nanceGender and rural microfinance: Reaching and empowering women Guide for practitioners Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty This paper was prepared by Linda Mayoux and Maria Hartl. Linda Mayoux is an international consultant on gender issues in economic development including microfinance. She is currently global consultant for Oxfam Novib’s Women’s Empowerment, Mainstreaming and Networking (WEMAN) programme. Mayoux prepared this paper in collaboration with Maria Hartl, Technical
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National Agricultural Scenario | | India’s economic security continues to be predicated upon the agriculture sector, and the situation is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. Even now, agriculture supports 58% of the population, as against about 75% at the time of independence. In the same period, the contribution of agriculture and allied sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has fallen from 61 to 19%. As of today, India supports 16.8% of world’s population on 4.2% of world�s
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Directed Independent Adult Learning COURSE SYLLABUS FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION ACC-421-GS Course Syllabus FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION ACC-421-GS ©Thomas Edison State College January 2008 Course Essentials Federal Income Taxation is a one-semester course designed to help you learn the basics of federal income taxation of individuals. The course covers the basic tax calculations, filing status, gross income inclusions and exclusions, gain and loss recognition, business and personal deductions
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CHAPTER 20 INCOME TAXATION OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM MATERIALS Question/ Problem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *21 22 *23 24 *25 *26 27 28 29 *30 31 32 Learning Objective LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 2 LO 2 LO 2 LO 2 LO 2 LO 3 LO 3 LO 2, 3, 5 LO 4 LO 4 LO 1, 4 LO 5 LO 5 LO 1 LO 1 LO 1 LO 2 LO 2 LO 1, 2, 3 LO 2 LO 2 LO 2 LO 2, 3 LO 2, 3 LO 3 Topic Creating a trust Parties to a fiduciary entity Fiduciary tax terminology Fiduciary tax terminology
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Guide to living with Parkinson’s disease Welcome to the second edition of the ‘Guide to living with Parkinson’s disease’, produced by H Lundbeck A/S and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in close collaboration with the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA). This guide has been designed to answer the most immediate questions of a person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and their carer. It provides information on the disease itself, as well as the many aspects of treatment and practical
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UnitedHealth Group Name of Student Institutional Affiliations UnitedHealth Group The UnitedHealth Group is a company that offers diversified health care management services. It is based in Minnesota in the United States of America. It is located at Minnetonka (UnitedHealth Group, 1974). It is ranked the 14th on the Fortune 500 List of the best companies and business enterprises in the world. UnitedHealth Group has two companies that offer their services and products to the consumers. The two business
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the degree of activism that central banks should adopt in pursuing this objective. 3. Traditionally, it has been believed that monetary stability leads to financial stability. However, as the events of the 1990s show, it need not necessarily be the case. While there are complementarities between these two objectives, especially in the long run, the same need not hold in the short-run. A stable macroeconomic environment - low and stable inflation, sustained growth and low interest rates - can generate
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CASE: SM-136 DATE: 10/24/04 BETTER MEDICINE THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION The health care industry in the United States was troubled. Most of the world’s state-of-the-art health care research occurred in U.S. university and corporate laboratories. Similarly, most of the best centers in the world for delivery of health care were located in the U.S. However, the costs of health care in the United States were exploding and overall quality, along many dimensions, was not increasing
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www.ccsenet.org/ijef International Journal of Economics and Finance Vol. 4, No. 1; January 2012 The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Nigeria: A Sectoral Output Analysis Philip Ifeakachukwu, NWOSA (Correspondence author) Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria Tel: 234-082-470-7555 E-mail: nwosaphilip@yahoo.com Muibi Olufemi, SAIBU Dept of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Tel: 234-085-338-1914
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