* * THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT * * * * * * * * * * * Instructor - Kidanemariam Menghistu Sebhat * 25th March 2013. THE ROLE OF GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT Introduction: Since the end of the 1980s the issue of good governance has dominated the international discussion about development and international assistance to developing countries. It has been argued that good governance is an essential precondition
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Clinical Governance and Risk Management have become increasingly important over the last decade in the various fields of nursing. The development of the concept of clinical governance will be discussed and how it can be facilitated into practice with relation to learning disabilities nursing. Clinical Governance was first introduced in the White Paper ‘The New NHS: Modern‚ dependable’ (DoH‚ 1997). Donaldson (1998) viewed clinical governance as the vehicle to achieve‚ locally‚ continuous improvements
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Introduction Corporate governance can be defined as a combination of fairness‚ precision‚ accountability and sustainability of corporate behavior. Good Corporate governance is a key factor to achieve the improved performance of an organization. It is fundamental element to safeguard interest of shareholders. For continuous and sustainable growth of an organization‚ there is no alternative to effective Corporate Governance. The positive effect of corporate governance on different stakeholders ultimately
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FRAUD PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE NEED FOR A DIMENSIONAL APPROACH BY BELLO SABO Department of Business Administration‚ A.B.U. Zaria ABSTRACT This article addresses some fundamental issues on fraud prevention and control and their implications on socio-economic development of Nigeria using its public sector machinery. Using the records compiled from early study covering 637 reported fraud cases in Nigeria‚ which were committed between 1970-1990 in respect
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Running Head: CHILD NEGLECT AND SELF-ESTEEM The Impact on child neglect and self-esteem Jill Rasmussen‚ MSW‚ LCSW SOWK 317 Social Work Methods: Generalist Practice with Children and Families When a person thinks about child neglect‚ the first thing that may come to mind is a child not being taken care of physically. In fact that is what child neglect is about. “Children are neglected when they are deprived of minimally adequate food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ education‚ medical care‚ and nurturing”
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Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Corporate Governance: Corporate governance is a combination of corporate policies and best practices adopted by the corporate bodies to achieve its objectives in relation to their stakeholders. It is also the field of economics‚ which studies the many issues arising from the separation from ownership and control. The fundamental objective of corporate governance reforms is to enhance transparency and transparency enhances accountability. It is widely recognized that
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Impact of Corporate Governance on the Performance of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks Okereke EJ & Abu S University of Port Harcourt‚ Rivers State‚ Nigeria Imo State University Owerri Anyanwu GI Abstract Key Words Corporate Governance Index Deposit Money Banks Bank Performance Index Information Disclosure This study examined the relationship between corporate governance practices in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) vis-à-vis their financial performances (2002-06). To accomplish this‚ data
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Ahmed M.Ashraf Governance 2010 1- Overview of Lesotho Highlands Water Project South Africa is a water scarce country and its neighbor‚ Lesotho is a water rich country categorized by high annual rainfall. South Africa in view of its increasing demand for water in the Guateng region (regarded as the heartland of South Africa) realized the water is going to be scarce in future1. The idea of transfer of water from water rich area (Lesotho) to the water scarce area (Gauteng‚ S.A) was conceived
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To what extent are the banks of Mauritius complying with the national code of corporate governance? CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Sir Adrian Cadbury (2002) stated that corporate governance is “the direction and control process within an organization”. Corporate governance is a systematic approach of controlling and monitoring a business operation. The term corporate governance has came to light in the 19th Century when the theory of separation of ownership and control developed.
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THEATRE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Afolabi Taiwo Okunola (Department of Theatre & Film Arts‚ University of Jos‚ Nigeria) Abstract The business of theatre management is business of management. It is a culmination of the directive principles‚ canons and protocols governing theatre and management together to form a formidable team which thus makes a theatre entrepreneur. Being a theatre entrepreneur in Nigeria entails many dilemmas‚ challenges and hurdles. Thus
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