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Objectives: To study the prevalence and associated factors of non-sterile occupational injuries among students of modern medicine in Assam. Methodology: A cross sectional survey was conducted using a self-administered, pre-tested, structured questionnaire in English language adapted from the CDC...
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In the past environmental management practices have been based on disparate analysis of the impacts of pollutants on selected components of ecosystems. However, holistic analysis of emission reduction strategies is necessary to justify that actions taken to protect the environment would not...
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This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Some targeted consumers significantly reduced...
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This paper discusses alternative political economic perspectives on competition (antitrust) and industrial policies (IP), in theory and in practice, while critically assessing recent European IP in this context. It develops a new framework for IP, which emphasises the sustainability of value and...
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The purpose of this working paper is to give the real meaning of DEVELOPMENT from Islamic perspective. Most of Muslim … moral and ethical change for development in these countries. Islam appears to be the only dynamic religion and tells us … economics. Some scholars of WEST consider use of Islamic banking more suitable for economic development, while others consider …
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in furthering economic growth and development. The implications for the donor community of the decreasing relative … particular, that much greater care should be exercised when applying macro performance evaluation to development assistance. This …
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institutional quality such that, the institutional downside of development assistance maybe questionable when greater domestic … institutional development has taken place. Based on the hypothesis of institutional thresholds for foreign aid effectiveness, the … perilous character of development assistance to institutional quality is broadly confirmed in 53 African countries for the …
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This paper provides an overview of the history of development research at the World Bank and points to new future …. Second, development thinking is in a state of flux and uncertainty; it is time to reconsider both the Bank’s research … grounded in the key knowledge gaps for development policy emerging from the experiences of developing countries, including the …
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International development agencies are increasingly looking to business as a partner in achieving development outcomes …. Engaging business in development has become a central plank of many countries’ aid policies. However, the potential of public …-private partnerships for development is still largely unrealised. Business and development agencies would benefit from a better …
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my contention that a variety of Chinese contributions expedited Europe’s prolific economic development and aided in its … as well as indirectly to the development of Europe. It is also my objective to explain that a distinct correlation exists …
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