reforms was the Value Added Tax scheme (VATs). The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the VATs on revenue mobilisation in Ghana using tax buoyancy ratios. This study is a contribution to the ongoing debate over the appropriate mechanisms for expanding the tax base in developing countries. It explains the difficulties faced in constructing a culture of compliance especially among informal or partially formal. The study used ordinary least regression and
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Storrs, L. (2006). Left-feminism, the consumer movement, and red scare politics in the united states, 1935-1960. Journal of Women's History, 18(3), 40-40-67,148. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/203248794?accountid=35812 In the United States, right-wing hostility to female consumer advocates who held federal jobs or had the ear of federal officials was an important source of the crusade against "Communists in government," a primary engine of the Second Red Scare. The hunt for
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Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) Working Group on Savings Mobilization RURAL BANK OF PANABO (RBP), PHILIPPINES (CASE STUDY) Ulrich Wehnert Eschborn, 1999 CGAP Working Group on Savings Mobilization CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS 1 CONTEXT 1.1 1.2 Macroeconomic context iv v 1 1 Context of the financial sector 1 1.2.1 Role of the central bank 1 1.2.2 Regulation and supervision 2 1.2.3 General development and characteristics of the financial sector 3 1
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million – mostly Black and Hispanic – are working for various industries for a pittance. For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold. They don’t have to worry about strikes or paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in
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www.hbr.org Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect, analyze, and act on data. Every company can learn from what these firms do. Competing on Analytics by Thomas H. Davenport Reprint R0601H Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect, analyze, and act on data. Every company can learn from what these firms do. Competing on Analytics COPYRIGHT © 2005 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Thomas
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life and career[edit] Robert Laird Borden was born and educated in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, a farming community at the eastern end of the Annapolis Valley, where his great-grandfather Perry Borden, Sr. of Tiverton, Rhode Island, had taken up Acadian land in 1760 as one of the New England Planters. The Borden family had immigrated from Headcorn, Kent, England, to New England in the 1600s. Also arriving in this group was a great great grandfather, Robert Denison, who had come from Connecticut at about
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demand for many financial services from different financial firms. The market has responded to this soaring demand with making attractive offers and services for the customers at affordable rates. Since the LPG reforms of 1991, there have been progressive reforms in the financial sector allowing for better and easier facilities and options to the consumer. An increasing financially aware middle class have realized the importance of financial services. Banks have streamlined and rationalized themselves
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Industry Practices 1 5 Values & Ethics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective 1 5.1 Considerations for Evaluating Values of another Culture 1 5.2 Comparison of business cultures between China and USA 1 6 Case Analysis 1 6.1 NAICOM may sanction operators on unethical practices in insurance 1 6.2 Unethical and unauthorized medical practice - an alarming situation 1 6.3 Analysis and Recommendations 1 7 Conclusions 1 8 References 1 1. Background We end up in a century loaded with
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STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY Case Aetna: Investing in Diversity Case By Wayne Cascio, Ph.D. PROJECT TEAM Author: Wayne Cascio, Ph.D. SHRM project contributor: Nancy A. Woolever, SPHR Copy editing: Katya Scanlan, copy editor Design: Blair Wright, senior graphic designer © 2009 Society for Human Resource Management. Wayne Cascio, Ph.D. Development of this case was made possible by a grant from the Society for Human Resource Management and the National
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “Recruitment and Selection at AVIVA LIFE INSURANCE” SUBMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF PUNE BY SAUMYA MEHTA M.P.M. – IIIrd Semester (2006-08) CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Saumya Mehta student of SINHGAD INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION & RESEARCH, Pune has completed her field work report at AVIVA Life Insurance on the topic of “Recruitment and Selection” and has submitted the field work report in partial fulfillment of MASTER IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT of the UNIVERSITY
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