Social safety nets and education of girls and women It has been well documented that Social Safety Nets (SSN) have a significant and‚ in some cases‚ sizable effect on school enrollment and attendance of adolescent girls. Table 4 provides an overview of the evidence of the impact of SSNs on education of girls and women. Conditional cash transfers (CCT) have been effective in reducing the gender gap in those countries where school enrollment rates among girls were lower than among boys (100). School
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Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps‚ know as 1031 exchanges‚ permit participants to avoid some or all of the capital gains taxes that would otherwise be due. The bookkeeper for the company has been asked to prepare a report for the company to help its owner/manager analyze performance. The first such report appears below: Note that the revenues and costs in the above report are unit revenues and costs. For example‚ the average office
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Analysis of the Financial Statements (a) How much did your company’s gross margin and gross margin as a percentage of revenue increase (decrease) over the past five fiscal years? As per the report of Stock Analysis on Net on Starbucks’ profitability analysis‚ Starbucks’ gross profit margin was 55.75% in 2009‚ and it notably increased to 58.36% in the following year. However‚ the firm’s gross profit margin was decreased by 0.66% in 2011 reaching 57.70%. It was again dropped to 56.29% in 2012. According
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Sample Questions for Foundation Course (Accounts for Managers) Top of Form 1. Decision makers need information. Which of the following groups rely on accounting information for decision making? 1. managers 2. investors 3. creditors 4. all of the above 2. Which type of business organization is a separate legal entity whose owners are not personally liable for the debts of the business? 1. [pic]proprietorship 2. partnership 3. corporation 4. all of the above
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of capital of the project to be 13.487% and a Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to be at a value of 9.70%. Factoring in the WACC into our projections we found that if the demand maintains at an average rate the project will be at a positive Net Present Value of $5‚997‚505.31 with an IRR of 13.21%‚ a profitability index of 8.84‚ and an approximate payback period of 6.84 years. Please see Exhibits below for a snapshot of the capital budget and NPV values. This information seemed to be very
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demand deposit accounts. Held for Trading Securities – Temporary investments of excess cash which are primarily held for short term gain. Loans and Receivables – include trade receivables and non trade receivables. Trade Receivables are claims against others which arise in the ordinary course of doing business. Examples are: Trade accounts receivable- these are claims against customers arising from the provision of services or delivery of goods on credit. Trade Notes Receivable – A note receivables
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Name________________________ Student #_____________________ MGT 181 L. Jean Dunn‚ Jr. MIDTERM EXAMINATION 1. Describe the following finance career opportunities. (5 points) Hedge Fund Manager Manage funds for high net worth individuals‚ family trusts and pension funds. Investment Banker: An intermediary who arranges the sale of stock and bonds to raise capital for corporations. Also involved in arranging mergers and acquisitions of companies. 2. Draw a typical
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company has a 16% rate of return. 2. Cash flow calculations and net present value On January 2‚ 20X1‚ Bruce Greene invested $10‚000 in the stock market and purchased 500 shares of Heartland Development‚ Inc. Heartland paid cash dividends of $2.60 per share in 20X1 and 20X2; the dividend was raised to $3.10 per share in 20X3. On December 31‚ 20X3‚ Greene sold his holdings and generated proceeds of $13‚000. Greene uses the net-present- value method and desires a 16% return on investments. a.
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Paper I: Scope and model questions Scope of the Syllabus is largely based on the UGC NET syllabus. It is divided into ten Sections and there will be 15 questions relating to each of these. The Scope and the model Questions under different sections are given below. In the Question Paper‚ questions pertaining to different sections will be jumbled and questions of a given section may appear at random numbers. Section 1: Research aptitude Scope: - Research: Meaning‚ characteristics and types
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1. Given the proposed financing plan‚ describe your approach (qualitatively) to value AirThread. Should Ms. Zhang use WACC‚ APV or some combination thereof? Explain. (2 points) * From the statement of AirThread case‚ we know that American Cable Communication want to raise capital by Leveraged Buyout (LBO) approach. This means ACC will finance money though equity and debt to buy AirThread and pay the debt by the cash flows or assets of AirThread. * In another word‚ it’s a highly levered transaction
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