CONTENT 1. What is microfinance? 2. NORAD’s principles and focus 3. Microfinance and Norwegian development cooperation 4. Principles for building pro-poor financial systems Annex 1: Microfinance and poverty reduction Annex 2: Microfinance market niches and approaches Annex 3: Background papers 1. What is microfinance? Microfinance can be defined as provision of a broad range of client-responsive financial services
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After the end of the Common War in 1865‚ the Unified States increased uncommon universal political and monetary status. American craftsmanship supporters—quite Northerners who had made fortunes from the war—voyaged abroad and soaked up European society. To report their riches and modernity‚ they fabricated fantastic houses and filled them with imported enlivening expressions and canvases by old experts and contemporary scholastics. To speak forthcoming supporters‚ striving for American specialists
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pyramids‚ the Great Wall of China‚ the Colosseum in Rome and the Taj Mahal in India all bear testimony to skilled management in ancient times‚ the formal study of management only began late in the 19th century. The main driving force behind this development of management as a science was the transition from 19th century “entrepreneurial capitalism” to early 20th century “managerial capitalism”. Whereas the first capitalists were business owners who used their own finances to fund organizations that
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Negligence Paper Patient care and safety is considered as one of the nation health care challenges. According to American Nurses Association (2001)‚ the nursing code of ethics and legal issues has developed to guide health care professional in applying ethical of conducts in the workplace. Every health care provider has a responsibility to guarantee patient safety and safe care. When patient care is compromised because of negligence legal action can take place. This paper will reflect the case
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Organizational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups and structures have on behavior within an organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology‚ psychology‚ communication‚ and management; and it complements the academic studies of organizational theory and human resource studies Basic Functions – Management operates through various functions‚ often classified as planning‚ organizing‚ staffing‚ leading/directing‚ and controlling/monitoring
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Chapter 3 of the textbook‚ “On Being Historic: Agency‚ Character‚ and Sin‚” addresses our place a historical. Here is a penetrating quote‚ “…it is our nature to be historic beings. Reflection upon the historic‚ and therefore narrative‚ character of our existence is an enterprise integral to understanding what it means to claim as the true story Christians tell of God (Hauerwas 35).” This translates to one owning successes and failures of the past apart from Jesus‚ while allowing the blood that
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ASSIGNMENT 3/10/2014 PART A: HISTORY OF INSURANCE LEGISLATION IN KENYA The notion of insurance in Kenya can be traced back to the “social insurance programme” which for a long time has been around Africa. However‚ the history of the development of commercial insurance in Kenya is closely related to its colonial heritage. Like some African and other developing countries‚ there was no specific insurance legislation in Kenya until 1960‚ when the Insurance Ordinance of that year was promulgated
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Key Historical Developments By Patricia A. Forrest University of Phoenix Issues and Strategies in Nursing Research Utilization Professor Barbara Biddle‚ RN‚ MSN August 28‚ 2006 A discussion of the key historical developments in nursing research is to review some of the richest elements of the history of nursing itself. It is important to note that without nursing research‚ nurses are limited in the ability to practice in an evidenced-based profession. "Nursing research‚ both qualitative
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THE LAW OF EQUITY Class Notes by J. K. Asiema © 2005 University of Nairobi TOPICAL OUTLINES 1. Historical Origin and Development of Law of Equity in England 2. Maxims of Equity 3. Equitable Remedies include Injunctions‚ Specific Performance Etc. 4. Application of Equity in Kenya - The Nature‚ Historical Origin & Development Of Law Of Equity In England DEFINITION OF EQUITY Equity has an ordinary meaning and a technical meaning. In the ordinary sense‚ equity means fairness‚ justice
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HRV1601: Human Rights‚ Values and Social Transformation Semester 01/ Assignment 01 The Historical Background and Development of Human Rights Table of Contents 1) Introduction 2) The Development of Human Rights 3) Historical Documents of Human Rights 3.1) The English Bill of Rights (1689) 3.2) The American War of Independence (1775-1783) 4) Developing and Maintaining a Human Rights Culture in
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