 2 Reference 4 Project research plan 5 Introduction 5 Aims 5 Objectives 5 Methodology and Materials 6 Expected results and output 6 Research plan timetable 7 Literature review Local government; Functions and Importance The political/appointed administration constituted by national law within a small geographic region that could cover cities towns and states is usually known a local government

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    The Reflections of War In the poem‚ “Facing It‚” Komunyakaa uses his personal experience while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial after surviving the Vietnam War and the mental affect of the reality that death has left. In the poem the author uses imagery to illustrate to the reader the feelings he experiences while dealing with the loss of his fellow comrades. “I go down the 58‚022 names‚ half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke.”(14-16) While at the memorial he is reminded of

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    REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA. A CASE STUDY OF OBAFEMI/OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Submitted by DAIRO ISAAC KUNLE Dept. Of Economics‚ University of Ibadan RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Local governments are potentially very important for Nigeria as they play a significant role in generating revenue and encouraging civil involvement‚ as well as creating a visible link between taxes and service delivery. The increasing cost of running government coupled with dwindling revenue

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    Intervention Provincial and local government National government intervening in provincial government * The national government is given overall responsibility for ensuring that other spheres of government carry out their obligations under the constitution * Where a province cannot or does not fulfil an executive obligation in terms of legislation or the constitution‚ the national executive can intervene by taking appropriate steps to ensure the fulfilment of that obligation including

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    REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION Local governments operate at the grassroots and are expected to provide services to their stakeholders. In a federal system like Nigeria‚ local governments are close to the people and hence could effectively alter socioeconomic and political conditions within their jurisdictions. Apart from providing and maintaining basic infrastructures‚ local governments can complement the economic activities of other levels of government. This of course depends

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    Challenges of Hong Kong Luxury Hotels Facing Nowadays Hong Kong‚ as a Special Administrative Region of China‚ is a popular destination for travelers from Mainland China and also other countries (Tasci‚ & Denizci‚ 2010). Tourism is one of the pillar industries of Hong Kong’s economy‚ and has made significant contribution in recent decades. One of the main elements of this rapidly growing industry is the hotel industry‚ which is also flourishing in Hong Kong with plenty of hotels for visitors. However

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