Search Results - subject:"needs assessment"

Kenya; Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report: 2003/2004

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

Kenyaâ€™s Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual progress report highlights that sound macroeconomic management policies are finally beginning to yield results in terms of macroeconomic growth, which is the underpinning for future poverty reduction. A high degree of price stability has been...

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Kenya; Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report: 2004/2005

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper examines Kenyaâ€™s Poverty Reduction Strategy annual progress report. The Investment Program for the Economic Recovery Strategy is Kenyaâ€™s medium-term strategy to foster economic growth and reduce poverty. Poverty is defined as the inability to command resources and is a...

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Strategic resource investment methodology for developing countries

Farr, John Vail; McDonald, Kenneth W. - In: International journal of diplomacy and economy 1 (2013) 3/4, pp. 329-348

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Challenges in needs assessment: The Head Start Needs Assessment National Analysis

Hung, Hsin-Ling; Altschuld, James W. - In: Evaluation and Program Planning 38 (2013) C, pp. 13-18

Needs assessment (NA) is conducted to identify discrepancies that guide the development and improvement of services. In … this article we focus on methodological issues in a secondary analysis of a multi-site, national needs assessment …. Understanding challenges in such a context is important for needs assessors. The Head Start needs assessment project is a good …

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Strategic resource investment methodology for developing countries

Farr, John V.; McDonald, Kenneth W. - In: International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 1 (2013) 3/4, pp. 329-348

includes an establish context, problem definition and conduct the needs assessment/stakeholder requirements, solution design …

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Leadership deficiencies in rapidly changing organizations: multisource feedback as a needs assessment tool – Part I

Longenecker, Clinton O.; Yonker, Robert D. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 45 (2013) 3, pp. 159-165

Purpose – This article aims to report the results of a study concerning the key performance deficiencies found in leaders in rapidly changing organizations. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 153 middle and front‐line managers from a cross‐section of US manufacturing and service...

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Leadership deficiencies in rapidly changing organizations: multisource feedback as a needs assessment tool – part II

Longenecker, Clinton O.; Yonker, Robert D. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 45 (2013) 4, pp. 202-208

was employed as a needs assessment tool which was a component of a formal leadership development program. Findings – The …

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A continuous approximation approach for assessment routing in disaster relief

Huang, Michael; Smilowitz, Karen R.; Balcik, Burcu - In: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 50 (2013) C, pp. 20-41

In this paper, we focus on the assessment routing problem which routes teams to different communities to assess damage and relief needs following a disaster. To address time-sensitivity, the routing problem is modeled with the objective of minimizing the sum of arrival times to beneficiaries. We...

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Conducting needs assessments : a multidisciplinary approach

Soriano, Fernando I. - 2013 - 2. ed.

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Leadership development needs assessment in healthcare: a collaborative approach

Grandy, Gina; Holton, Judith - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 34 (2013) 5, pp. 427-445

program starting at the needs assessment phase. …/value – Most research describes or evaluates leadership development programs with little attention devoted to the process of needs … assessment. In addition, the literature focuses upon participants who have finished a program or are part way through a program …

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