lap lambert academic publishing dez 2012 (898 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -US Army operational requirements over the next 10 years will require changes to the US Army force structure with regards to size, active and reserve balance, and capabilities mix. The purpose of this study is to provide answers to several questions regarding current US Army force structure, US strategic policies, the current operational environment, and post conflict operations capabilities requirements. Answers to these questions provide the basis for recommended changes to the future force structure requirements of the US Army.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The ongoing global crisis has led people to look back to a mythical beautiful past as an inspiration for a brighter future. This is reflected in the recent trend in marketing studies, known as ¿retro revolution¿. Examples of retro brands revive in all consumer industries but are particularly popular in the automotive sector. The success of the 2007 New Fiat 500 is a case in point: it leverages on the notions of brand image and brand equity as well as benefitting from cutting-edge marketing tools such as online communities and campaigns. The present case study combines these theoretical groundings with an empirical analysis based on a questionnaire administered to owners and non owners of the 2007 New 500. Results show how the subjective notion of communal nostalgia shapes purchasing behaviour and enhances the appreciation of the brand, alongside objective elements such as price and quality.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Following the emergence of new technologies and the rise of the digital age, the media landscape has shifted and is now challenging media organizations to rethink their current media mix strategies targeting the young consumer. With the rapid and fast paced lifestyle mandated by the modern life, young consumers, between the ages of 18 to 35 years old, are increasingly balancing and juggling several tasks at once. Such multitasking behaviors are now pressuring organizations to venture in a multimedia approach in terms of their communication strategies. This research project attempts to support marketing, media and communication professionals to better understand the extent to which the concept of media multitasking is established in Lebanon and tries to advocate for a multimedia planning approach that will render a higher level of purchase intention for consumers in the region.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The ICC was established as an international effort to bring to justice individuals accused of crimes of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. As a treaty-based institution, its effectiveness depends largely on a genuine multilateral cooperation with states and regional organisations. The defiance that the African Union has openly expressed recently negatively impacts the Court¿s achievements on the continent; where victims of serious human rights violations long to see justice. NGOs across Africa have systematically documented and reported human rights violations of international concern and strongly campaigned for the ratification of the Rome Statute. Does this defiance reflect changing perceptions of the Court¿s legitimacy among NGOs¿ in Africa in general and in Uganda in particular How do NGOs¿ perceptions of the Court¿s legitimacy affect the course of events in the search for justice for victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity on the continent Does the idea that a strong AfCHPR can effectively address the need for justice in Africa question the universality of the international justice Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a desk-based research presenting a study of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) from an organisation development (OD) perspective. The PLO institutionalised the national liberation movement of the Palestinian people. Therefore, in order to provide an understanding of how to develop this public organisation for it to be able to achieve its goals, this study offers at the first place a literature review of OD that is understood to provide solutions for contemporary problems in all types of organisations. To achieve this goal, in addition to the OD literature this study offers a review of PLO. Afterwards, the study critically assesses the conceptual problems facing the development of the organisation as a whole. Commenting on a major development and reform intervention that had failed drastically presenting the reasons of such a result follows the assessment. Finally this study presents recommendations to develop PLO towards achieving its goals. The PLO needs to re-democratise itself and strengthen the individuals it governs. At the end, shortly, an epilogue presents the new challenges to the PLO that arisen from the recognition of the state of Palestine.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book argues that the Strategic Role of Interfaith Diplomacy provides the measures that will better manage the protracted ethno-religious conflicts in Jos Plateau State of Nigeria. It traced the historic enmity between the world¿s two major religions Christianity and Islam world over that led to the protracted ethno-religious conflicts particularly in Jos city of Plateau State, Nigeria which have been threatening the security and survival of the residents of the city and its environs right from 2001-2012. Further empirical study reveals that these crises had remote and immediate causes at their roots but often manifest as ethno-religious crises which affected both Christians and Muslims in Jos. The study explores how the government and some of the agencies involved in conflict management responded to the crises from 2001-2012. The absence of or sincere Interfaith Diplomacy was the greatest of all that the book discovered hence, recommending emphatically, the Strategic Role of Interfaith Diplomacy as the latest approach to managing ethno-religious conflicts such as these happening in Jos and beyond.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mistrust and prolonged uncoordinated reconciliation processes after conflicts in most African traditional societies have severe consequences. These can potentially tear further apart, the social fibre which hold the societies together. Such unhealthy dynamics in post-conflict societies are more disastrous than the conflict itself, as social conflict theorists and ethnomethodologists posit. The Dagbon crisis of March 2002 which led to the ¿murder¿ of the King, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, exemplifies this. It took more than four years for the king to be buried, and to date, no funeral rite, which is a traditional prerequisite for possible enskinment of a successor, has been performed. In traditional terms, the Dagbon society is still mourning, and the pain of the crisis lingers on. The question this book seeks to answer, with quantitative (chi-square tests) and qualitative analysis is: ¿How has the stalemate affected the social and religious relationships among the Dagomba people ¿ Students of sociology, history and conflict studies, governments and international organisations that seek to prevent conflicts and or understand post-conflict traditional societies would find this book handy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This research work on Nigeria's internal conflicts and measures to combat them has so far in the discussion identified that ethnic minority tensions and agitations are important features of the on going struggles to resolve the ¿Nigeriäs National Question¿ which has so far bothered on ethnicity, equitable allocation of scarce resources, justice, religion and others. The study has attempted to explore the fundamental contours and dimensions of contemporary ethnic minority problems in Nigeria through narrative profiles of most incidences and stance of most Nigeriäs initial conflicts and agitations, which have so far bearing on the campaign for economic restitution and ecological rehabilitation especially by the oil-bearing communities in the Niger Delta, and the struggle for self determination and cultural integrity by non-Hausa/Fulani communities of the Northern Nigeria. The research has discovered that, Nigeriäs internal conflicts are deeply rooted in complex historical and structural processes of pre-colonial and colonial incorporation and consolidation of diverse ethnic segments, federal territorial evolution and reorganization, revenue allocation and political competition.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Despite the fact there is plenty of academic material regarding the use of social media and blogs in business communication, very little research has been done in the area of constantly growing fashion blogosphere. The primary aim of this book is to fulfill the gap and provide proper understanding of the contemporary fashion blogosphere; its common general features, dynamic, and most of all its impact and potential use in fashion marketing and fashion brand management. Further more this book denies general opinion about ICT¿s as a treat to business communication, and about blogs as a threat to journalism. As it is explained, proper understanding of those Web 2.0 features disproves such claims and even shows the huge potential of those technologies not only in area of business communication and journalism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Images and graphics are among the most important media formats for human communication and they provide a rich amount of information for people to understand the world. With the rapid development of digital imaging techniques and internet, more and more images are available to public. Consequently, there is an increasingly high demand for effective and efficient image indexing and retrieval methods, and image retrieval has become one of the most popular topics in the ¿eld of pattern recognition and arti¿cial intelligence. An image retrieval system is a computer system for browsing, searching and retrieving images from a large volume of digital images. Generally speaking, there are three categories of image retrieval methods, i.e. text based, content-based and semantic-based methods. The term has since been widely used to describe the process of retrieving desired images from a large collection on the basis of features (such as color, texture and shape) that can be automatically extracted from the images themselves. The features used for retrieval can be either primitive or semantic, but the extraction process must be predominantly automatic. Retrieval of images by manually-assignedBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The author tries to answer the question of whether the state theories in Islam could lead the Islamic societies towards implementation of the democratic values such as political participation, rationalism in legislation, implementation of the International norms and respect for Human Rights or not. In this respect, the author first analyzes the political theories in two big religions within Islam with a historic approach using the new texts and historic documents about the theories of Caliphate and Imamate. Afterwards issues such as,appointing the Muslim rulers, legislating in Islam, implementation of the Sharia law,Hudud and finally respect for the international orders and Human Rights are analyzed. The results of this analysis reveal that the political theories in Islam are not capable of presenting an efficient political system and Islam helped to create autocratic regimes. The other challenge is in the rigidity of Shaira law that led to resist against modern regulations, Human Rights and international orders. This study suggests that moving towards Secular democracy is an answer to solve these obstacles.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Ethiopia faces large and growing numbers of child household heads, mainly due to AIDS-related parental deaths. Many of them are vulnerable to abuse and are forced to look after themselves and their siblings, drop out of school and find work. This study assessed to identify the psycho-social problem of child headed family which includes the emotional problems, the social situations, the economic burden, the health problems, and the coping strategy of child head affected by HIV/AIDS. Findings of study reveal the severe and traumatic conditions in which the child household heads and their siblings are living. Economic insecurity is the prime concern for them and also they face tremendous psychological (emotional) and social challenges as they live with the constant memory of their deceased parents. To improve their livelihood, immediate material assistance and developing clear strategies that independently address the practical and strategic needs of these households.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In economic history of Pakistan, dictators have made good policies with regard to FDI and huge amount of FDI came into Pakistan in their regime. The credit also goes to the political stability and good macro indicators of economy in their era as compared to democratic governments, but every time dictator's period ended with huge political and economic crisis and destruction of national institutions. This book is a complete package of political and statistical analysis of policies, trends and importance of FDI in Pakistan from independence (1947) to 2009, based on quantitative and qualitative facts and figures. Moreover reasons of low FDI in Pakistan and their solutions are also discussed in detail. That's why very helpful for students of economics and finance, politicians, bureaucrats and for all those persons who have interest in Pakistani economics, role of politics and bureaucracy in economic matters and history of foreign investment policies of governments in different regimes after independence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Ever since the adoption of the marketing concept, companies have focused upon ensuring ¿form¿, ¿place¿, ¿time¿, ¿information¿ and ¿possession¿ utility to attract and retain customers. Such orientation has provided customers with many options to choose from, which requires them to go through decision-making process before they make purchase. Traditionally, the consumers were believed to take purchase decisions rationally but research revealed that it¿s not always the case. It was observed that for different products and situations, decision-making process¿ steps were not always followed accurately. The advent and acceptance of internet added a new dimension to the prevailing research, which led to the formulation of different decision-making process for online settings. With ever evolving product categories, the research continues to add new dimensions to the decision-making process. Online dating, comparatively a new phenomenon is being researched as stigma surrounding it has evaporated due to technology implementation and increased marketing efforts. With numerous companies operating, identification of decision-making process would provide numerous implications.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Our paper aims to demonstrate that the economic organization is a species of living logical system, with the purpose of increasing the comprehensibility of economic phenomena. Considering this aim, in the first part of the paper, we have illustrated the theories enunciated thus far concerning the economic organization, and we proposed, for the ongoing scientific debate, a definition of the economic organization and we have elaborated logical criteria for the classification of the organizations and, considering this classification, we have established six classes of organizations. Next, we have presented the concepts of living logical system and system. We have approached the living logical system via the theory of complexity, ellaborating an entire array of definitions of the concepts of nonlinearity, attractor, bifurcation, entropy, dissipativity, evolution and autopoiesis which are attributes of the living logical system. Not in the least, we have constructed two theoremes, and their converse theoremes. In the end, we have presented several scientific consequences of the living logical economic system paradigm, meaning methodological and epistemological consequences.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This paper surveys the recent literature on inflation forecasting and conducts an extensive empirical analysis on forecasting inflation in Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong paying particular attention to whether the inflation-markup theory can help to forecast inflation. We first review the relative performance of different predictors in forecasting h-quarter ahead inflation using single equations. These models include the autoregressive model and bivariate Philips curve models. The predictors are selected from business activity, financial activity, trade activity, labour market, interest rate market, money market, exchange rate market and global commodity market variables. We then evaluate a vector autoregressive inflation-markup model against the single equation models to understand whether there is any gain in forecasting using the inflation-markup theory. The paper subsequently analyses the robustness of these results by examining different forecasting procedures in the presence of structural breaks.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study analyzes the constraints facing the private sector in Bhutan by conducting a nation-wide questionnaire survey of 168 micro/cottage, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Regulatory constraints are found to be the topmost constraint followed by the lack of finance and poor infrastructure. The variance and severity level of constraints differ significantly between urban and rural districts with respect to size, sector and ownership. Categorization and segregation approach generated a distinct portrayal of constraints and idiosyncratic requirements of urban vis-à-vis rural firms, even within and among micro and small enterprises. Factor analysis and multiple regression analysis further corroborated these results. The findings suggest a strong need to promote the growth of Bhutanese private sector through multifaceted, demand-driven approach, but specifically targeted and guided by a geographic spread and severity level of constraints. The work should be of interest to government as well as development partners involved in promoting the private sector, particularly micro, small and medium enterprises, in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The government support towards public universities has been on a steady decline, and the universities are forced to operate under tight budgets. This study assessed the role of income generating activities on the performance of human resource and physical development of Maseno University. The study forms a basic source of reference to the stakeholders who are interested in the private financing of universities. It adopted descriptive exploratory correlation and cross sectional survey research design.The target population was fifty one departments of the university where census sampling was used to select the sample frame. Both primary and secondary data was used to collect data through the use of questionnaires. Coefficient of correlation by the product moment method of Karl Pearson was used to compare relationship between variables. From the findings, there existed a strong relationship between the variables.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The study contributes in the modelling of inflation in Malawi by including external shocks variables which have been ignored by most previous studies. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model the study reveals that South Africa's inflation and the exchange rate play a significant role in the long run inflationary process in Malawi. It was also revealed that the exchange rate was the single most important source of imported inflation. The study suggests that monetary authorities in Malawi should consider adopting inflation targeting which has been successful in fighting inflation in South Africa, its major trading partner.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Problem of autocorrelation arises if the assumption of the Classical Linear Regression Model that the errors terms are not autocorrelated is violated. As a consequence, the usual t, F, and ¿2 tests cannot be legitimately applied. This text uses various econometric approaches to critically observe the associated problems. Graphical method; Durbin-Watson method; Breush-Godfrey method; and The Runs Test were used to detect existence of autocorrelation among residuals of econometric data. In correcting autocorrelation, the method of first-difference, based on Durbin-Watson d-statistic and the dynamic forecasting techniques were used. The result gave a significantly reduced estimated autocorrelation coefficient. This improves the efficiency of the forecast and the use of various statistics in making inference.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -It is not easy to overcome poverty in Indonesia, which consists of 33 provinces, 401 districts and 97 cities that have different characteristics from each region on social culture and geographical barrier. For three decades, various efforts have been made to reduce poverty in Indonesia through some approaches, such as; 1). basic needs approach, 2). income approach, 3). human capability approach, and 4). welfare approach. This study examines Bappenas approaches to poverty on the basis of international theoretical debates on human development and tests some indicators to evaluate disparity at provincial level. Human Development Index (HDI) is one indicator of development that can be used to analyze the comparative socio-economic development status of a region and also describe human development in that region. If we depend heavily on GRDP per capita when discussing rural poverty and disparity in Indonesia, it may result in a misleading picture of the provincial status in Indonesia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Micro finance is among major interventions that are being carried out throughout the world particularly following the corridor of poverty - Africa, Asia, and Latin America - as a tool to alleviate poverty. Ethiopia is among few world countries which are currently in fast economic growth. The role of microfinance institutions in the economic growth of the country is very significant. To guide the institutions on the right truck it needs scientific research. Therefore, this research has been carried out to analyse the trend of changes in credit provision, savings mobilization, and geographic and financial accessibility of the institutions to the active poor. Correlation analysis between credit provided and savings mobilized together with predictive regression models are unique parts of this study. The book will have paramount importance to managers of Microfinance institutions, policy makers, donors, creditors, and those who are engaged in providing trainings on microfinance and related issuesBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Constitution is a set of fundamental laws that govern and guide the power and function of the government.The existence of constitution is paramount important for the development of democracy in a specific country.Despite this the mere existence of constitution cannot be a guarantee for constitutionalism.Since,constitutionalism does not mean only having constitution,but it is the practical application or implementation of that given constitution on the ground.Even if the purpose of constitution is limiting the power of the government ,undemocratic governments may develop constitution,in order to use it as a cover to legitimize their power.The same was true for Ethiopia along with constitutions established in the previous regimes.In fact the country had the experience of four written constitutions.1931 was the first written constitution in the history of the country,and revised in 1955 with in the same regime.In 1987 the new constitution was established by another regime.The 1995 Constitution of Ethiopian is a new constitution that come up with Federalism in Ethiopia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The discharge of untreated effluent, solid wastes and waste water from industries, households and institutions are the main sources of water pollution in Addis Ababa. Therefore, the environment is highly polluted and river water is not suitable for agricultural and household consumption purposes. As a result, the negative impact on human health and ecosystem has been ultimately affecting the welfare of population in the city. Considering, these negative impacts and the huge quantity of domestic liquid waste to be dealt with in the future, advanced Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) should be supported by economic and environmental perspectives.Hence, in order to see the demand side and affordability by users, people's preferences and WTP study for public services will have been crucial.This paper tried to estimate household's WTP for improved sewage treatment service in Addis Ababa. This study found most of sampled households WTP for the improved sewage system and additional oxidation pond STPs. But, additional payment of 26.74 ETB/month will't be sufficient to cover costs of upgrading technology and capacity of STPs. Therefore, large subsidy amount is expected from Government.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The project was conducted on the Gujarat Forward base at Ahmedabad. I was assigned to undergo my internship in the Estate Division which is under the HR Department of ONGC Ahmedabad Asset. The activities and the operations of the Estate Division are primarily under the General Administration section. This division looks after various issues pertaining to statutory payments and various property taxes, allotting quarters for the ONGC employees, collection of rent and updating rent records, prime requirements of office premises, dealing with the contractual workers issue and few more. The main aim of the project was to streamline the estate related issues to make the daily operations of ONGC smooth and more efficient. A research was also conducted on the issues which showed the satisfaction level of the employees pertaining to issues that are; housekeeping facility in the office premises, office equipment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Violence in Mindanao is not simply an outcome of conflict. A substantial portion of armed violence took place out of the larger battlefield in Mindanao. The continuity of violence is a joint process between macro and micro dynamics. At the macro level, the central state dominated political and economic governance mechanism has considerably failed to ensure a meaningful and substantive political autonomy, and development for the peripheral people in Mindanao. The micro level actors and triggers, often invisible, play a critical role in armed violence process in Mindanao. The micro level informal privatized violence has been a trigger for formal armed violence in Mindanao. Clan violence, locally known as ridos, triggered by mostly disputes over resources and violation of dignity, plays a fundamental role in shaping armed violence. Private armies held by political warlords and local strongmen, and civil militias are also playing a significant role in generating and sustaining armed violence in Mindanao. The civil militia groups often directly involve in formal armed violence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book encompasses the nature & types of Social Safety nets. The social safety nets are designed to protect the vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society. The graduation strategy is aimed at to provide the mean of existence and survival for these members of the society. BISP is a flagship program in this direction by Government of Pakistan and i have tried to look into this program thoroughly and evaluate if the same has achieved its objectives.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the recent years work has become more and more taxing and the stress induced escalates correspondingly. Combine that with a profession that breathes in illness and death, the marshes get murkier. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of selected determinants of stress on the job satisfaction levels of the nursing staff. The target were the nurses of private hospitals in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The stress determinants in the study were; Responsibility Pressures, Role Conflict, Job vs. Non-Job factors and Workload. The aim of this study is to highlight the problem areas which would allow the management to focus on improving the work conditions of the care-givers. Further, this area of study has a great potential for further research on other dimensions of stress with different sets of samples from the private to the public and across the geography of Pakistan.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A conflict in post cold war states is followed by one or more episodes. All those conflicts are different in nature and seek identical solution. Recurrence risk of such conflicts can be assessed with the supposition of similarity in them. This book reveals the generalized mechanism to deal with ethnic conflicts so that they don't emerge again. Ending 26 years long protracted conflict with unilateral military victory, Sri Lanka insinuates itself with the status of No War, No Peace. This book predicts to which side of this 50/50 chance, the beautiful island inclines in days to come. What is the probability of Tamil Tigers to reset war again The book works as the peace guide not only for Sri Lanka but also for all those states who are facing or opt to face the devastating conflicts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book analyzes the outcomes of an ambitious project aimed at contributing to reducing poverty in one of the world's poorest countries, Nepal. Nepal initiated the Skill for Employment Project (SEP) in 2006 with the objective of providing market oriented short-term training for 80,000 people from the disadvantaged groups, particularly women and Dalits (lower caste), within the period of five years. The training is expected to enhance the employability of the training participants and facilitate them in obtaining employment. The engagement in employment is then supposed to help them increase their income, sustain their livelihoods and ultimately bring them out of the poverty trap. The study tries to examine the employment and earning outcomes of the training based on the primary data collected from 41 training graduates. The book also includes perspectives of different stakeholders related to Technical Education, Vocational Training and Skill Development in Nepal.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.