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Chemicals are used in the production of many items that we depend on every day. Evidence demonstrates that certain organic chemicals are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic and that these chemicals cause long-term harm to the health of human beings and the planet s environment. Throughout the...
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Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages...
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In a recent article in this series, the author discussed the indigenous principles that undergird the maintenance of social control among Buems of Buem-Kator on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border in the Buem Traditional Area in the Jasikan District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The current...
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"One of the most contentious debates today is whether pollution-intensive industries from rich countries relocate to poor countries with weaker environmental standards, turning them into "pollution havens." Empirical studies to date show little evidence to support the pollution haven hypothesis,...
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This study identifies several factors that inhibit efficiency improvements in the farming sector, both in themselves and through the dynamics of their mutual interaction. The study observes that incentives faced in the labor market have important implications for the land structure and, and in...
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From the legislative point of view, Poland has a relatively developed public procurement system, though, as recorded … five years, procuring entities in Poland, especially at the national level, have acquired experience in implementing …
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This report provides an assessment of accounting and auditing practices in Poland using international standards as a … benchmark, while focusing on the institutional framework and application of given standards. In the recent past, Poland has …
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with the Ministry of National Education and Sports of Poland (MoNES). The modernization of higher education and other … tertiary education services has become an increasing focus of public concern in Poland. A major purpose of the report is to … educational services. Section one of this report summarizes the key trends in the development of tertiary education in Poland …
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fiscal stability and growth in Poland, towards the consolidation and restructuring of its public finances, strengthening its … affect, or are affected by the stance of public finance. First, it reviews Poland's economic performance with a focus on its … unfavorable debt dynamics. It also points out that Poland's public sector is relatively large for its income level, and that …
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