Off-track, Off-target: Why Investment in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Is Not Reaching Those Who Need It Most [PDF]
, 2011 This report explores why resources are not reaching those who need it most and why progress is slow, uneven, and unjust. Among the reasons mentioned in the report: political priorities lead governments to favor other sectors, improve places already ...
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FACTORS DETERMINING RATING BASIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2017 The need to obtain information regarding credit rating of entities, both public and private was the reason for rating agencies development. A worldwide rating market is characterised by a dominance of the largest international agencies, including ...
Beata Hoza, Adam Żabka
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QUALITY ASSURANCE OF E-LEARNING IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA
Інформаційні технології і засоби навчання, 2018 In this article, international experience in ensuring the quality of e-learning education is considered and analyzed, as well as developed recommendations for improving the activities in this area in Ukraine. On the basis of the analysis it is determined
Oksana P. Vorobyova
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Limiting political discretion and international environmental policy coordination with active lobbying [PDF]
We address two concerns: trade liberalisation may lead to a race-to-the bottom in environmental standards; supra-national agencies, who might overcome this, may be captured by special interest groups.
Johal, Surjinder, Ulph, Alistair
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Power Institutions and International Collaboration on the Kola Peninsula
Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, 2006 The article discusses how international cooperative projects have contributed to increased interaction between civilian authorities and the military or other power agencies in Murmansk Oblast.
Geir Hønneland
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CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT EXTERNAL TOURIST ACTIONS ORGANIZED BY TRAVEL AGENCIES FROM ROMANIA [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2019 In the conditions of the competitive economies, the economic agents also face opportunities and threats especially in the tourism industry, taking into account on the one hand the mainly intangible character of the tourist products, and on the other ...
GOGONEA RODICA-MANUELA +2 more
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Multiple influences on corporate governance in sub-Saharan Africa : actors, strategies and implications [PDF]
, 2010 This paper examines the influences of three major actors – the international organisations, rating agencies, and indigenous African institutions - on the fledging corporate governance and accountability practice in Nigeria.
Adegbite, Emmanuel Olakanmi +1 more
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Benchmarking and understanding London’s Cultural and Creative Industries [PDF]
This paper describes the Greater London Authority’s evidence base for its work on the creative and cultural industries. Its main purpose is to show that th9is evidence base is viable, robust, and useful.
Freeman, Alan
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CREDIT RISK ASSESSMENT BY RATING AGENCIES: STANDARDIZATION VERSUS SUBJECTIVITY [PDF]
The development of the international financial market, the globalization of the financial resources and the increase of the world economic insecurity have been accompanied by the exponential rising of the corporate rating after 1980.
Monica Dudian
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Rating agency actions and the pricing of debt and equity of European banks: What can we infer about private sector monitoring of bank soundness? [PDF]
The recent consultative papers by the Basel Committee suggest an explicit role for external rating agencies in the assessment of the credit risk of banks' assets. In this context, an assessment of the information contained in credit ratings is important.
Gropp, Reint, Richards, Anthony J.
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