It’s a history of innovation and growth that has resulted in significant impact. 32–65 OUR STORY 32 The Leader in Private Sector Development 40 Our Priority Sectors 50 Frontier Markets 58 Mobilizing for Maximum Impact CONTENTS This report summarizes IFC’s innovation and leadership role in the private sector. It is organized to highlight our strategy—our role (The Leader in Private Sector Development‚ pages 32–39)‚ what we do (Our Priority Sectors‚ pages 40–49)‚ where we do it (Frontier Markets
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Page 1 of 19 Courtship‚ Love and Marriage in Viking Scandinavia Part I -- Forward and Introduction Forward Some time ago‚ some friends of mine came to me and asked me to tell them how a Viking wedding was conducted. Although I write a column entitled"The Viking Answer Lady" for my local SCA newsletter‚ I hadn ’t a clue as to the answer. When I turned to the sagas‚ they didn ’t tell me‚ either. Thus began the start of a massive research project that has produced the work you are about to read. The
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term “marriage” developed. In their book‚ The Ties that Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation‚ Bachrach‚ Hindin‚ and Thomson define marriage “as a legally and socially recognized union‚ ideally lifelong‚ that entails sexual‚ economic‚ social rights and obligations for the partners” (3-16). Since the evolution of marriages‚ there have also been arranged marriages. This can be seen as the arrangement of a marriage by a third party‚ usually by the couple’s parents. Arranged marriages may lead
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Public-Private Partnerships(PPP): A Reality Check and the Limits of Principal Agent Theory Arie Halachmi‚ PhD 2011-2011 Distinguished Fulbright Professor Abstract Can partnership and contracting out of the production and delivery of what used to be performed by government improve public sector productivity? However‚ the reality does not always follow the theory. Using an actual case study and a Principal Agent Theory the paper explores and articulates possible limitations of Principal
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Infrastructure Road/Highways Sector Public Private Partnership (PPP) A public private partnership is defined as “a cooperative venture between the public and private sectors‚ built on the expertise of each partner that best meets clearly defined public needs through the appropriate allocation of resources‚ risk and rewards. PPP is a way out to solve public deficit financing. It is done to give rise to speedy infrastructure growth. The Public Private Partnership has emerged as one of the most
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By Kagweh F. Macharia Research Summary Traditionally marriage was an institution between a man and a woman with the primary purpose of bring up a family. However‚ things have changed over the years and now the latest issue; same-sex marriage. In as much as this issue has elicited hot debate pertaining to validity and acceptance of the notion of homosexual marriages in the society‚ it is a common knowledge that two men (a man and a man) or two women can not bring forth a family. The stand of this
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Marriage has been one of the most fundamental principals of human society since the beginning of time. Traditionally understood marriage is restricted to two people‚ particularly a women and a man. Since the nature of marriage is changing with modern times and people are marrying for love not just social needs should the notion that is reviewed by society and this long- confirmed definition be reconfigured and opened in order to make same-sex marriage suitable in society or refuse same-sex marriage
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All mix-marriages are confined to problems and challenges of cultural diffusion. Discuss the veracity of this statement. INTRODUCTION Relationships of every type are faced with a wide variety of problems and challenges in any given situation. Whether it involves our coworkers‚ neighbors‚ friends or family – the dynamics are relatively similar and predictable within a common cultural framework. These dynamics become more complex where marriage is concerned and differences in personalities come to
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Virtual Private Networks Abstract With the increasing popularity of the Internet‚ new technologies have introduced to provide secure access to the resources from remote clients. Virtual Private Networks are becoming the most universal method for remote access. They enable service provider to take advantage of the power of Internet by providing a private tunnel through the public cloud to realize cost savings and productivity enhancements from remote access applications
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David Yoffie - Strategy: Taking Dell Private Materials: Michael Dell and the private equity firm Silver Lake today walked away with their prize‚ the computing company Dell‚ having won the approval from a significant majority of shareholders to take the company private in a $25 billion leveraged buyout. Success for Dell as a private company — which it will be within a few months — is by no means assured. Simply put‚ the plan calls for Dell to double down on investments in research and development
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