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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Makete, Tanzania Although eliminating HIV/AIDS in Tanzania would eliminate future AIDS orphans, eradicating HIV/AIDS in Tanzania will not address the needs of current orphans, which result from poverty, poor health standard, neglect, abandonment, or lack of education. 'I knew it but¿ at the first time I couldn¿t hold looking at my father twice without crying. All symptoms they had, resembled those our teacher taught in class¿then I just thank God because also our father accepted it and he was always telling me that I¿ll soon become the head of the family. Because, I am a man. He wanted me to take care of timber project to make a living'Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Feminist Theory and Structuralist Analysis is used to problematize the issue of the UN response to sexual violence in conflict, with particular attention placed on women. Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the foci for my two core case studies, however I consider the problems I raise to be experienced universally/globally, which is demonstrated with reference to other case studies and conflicts. It is my belief that the UN resolution is inadequate in addressing the multi-layered problems women in conflict and post-conflict situations face daily. Since the resolution does not exist in a vacuum I have considered the department which created the resolution as well as other actors involved in the implementation of such resolutions. The themes within this book include not only sexual violence, women, the UN & International Law but also structural problems related to poverty & the global political economy. This work demonstrates the universal nature of the structural problems, as well as the connections between poverty, regional destabilization and sexual violence (against women). Scholars of IR, Gender & Development will find this book most useful and interesting.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The work seeks to study the major rationale and development of the relations between the EU and Azerbaijan, with the following key questions: What is the inspiring essence of the relationship between the EU and Azerbaijan Do the entities strive to achieve integration based on European values or simply pursue their economic benefits As of theoretical framework, the author finds geopolitical accounts, Mackinder¿s Heartland theory in particular, suitable, since both subjects of the research geographically fall under the categorization of Mackinder¿s Pivot area. Additionally, theoretical part includes constructivist theory in a bid to examine the essence of the EU integration with neighbours through designed programs. The book particularly focuses on the historical development of the relations ¿ the EU Neighborhood Policy and energy cooperation perspectives. Moreover, challenges and risks, great power relations as well as political competition of major actors in the region were analyzed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The question of identity of community radio is informed by the view that it is a form of medium with its own values and standards disparate from other media forms (commercial and public). Therefore, it points the study towards assessment of community radio systems and structures, especially in content development and ideological orientation; where ideological orientation means establishment of norms, values, training standards and leadership. For instance, how do community radio stations develop their content What models of participation do stations employ in involving communities they serve How do the programmes broadcasted into the community reflective of their concerns In addition, how do they mobilise community participation in finding solution These and many other questions give bearing to how community broadcasting ought to ¿sound¿ and be felt by the people.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book contains selected papers written by Prof.Dr. Nerxhivane Dauti on selected topics related to obligation relationships. The papers address specific issues governed by the new Law on Obligation Relationships of the Republic of Kosovo, which entered into force on 1 January, 2013. One of the papers also highlight the need to reform the law on obligations, its content and main principles and the novelties that were introduced.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -With the advent of the Municipal Management Finance Management Act, (Act 56 of 2003), working capital issues have been legislatively forced onto managers¿ daily agenda. Municipal finance officials have been given a clear mandate to focus greater attention on issues such as debt and cash management and stricter policies relating to short term credit financing. The MFMA allows for the unlocking of the fiscal powers of a municipality to generate its own income. Compliance dictates that adherence to staute will bode well for the financial prosperity of a municipality. South African municipalities face challenges in exploiting their income earning potential. Will the implementation of sound working capital policies assist in unlocking these municipalities' fiscal capacities Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Under neoliberal capitalist globalization, the deepening of women¿s oppression and exploitation have been notorious. Indeed, women are facing poverty all over the world, including in industrialized capitalist countries. Women living in poverty and particularly poor single mothers have been targets of the counter neoliberal reform of the capitalist welfare state. This counter reform is a gendered, classist, and complex alteration that has assaulted the social responsibilities and budgets of the welfare state. In Ontario, Neoliberal policies reinforce women¿s unpaid caring responsibilities and intensify the surveillance and control exerted over poor Ontarian single mothers. This qualitative case study has explored critically the role of neoliberal social policy in Ontario child welfare. Through a feminist approach and using official documentary data, the research analyzes Ontario Kinship Care Policy. The study looks at the historical and social context in which the policy was formulated, depicts the main goals of the policy, and analyzes the policy¿s outcomes both, for the system and for women. Possible areas of future research on this policy are presented in the conclusions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Srepok River is the largest river in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The Buon Tua Srah hydropower project is one of seven hydropower plants sited in the river. The project has caused a number of impacts for farmers especially in the downstream areas. This study aims to understand the impacts of the Buon Tua Srah hydropower project¿s on the livelihoods of downstream farmers, especially with reference to the Duc Xuyen and Nam N¿Dir communes of Krong No district, Dak Nong province. The findings show that daily fluctuation in water levels due to releases from the dam has caused floods and soil erosion both in the dry and rainy season. Sometimes, farmers downstream do not have enough water for irrigation and daily activities because water is stored for generating electricity. Fish stocks have been declining due to fluctuations in water levels. The study results are useful for researchers and policy makers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -FDI is considered as an important tool for economic growth and overall economic development because of the multi-dimensional benefits FDI brings to the FDI-receiving countries. The developing countries are leaving no stones unturned to attract as much FDI as possible. In this book, a deeper look has been given into the facts about FDI and all the concepts relating to FDI. Major determinants of FDI have been elaborated and its necessity for a developing country has been explained in detail. An effort has been made to identify the determinants of FDI and its impact on domestic investment. This book also explains how changes in policies account for changes in FDI inflows. Data have been presented to make comparisons among the Asian developing countries concerning different aspects of FDI.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Foreign investment protection is relatively new to the Nigerian legal regime, following a shift from military rule to democracy in the late nineties. There is yet to be a comprehensive study which explores National laws and Bilateral investment treaties (BIT¿s) as they reflect the recent global trends in international Investment protection. The adequacy of the law to protect foreign investment is Paramount to the increase of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in any given country. This book provides an insight into the inconsistency in the Nigerian legal regime that undermines protection of FDI'S and proffers ways to bridge this gap. The analysis provided should be a guide for anyone planning to do business in Nigeria, legal scholars as well as the Nigerian Investment Protection Commission. It should also stimulate Lawmakers to address the issues facing the protection of FDI and close the lacuna in the law; bringing it to par with International standards and foster Investment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sexual harassment face female in their day to day activities such as in school activities which diminish their contribution. It is perhaps the most pervasive but the least recognized human right abuse in the world. As well as being violation of human rights, violence against women is regarded as an emerging health problem of the late twentieth century not because it is new, but because it has been widely recognized. It can be manifest itself in verbal, nonverbal or in touch. so this book explain the prevalence and associated factor of sexual harassment in school female. The school is the places where the students acquire knowledge and it needs harassment free environment but according to this study in the book we found high incident of sexual harassment which need special attention to make female empower to say no.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Small-scale fishery has considerable contribution ensuring household food security through improving households¿ income and enhancing food availability through own production. However, small-scale fishery can be constrained with various constraints such as the absence of rules and regulation and inadequate gear and maintenance material availability.In line with this premises, the investigation was undertaken to address household food security from the perspective of the contribution of small scale fishery to HH food security around Lake Zeway in Oromia region. By examining the role of small-scale fisheries to household food security, the conditions and constraints of fish production, and marketing in the study area and to understand the policy and institutional environment with regard to small scale fisheries¿ sector around Lake Zeway in particular. The analysis should help shed some light on the socio-economic and food security aspect of small-scale fisheries, and should be especially useful to professionals in Food Security Studies, Economics and Rural Development fields, or anyone else who may be considering to see the socio-economic and food security status.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Information acquisition and information asymmetry are important issues in decision-making as they may have a vital influence on the decision makers' payoffs in the market or other economic situations. The value of information is the main interest in this book. In the first part of this book, the value of information in single-player decision-making games is studied with the proof of Blackwell's Theorem. In the second part, it is extended to a dynamic game of incomplete information involving two players to investigate the conditions for the value of information being positive to the receiver by comparing his expected utility before and after acquiring the information. A signaling game is selected as an example.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The empowerment of women is one of the central issues in the process of development of all developing countries in the world. Women empowerment is a matter of key concern in national and international policymaking and activities of social life. Nations cannot achieve their development goals if their women are discriminated. Significance of the issue provided impetus to conduct this study. The book showed that micro credit help to increase women¿s access to micro-finance, generate new income earning opportunities, and to enhance social mobilization and create formal network, norms and trust for collective action. The book is an endeavor to measure women¿s economic, political, sociocultural, legal and interpersonal or familial empowerment to scrutinize different activities at various economic, political, sociocultural, legal and familial spheres of women at the rural area of Bangladesh in family, community and national level. The findings suggest that, micro credit and its supportive programs have lead to a remarkable enhancement in social network formation and development, an improved status in family and community, increased mobility and to some extent also greater self-confidenceBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In developing countries children experience repeated episodes of diarrhea and acute respiratory infection (ARI), treatment of these child illnesses still remains a challenge. This study seeks to investigate factors associated with the treatment of ARI and diarrhoea among children under-five years in Zambia based on nationally representative 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) data. Determinants of treatment are varied, thus it is interesting to investigate which ones are, among the many determinants of treatment. On average, out of the total 909 (15.6%) and 1447 (22.6%) children who had diarrhea and ARI respectively two weeks prior the 2007 DHS, 32.5% and 34.3% did not receive any treatment for diarrhea and ARI respectively. This book reveals that the child¿s and mother¿s residence, father in the house, mother¿s access to education and media health programs as well as health care resources are key determinants of child treatment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -China's growing energy consumption influences the distribution of global energy resources and their availability. Energy supply security will certainly provide country's further economic growth. This book offers systematic analysis of the energy supply security problem and different policy recommendations for sustainable development of country's energy sector which include such policies as supplier diversification, energy mix reshuffling, energy efficiency improvement, market liberalization, and other.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book reports the result of an assessment of the girls' education project in Unity University College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Representative data were collected from three groups of respondents (project staff, project beneficiaries and top management of the University College). Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods were employed. According to the summary of the findings, the execution of this ever new project in the context of the country and the success of some of the graduates from the project can be considered as positive results. However, the project is well behind the plan in order to meet its objectives in the given time. Furthermore, the project cycle management is found to be problematic due to several factors such as lower level of involvement of project beneficiaries, poor competence of project staff, lack of project fund and ineffective project finance management. Based on these findings the researcher recommended that the project objectives need to be revised. Furthermore, improving capacity of project staff in resource mobilization and management of the project cycle need to be given attention.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The practice of Fanadu ¿female circumcision¿ is a human rights violation that affects almost 50% of the women¿s in Guinea-Bissau, despite wide range of national and international human rights norms that grant women¿s right to health and bodily integrity. Nearly 30 years of worldwide campaigns to end the practice - which has resulted in high success rates in neighboring countries such as Senegal - seems not to affect the trends and high incidence rates of the practice in Guinea-Bissau. The book uncovers the reasons for this deeply rooted traditional practice in the specific context of Guinea-Bissau and its linkages to ethnicity, religion and culture. It alerts to the perils¿ of copy-past approaches and suggests the adoption of policies and action plans that takes into account the specific context and dynamics in the country as a way of ensuring long-lasting and successful solutions to the practice of Fanadu in Guinea-Bissau.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study is an attempt to close a gap in the international social entrepreneurship (SE) literature by shedding light on four initiatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. It also discusses the concept of social entrepreneurship as a promising third way in the field of addressing social problems in the region. Data was collected through interviews with social entrepreneurs that have launched initiatives in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The results reveal that the GCC region is in significant need of SE initiatives and has abundant financial and human resources, but due to the high level of official bureaucracy, SE initiatives have had limited usage. Nonetheless, the social entrepreneurs have shown high efficiency in overcoming obstacles and utilizing available resources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -HR is a product of the human relations movement of the early 20th century, when researchers began documenting ways of creating business value through the strategic management of the workforce. The function was initially dominated by transactional work such as payroll and benefits administration, but due to globalization, company consolidation, technological advancement, and further research, HR now focuses on strategic initiatives like mergers and acquisitions, talent management, succession planning, industrial and labor relations, and diversity and inclusion.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book covers the field of security interest in movable property vis-à-vis the rights of consumer credit in Rwandan Law. It focuses on those credit contracts in which the legal relationship between the consumer and the dominant party. This research is carried out in response to the problems linked to pre-contractual phase while negotiating a credit contract secured by security interest in movable property, as well as the issues linked to the recovery of the debts secured by security interest by the sale of the collateral which undermine the rights of the consumer credit. The research identifies that the protection of consumer credit should be based on the premise that if creditors are aware of the limitations on enforcing a security interest in movable property they will only advance credit if they can be confident in repayment by some other means. In conclusion, the research is expected to discuss about the proposed legal mechanisms on protecting consumer credit in security interest by proposing the government¿s intervention for a consumer credit code and the consumer credit redress mechanisms to be established in case of realization of the security interest.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Ghana cocoa(COCOBOD),the world second largest producer of cocoa and one of the best country producing quality cocoa in the world; The Government of Ghana stresses the need for diversifying the nation¿s economic structure so emphasizes on the important role of cocoa sector was made and has set the target of achieving over one million metric tons of cocoa output by 2012. Cocoa's share of agricultural GDP has been increasing rapidly and existing yield gaps and the prospects of continued high world commodity prices suggest further growth potential. Therefore, increasing cocoa production by 60,000 tons per annum is needed to support Ghana reaching its middle-income country target by given cocoäs large role in Ghanäs economy and the involvement of many small farmers in its production.Funds are the blood of every business. The sources of funds available to Ghana Cocoa Board to meet short-term financial requirements are sales of cocoa dry beans exported for foreign exchange, debt, shares, investment, Government grant, loans, etc. Furthermore, even though this book throws more lights on sources of funds, it also talks about working capital and capital structure of Ghana Cocoa Board.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The environmental decisions of corporations can have a huge impact on both the environment and a company¿s value. This paper finds that the stock market reacts negatively to news about the environmental behavior of firms. A 2009 Newsweek study on the ¿greenness¿ of companies is used in the study. The event study methodology is used with stock prices to measure the stock market reaction by creating Cumulative Abnormal Returns. Results also show that there is no relationship between Green Score and stock returns of ranked companies, but the unanticipated portions of the rankings do have a significant negative effect on rankings. The average abnormal returns of all the companies are also significantly negative suggesting that investors react adversely to ¿green¿ news.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this book, the feasibility of the Gulf countries forming a common currency area is assessed using two distinct, but complementary, approaches. The empirical results based on the size of demand and supply disturbances, their cross-country correlations, and the speed of domestic adjustment identifies a grouping of countries (Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE) for potential monetary unification. In addition, the empirical results show that the six member countries share common long-run and short-run cyclical movements. Furthermore, an estimate of the output loss in relinquishing policy autonomy to join a regional currency arrangement is provided. These estimates appear to be relatively small, and are likely to be less than the efficiency gains from adopting a common currency.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this book is to investigate the impact that varying degrees of subsidiary embeddedness has on competence development, subsidiary evolution and perception of clusters in Norwegian maritime subsidiaries located in the YRD area maritime cluster. Based on relevant theoretical perspectives from the above-mentioned fields of study, we have developed a research model serving as a base for seven propositions. A qualitative study based on four interviews has been conducted with respondents with of substantial knowledge and experience in the YRD (Yangtze River Delta) area maritime cluster. In order to support or contradict the research propositions, we have analyzed our empirical findings to reveal patterns and connections between our theoretical perspectives and the data gathered. We also searched for similarities and differences in respondents¿ statements.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The writer¿s purpose is twofold: to examine the electricity use in Zambiäs mining industry by focusing on own-price, cross price and index of mining production elasticities of demand, and on structural changes in demand patterns over the period 1980-2008 in order to expose any energy efficiency developments in Zambiäs mining industry. Data for Zambia on three independent and the independent variables was collected from various databases, and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The long-run mining industry electricity demand equation for Zambia is estimated and found to be useful and statistically significant. Both cross-price and index of mining production elasticities are statistically significant, and own price elasticity insignificant. Diesel price have long run significant impact on mining industrial electricity demand. Developments in the efficient use of electricity in the mining industry during the period 1980-2008 were minimal, and the explanation for this lies in absence of both national policy and mine policy on energy efficiency.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Currently constant discounting rate of 3.5 percent is applied for discounting the costs and outcomes in the UK. This study applied different approaches such as empirical, stepwise and time-shifted discounting in parallel to the constant discounting and identify their impact on cost-effectiveness with respect to the NICE threshold. The decision tree and Markov model were built for the UK population cohort followed for the lifetime. Only chronic patients were included in the model. The different discounting approaches were applied to the costs and health outcomes. The Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratios (ICERs) thus obtained were compared. This study was thus able to identify the approach which led to favourable ICERs.This study can specifically answer why different approaches are required for vaccines compared to drugs.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The production of flour and bread is one of the main branches in Ukraine. However, such strategic importance of those products does not prevent the rise of unfair competition in the market, risk of suspension of production among producers, or illegal behaviour of some enterprises, allegedly provoked by governmental regulation. Therefore, this case study of the price regulation of flour and bread in Ukraine explores how the government may cause negative externalities in the market.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book investigates the impact of unanticipated US bond yield increases, the federal funds rate tightening and monetary stimulus shocks on the South African economy using structural VAR models. The assessment of spillover effects from developed economies to small open economies has become a major issue among policy-makers. This has been heightened by the financial crisis, the euro area sovereign debt crisis and the non-conventional policy responses in recent years. Theoretical models show that policy decisions in large economies spillover into smaller open economies through various channels. For instance, portfolio balance models expose the strong interaction between the exchange rate, foreign interest rate, output and monetary stimulus. The portfolio balance model goes a step further to include the bond market to capture risk perceptions. Evidence contained in the book supports the theoretical predictions of the portfolio balance approach to the exchange rate determination model. Despite a weaker trade channel result, all other findings are consistent with the predictions of the Mundell-Fleming model of a small open-economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The mobile phone has brought about a communication revolution in the world. SMS through mobile phones are reflective of different behaviour patterns and new mediums of expression. Connected to the mobile phone, there is another aspect which can be studied as a new form of folklore¿the ringtone. An attempt has been made to perceive mobile phone ringtones as an emergent folklore genre and how they are reflective of the personality and sensitivity of the user. At present there are thousands of ringtones available in the market which provide a wide range for users to pick from according to their choice and need. Ringtones constitute a genre of folklore in the sense that it can become a channel for aesthetic creativity, as a means of communication, as a mechanism for the achievement of emotional release and a source of pleasure for the listener. The means of transmission is non oral and the creators are anonymous. Through ringtones people unwittingly reveal a lot of their personality. Thus it has similarity with traditional folklore characteristics like anonymity, collectiveness, publicity and variability.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.