the oldest independent country in africa

... the African continent, with its attached Arabian Peninsula (including Lebanon), collided with Eurasia, uplifting the rock layers containing the amber to form the Lebanese mountains ... documented There are several ways of preventing further deterioration of the amber Perhaps the best method involves embedding the amber pieces in liquid plastic The plastic enters the ... have been carried into the sticky resin by the wind since they are readily airborne Those in Lebanese amber, such as the representative of the Arthroplèona shown in Plate 24, await

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20

... ability to help develop businesses serving the poor.17 At the same time, African countries are increasingly tapping into their own funding to tackle some of the most intractable diseases, such ... meanwhile, larger insurance companies are showing increasing interest in developing micro-products for the middle classes Ms Kimbo notes that these developments have led to an increase in the percentage ... spreading through West Africa has been a reminder of the continued vulnerability of African populations to infectious disease Yet there are signs that increasing education and investment is lessening

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:24

... ability to help develop businesses serving the poor.17 At the same time, African countries are increasingly tapping into their own funding to tackle some of the most intractable diseases, such ... in Africa” as the framework for a range of projects; targets included support for Benin and Swaziland in developing their health strategic plans and help for ten other African countries looking ... and private insurance for the wealthiest and those working for companies able to provide cover In Kenya, meanwhile, larger insurance companies are showing increasing interest in developing micro-products

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:24

... is in Appendix I A list of participants in the in-depth interview programme is in Appendix II The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the content of this report The findings ... in the poorest parts of Africa We’re now seeing that in Africa too.” Factor in the perilous state of the global economy and, in particular, the foreign aid and multilateral budgets on which African ... also being constrained by gaps in financing Sub-Saharan Africa makes up % of the world’s population but accounts for 24% of the global disease burden, according to the International Finance

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:17

... Sector Performance in the MENA Region: 2 Searching for Signs of Sustained Private-Led 3 Explaining the Private Sector’s Weak The Need for Humility in Prescribing the Keys to Policies, Institutions ... and the Availability of Credit 8.3 The Genesis of Business Elites in Morocco 185 9.2 The Federal Institute of Access to Public Trang 134.18 The Lasting Influence of the Old Business Elite4.19 The ... All international indices of the business environmentpoint unequivocally to improvements For example, in the area of im-business regulations that are measured by the Doing Business report, the

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... 4Main characteristics of Microfinance in the Region According the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) microfinance in Africa, in its myriad of shapes and forms meets the needs of an increasing ... door to new financing opportunities, including savings and equity investments 6 http://www.themix.org/me_na.html Trang 7Savings banks in the microfinance landscape in Africa Savings banks are ... tremendous strides in micro-credit offering If institutions in the region can maintain productivity, and at the same time overcome funding and management constraints to building up their institutional

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... decrease in the levels of hDlg protein in the human epithelial cell line HeLa when exposed to osmotic shock This is independent of the phosphorylation state of hDlg, is prevented by preincubating the ... but the results obtained from exper-iments using hDlg mutated at different p38c phosphor-ylation sites or using several kinase inhibitors, including the general kinase inhibitor staurosporine, ... Other protease inhibitors, such asthe calpain inhibitor MDL 28170 or the cathepsin inhibitor 3-Met adenine, did not affect hDlg degrada-tion (data not shown) Because it has been shown that the

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... at the beginning of 2010. This has resulted in some clothing producers in these countries (e.g. Bidserv in Malawi) being no longer able to compete in the regional market. It has also further ... effectively closing the border for the export of live sheep to South Africa. The impact of this restriction is affecting the small stock industry in both Namibia and South Africa. In the former, ... goods trade in Southern Africa. It also illustrates the costs associated with these barriers using information gathered from some of the largest firms engaged in cross-border trade. The note

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... regarding the sign of the coefficient on these variables include a dummy variable indicating the variable whether the respondent engages in offfarm work, [Also included in the data is distance to the ... reduction in rainfall and a change inthe timing ofthe rains or @ change in the frequency of drought These adaptations of course make perfect sense when there is uncertainty about the window of ... updating their expectations in the sense of making the most efficient prediction based on the historial information available to them, And the fact that they are ‘making adaptations to their

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 10:21

... development in its region by providing financial support to small and micro enterprises CMAC invests in regional activities and assists hard hit sectors in becoming financially independent by integrating ... where they operate is an integral part of their identity and one of their distinctive features amongst financial players On all continents, savings banks remain a key social actor, seeking to bring ... of the total portfolio Average savings in the account amount - provision of financial education aiming at giving people basic financial knowledge and bringing back self-confidence Classes include

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... in total Having identified the geographic location of the EA in the field, each ‘visiting point’ in the EA was counted A visiting point could be defined as a stand, physical address, a flat in ... versus urban informal) and within urban formal areas of residence according to the majority of the race living in the area (i.e., white versus African) Implicit stratification using a combination ... that these studies will lead to a better understanding the HIV/AIDS problem in the three districts concerned, as well as provide baseline information that will be useful for determining the effectiveness

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 07:20

... and income As a result, the region is increasingly becoming an important source of export demand that could form the basis for initiating and sustaining industrial development • Maintaining political ... ideas on the industrial development of Africa Some of the main outcomes of the conference include (a) the adoption in 1981 of the First Industrial Development Decade for Africa (covering the period ... forth 13 The Netherlands and the United States are the other major processing countries 14 In 2007, the savings ratio was 17 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa, 30 per cent in East Asia and the Pacific,

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 05:21

... 3.1 The investment climate is binding for both male- and female-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa 23 Figure 3.2 Perception of the investment climate in the Middle East and North Africa, ... and stakeholders contemplating reforms to the investment climate Its main finding: all entrepreneurs in the region face highly binding barriers in the investment climate, with few differences ... Cairo show that they inherited in practice, not merely in theory, and they were able and willing to go to court if they thought themselves unjustly excluded from inheriting estates 14 The absence

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... examines various stages of Korea’s Africa strategy in the post-Korean War era in exploring its three key motivations: achieving resource security, gaining political clout in UN voting and promoting ... addressed in the initiative have served as the backbone of the institutional structure of Korea-Africa relations (see Table 2): the pledge to treble ODA to Africa, upheld by the subsequent Lee administration ... as they clearly highlight all three motivations behind Seoul’s Africa strategy The two meetings convened during the official ‘Korea-Africa Cooperation Week’ to promote public interest in Africa

Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2014, 09:45

... Ser-1981 in all cell cycle phases On the other hand, no drug toxicity to normal FHs74 Int human intestinal cell line was observed Conclusions: Collectively, our findings indicate that DCQ reduces the ... leads to the phosphorylation of p53, thereby blocking its interactions with MDM2, and causing p53 stabilization This, in turn, stimulates the expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDKs) inhibitor ... normoxia depending on the cell line, which was in agreement with the clonogenic and MTT assay observations (Figures 1 and 2) Again, the p21-/- cells showed the greatest increase in the Pre-G1 population

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... about the role of nicotine in smoking and the second report in particular explored the role that different forms of nicotine delivery, including nicotine replacement therapies and low nitrosamine ... not a carcinogen [5], although it may be a co-factor in the cause of cancer [6] Tobacco products are on the whole more harmful than pure nicotine as they contain other toxins and in the case of ... trends in beliefs about the harmfulness of nicotine itself, stop-smoking medication including NRT, and SLT over the last 4 to 7 years in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia This paper also examines

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... societal impact by maintaining and reinforcing what is normalized in the texts Therefore, motherhood representations in film not only shape mothering identities, but also define the societal parameters ... Griffin explain, “The literary design includes the story, the setting, the action, the characters, the characters’ names, the dialog, the film’s title, and any deeper subtexts or thematic meanings” ... shaping ideals of motherhood Influenced by these forces, they coin the phrase “the new momism” to refer to contemporary mothering expectations that move beyond Sharon Hays’ intensive mothering

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 10:43

... Overall, the findings presented in the paper provide evidence of the definite role of corporate governance mechanisms in firm financing decisions in India Patibandla (2001) found that foreign investors ... public-listed Indian companies regarding the role of the independent director and the significance of that role in relationship to the composition of the board of company directors. The analysis indicates ... public-listed Indian companies regarding the role of the independent director and the significance of that role in relationship to the composition of the board of company directors. The analysis indicates

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2015, 19:49

... in Mount Elgon involving the Sabaot: on the one hand, pitting the Sabaot against the Bukusu and, on the other, splitting the Kalenjin speakers of Mount Elgon into rival subgroups, namely the ... where they keep cattle. They take turns rearing animals on the mountain, bringing back honey and making use of bamboo. Before the creation of Chebyuk, in spite of their isolation up in the moorlands, ... rights. The author emphasises that many of the problems in the Act derive from the paradigm of land titling that has been adopted. In the Diamaré in Northern Cameroon, on the other hand, the karal...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 01:20

... Note that The World Bank does not necessarily own each component of the content included in the work. The World Bank therefore does not warrant that the use of the content contained in the work ... will not infringe on the rights of third parties. The risk of claims resulting from such infringement rests solely with you. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work ... Network–Learning Alliance for Africa would be cross-sectoral. Within the World Bank it would, at a minimum, involve the Urban and Water networks in addition to the Africa Region. Close contacts with other...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:20