This report analyzes the key aspects needed to successfully operate at the Vietnamese BOP, thereby focusing on the role of local actors. The results were obtained by conducting interviews with businesses operating at the Vietnamese BOP and with a trade promotion centre linked to the People’s Committee of Can Tho.
In this thesis the training needs of financial employees at Local Government Authorities (LGAs) in Tanzania are analyzed. This thesis focuses on financial decentralization, which means that decisions on resource allocation, planning and financial matters are made at grass root levels. Data are collected by focused interviews with the financial employees at 7 LGAs in …
Focus is on the performance of financing institutions ins LEDs via a case study. The results of the case study showed low levels of inter-institutional collaboration, inadequate education and knowledge diffusion, and inappropriate financial services. Human coordination has the largest impacts and also impacts its fellow variables.
This research investigates the internal and external factors that exert influence on the sustainability of the technical institute in Ghana during the project-assistance and post-assistance phase and the role of the different stakeholders in this process. These are the direct Ghana, and elements that influence the project team, in the Netherlands. Furthermore, internal factors that influence …
Community empowerment is increased by a good relationship between governmental and non-governmental institutions and the local community. This relationship is influenced by the amount of social capital. Community empowerment, together with a high amount of social capital, can lead to more local economic development.
The subject of this study is collective empowerment in a mobile biodiesel project in Indonesia. Four perspectives are discussed in the literature review. That is, the basic needs perspectives, the human capital perspective, the local institutional perspective and the capability of the collective to manage their own needs with the help of access to other …
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