The paper reviews the institutional structure or strategic framework, the Wine Industry Transformation Charter and Scorecard, adopted on 31 July 2007, through which good governance and social responsibility programmes are fostered, implemented and monitored in the South African wine industry. In...

The aim of the paper is to determine the role of human capital quality of local authorities in the local socio-economic development. The research was carried out in Warmia and Mazury Province in 2008. A synthetic socio-economic development Hellwig index was calculated for all urban-rural and...

The paper presents the utilization of selected European Union funds in the Zbuczyn community, Siedlce poviat. Studies conducted in rural communities show that possibilities exist for developing initiatives to support local development. The work outlines activities of local authorities and...

Global processes and local areas that have become part of the worldwide economic and social development and part of the process of creating a network of linkages and interdependence in the economic, technological and cultural spheres. The design of the synthetic indicator allows measurement of a...

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The purpose of this study is to assess the potential of clustering in the development of agriculture and rural communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the industrialization of agriculture, and identify instances of...

Uganda still lags behind in its tax collections at the domestic level. For most of the commodities the tax collection effort is not more than 5 percent relative to the statutory rate of 18 percent. This results into a situation where the government has to rely a lot on foreign financing. From...

The paper examines the interrelationships between public spending composition and Uganda's development goals including economic growth and poverty reduction. We utilize a dynamic CGE model to study these interrelationships. This paper demonstrates that public spending composition does indeed...