am going to critic‚ evaluate and analyse direct payments and the implications they have had on social work practice. The Direct Payments Act 1996 enabled local authorities to offer cash in lieu of social services. They were introduced for adults of working age in April 2007 and extended to include older disabled people in 2000. Since April 2001 direct payments have also been available to parents of disabled children‚ 16 and 17 years and carers. Direct Payments have also been extended to people
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN ROMANIA - Definitions‚ theories‚ benefits. Characteristics of econometric modeling PhD. Senior Lecturer Gheorghe SĂVOIU PhD Candidate Lecturer Suzana POPA University of Pitesti Abstract This paper analyzes some characteristics of economic and econometric literature in the field of FDI after 1990‚ in Romania‚ as well as some specific issues in the process of practical modelling. A more detailed presentation of John Harry Dunning’s eclectic theory and a simple
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prepared focusing on the scenario of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in Bangladesh. There are many prospects of FDI in Bangladesh. The Countries that invest in Bangladesh mainly or supply currencies in the form of investment emphasizes on the economic stability. The provision of FDI exerts that the balanced growth should be the result of the economy. There are many sectors that are highlighted in report that could be the target of Foreign Direct Investment. The weakness of the governance to flourish
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Competitive Analysis‚ ING Direct. Competitor analysis is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. Porter (1980‚ 1998) argued that most firms do not conduct this type of analysis systematically enough. Instead‚ many enterprises operate on what he calls “informal impressions‚ conjectures‚ and intuition gained through the tidbits of information about competitors every manager continually receives.” ING’s analysis of its competitors was that they were old
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.............................................................5 Reference………………………………………………………………………………………6 INTRODUCTION The objective of this Essay is to discuss whether the Bank of Zambia monitoring of the Balance of payments regulations is an indirect way of the introduction of foreign exchange controls. Sunday 5th May‚ 2013 the Minister of Finance Mr. Alexander Bwalya Chikwanda‚ MP‚ signed a Statutory Instrument which will bring into force the Bank of Zambia Regulations of Monitoring of Balance
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Fresh Direct http://www.freshdirect.com Online Grocery Store BACKGROUND/HISTORY In describing the company Fresh Direct‚ their primary business is an online grocery store that first began in 2001. Fresh Direct specializes in delivery services for your shopping needs in various zip codes in New York. The zip codes include: Manhattan‚ Queens‚ Brooklyn‚ Nassau County‚ Riverdale‚ Westchester‚ select areas of Staten Island‚ New Jersey‚ and Connecticut (www.freshdirect.com). The company currently
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of rules and regulations that had been levied on the foreign direct investment in India‚ by the Indian government. One of such sectors of the Indian economy‚ that has seen a sudden booming phase of prosperity and sustained growth‚ owing to these factors is the real estate as well as the construction business in India. It was the year of 2005‚ when the Indian Central government finally realized the economic prosperity that foreign direct investment in India would bring about. Thus‚ in an effort to
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The purpose of nonviolent direct action is to create a situation in which a community is forced to face a problem and come to common ground with the opposition. This was showcased in Birmingham Alabama when the local civil rights groups and merchants negotiated to remove biased signs on windows and equal treatment in the stores. Through this nonviolent action the local civil rights groups thought they had won a moral victory over the merchants. However when the signs were only temporarily removed
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The direct-fed microbial can have different effects on a horse’s digestibility. The 3 combination of the direct-fed microbial and the low‚ high starch diet gives different digestive 4 outcomes. The equine digestive system is very sensitive. Horses have a problem with colic; any 5 little change can flare up this problem. 6 First‚ there is different types of feeds‚ hays‚ and supplements that can be given to your 7 horse. A horse owner needs to be educated
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Coursework 2 In this coursework I will be discussing the statement below with reference to Smith et al’s (2008) with an analytic study of NHS Direct call centre‚ a telephone health helpline in England. ‘The development of advanced IT-based services depends not on technology itself‚ but on particular choices about work organization and the empowerment of front line staff’… Technology has advanced ever so much in the past 100 years in different aspects of life; communication is one of the biggest
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