CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION The concept of micro finance is not new in the world, sub-Sahara Africa and in Kenya. Savings and credit groups have operated for centuries all over the world. They include the Chit Funds of India, Tandas in Mexico, and Arisan in Indonesia. In Africa such groups consist the “Susu” of Ghana, BOSCA of Botswana, ADESSI of Burkina Faso, ACCORD of Uganda, Zusa of Zambia among others. In Kenya on the other hand Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) include Faulu Kenya
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Individual Assignment OF Organization studies Dr: Mohammad Iqbal, MIB, MIB, DBA. Student: Ahmed Hassan Ali Elmaloul . Student NO: 126030208021003. Sustainability Performance Measurement for sustainable organizations: beyond compliance and reporting Key Words: sustainability performance measurement (SPM), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), compliance, reporting, Communication, stakeholders, Organizational change, TRM. Type of paper: conceptual essay 1. Introduction The end
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‘Sustainability’ The Brundtland report (named after Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, the youngest person and first women ever to hold the office of Prime Minister of Norway, who spearheaded the initiative which ultimately led to the earth Summit in 1992), published in 1987 by the United Nation’s World Commission on Environment and Development, defined sustainable development as “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Sustainability
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Business Opportunity of Ship Breaking From Malaysia Submitted to Dr. Syed Ferhat Anwar Course Instructor International Business Environment (L301) Submitted by Group Eleven Ahamed Najeeb Rahman Tasnia Azim Choudhury Saifur Rahman Zahin Azad Moslem Abdullah Ar Rafee Section B BBA 20th Batch ZR74 RH76 ZR89 ZR121 ZR127 Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka, Dhaka December 23, 2014 i December 23, 2014 Dr. Syed Ferhat Anwar Professor Institute of Business Administration
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Shell Global Scenarios to 2025 The future business environment: trends, trade-offs and choices © Shell International Limited (SIL), 2005. Permission should be sought from SIL before any part of this publication is reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any other means. Agreement will normally be given, provided that the source is acknowledged. The information contained in this publication is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate although the forward looking statements
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Individual assignment 1. Through illustrative cases, examine the drivers of divestment from emerging markets. 2. Advise an established multinational or small-medium enterprise on an appropriate foreign market entry strategy Candidate Number : Word Count Examiner Place Degree Course Date : : : : : : 59552 2746 Professor Dr Joseph Amankwah-Amoah University of Bristol MSc Management International Business March, 2013 Table of Content I Table of Content I. List of Abbreviations .
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2.1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE & ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH The concept of social responsibility is not new. Although the idea was considered in the early part of the twentieth century, the modern discussion of social responsibility got a major impetus with the book "Social Responsibilities of the Businessman" by Howard R. Bowen. Bowen suggested that business should consider the social implications of their decisions. Fortune magazine annually assess America's most Admired Corporations
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cultivators, and minor forest product collectors. They lived in isolation with near to nature hence, called son of soil. Tribes constitute separate socio-cultural groups having distinct customs, language, traditions, marriage, kinship, property inheritance system and living largely in agricultural and pre-agricultural level of technology. The dependency on nature and impoverished economy affect population growth and control, literacy, sex ratio, pregnancy procedure, sexual and health care. In tribal people
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Self-Sufficiency in the Coastal Regions of Bangladesh Research: Case Studies Methodology Severely Affected with Assistance from BRAC Mohammad Jahargiur Maghi Abdur Rahman Talukdar Mohammad Rasul Sheikh Severely Affected with Assistance from GO or other NGO Abdul Halim Sikder Kazi Razzak Mohammad Sakhatwat Hossain Severely Affected with No Assistance Mohammad Suleiman Fazlul Haque Hawladar Abdul Khaleque Fakir Moderately Affected with No Assistance (Controls) Abul Kalam Mollik Mohammad Kamrul
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Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium sized Enterprises In West Africa: A Path for Reform and Action By Ibrahima Thiam Master, Russian Friendship University (1990) Submitted to the MIT Sloan School of Management in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION At the MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2007 C 2007 Ibrahima Thiam. All rights reserved The author herby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute paper and electronic
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