transparency 7. Or is it just a question of TIME (and size)? Bulgaria: Joined EU in 2007 having spent very little of its pre-accession aid. Multiple corruption and transparency scandals; funds are withheld and projects are delayed. Change of government in July 2009 with creation of new administrative units to handle structural funds. The quality of human resources is low in regional/municipal administrations: 4% speak English‚ the same people used for planning as for evaluation. 2011 sees improvements:
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Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances is an agreement between two or more companies to work together for a certain time in order to achieve some business objectives‚ help each other reach new technologies or to be able to build core competencies against other competitors. The traditional view about Strategic alliances is that they were formed for: - Defensive to protect profits - Means for preempting competition - Competitive and win - lose orientation. While nowadays there is
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The Montessori teacher plays an important role in the Montessori environment. The teacher needs to acquire a deeper sense of the dignity of the child as a human being‚ a new appreciation of the significance of his spontaneous activities‚ a wider and thorough understanding of his needs. The most essential part of the teacher is that the teacher should go through spiritual preparation. The moral preparation is necessary before one is fit to be entrusted with the care of the children in a principle
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UNIT 008 ROLES‚ RESPONSIBILITIES & RELATIONSHIPS IN LIFELONG LEARNING. LEVEL 4 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction............................................. 1. Understand own role & responsibilities in lifelong learning. 1.1 Summarise key aspects of legislation‚ regulatory requirements & codes of practice relating to own role & responsibilities. 1.2 Analyse own responsibilities for promoting equality & valuing diversity. 1.3 Evaluate own role & responsibilities in lifelong learning
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Education The model explains the relationship between the individual and contextual factors and considers misconduct as the product of multiple levels of influence on behavior. The overlapping rings in the model illustrate how factors at one level influence factors at another level. Besides helping to clarify these factors‚ the model also suggests that in order to prevent violence‚ it is necessary to act across multiple levels of the model at the same time (Wearmouth‚ Glynm‚ & Berryman‚ 2005)‚ that
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Reasons for Market Failure and the Roles of Government To Improve the Market Outcomes What is market efficiency? Market efficiency is defined as all participants in a market can get the maximum benefits and used the minimum cost and effect to transact (BusinessDictionary.com‚ 2011). Besides that‚ the definition of market efficiency is covered by the market and investor group. In other words‚ efficiency refers to the productivity or the size of the economics pie. If the size of economics
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country; and‚ as the Deficit in the United States grows‚ it is more important to maximum employment‚ production‚ and purchasing power. The current deficit as a percentage of GDP is near 11% which is the highest since the 1940s during WWII. The government debt is will rise even higher with the recent health care bill which brings unrealistic spending and tax increases. America’s economy is drawing near to fiscal train wreck. One article by Holtz-Eakin states that‚ within the next 30 years‚ the
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NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AND ITS ROLE. This paper divided into 8 parts. There are : 1. Introduction 2. Role of Human Rights towards universal sovereignty 3. Establishment of Human Rights Commission‚ 4. National Human Rights Commission of India‚ 5. Constitution of the Human Rights Commission‚ 6. Functions of the Human Rights Commission 7. Powers of the Commission 8. Conclusion The National Human Rights Commission was established on 12th October‚ 1993 under the
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Implementation of Local Content in Ghana Oil and Gas Industry By Gilbert Azaah This article looks at the problems being faced by Ghana in implementing local content and local participation as a developing country with limited capacities and also dealing with IOCs and sub-contractors which are well established and are well connected globally. As a developing country with very little experience in the oil and gas industry‚ one of the main obstacles faced by the implementation of the local content policy in Ghana
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Chapter 9 The Government and Fiscal Policy Principles of Macroeconomics‚ Case/Fair‚ 8e 9.1 Government in the Economy Multiple Choice 1) Fiscal policy refers to A) the techniques used by a business firm to reduce its tax liability. B) the behavior of the nation’s central bank‚ the Federal Reserve‚ regarding the nation’s money supply. C) the spending and taxing policies used by the government to influence the economy. D) the government’s ability to
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