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  Is corporate governance different for Islamic banks?: a comparative analysis between the Gulf cooperation council context and the Southeast Asia context

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012

  Islamic banks are particular financial institutions generating distinct corporate governance challenges. The present study examines corporate governance in Islamic banking firms in both Gulf cooperation Council countries and Southeast Asia countries. The investigation relies on a sample of 90 larges Islamic banks over the period 2000-2009.
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  Cost effectiveness analysis of family planning services offered by mobile clinics versus static clinics in Assiut, Egypt

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012

  Outreach clinical services –like mobile clinics– can play an important role by providing services to clients living in remote rural areas. This study reports cost effectiveness (CE) information of family planning (FP) services gathered from the mobile clinics and a comparable number of the static clinics in Assiut Governorate, Egypt.
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  The Green Growth Platform: inspiring a green approach to development

  UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013

  In Tanzania, and in Africa generally, there is growing awareness that the economy and environment cannot be viewed and treated as two separate domains in policy and practice. Rather, both are intrinsic to human existence and will need to be managed in parallel.
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  Managing natural resources to ensure prosperity in Africa

  UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013

  The discovery and extraction of natural resources has the potential to finance rapid, sustained and broad-based development. However, the historical record of resource discoveries in developing countries is deeply worrying.
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  UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development

  UONGOZI Institute provides services to senior leaders who have a demonstrable impact upon their society's development, as well as individuals who have been recognised as emerging leaders with the pote
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  Mediating peace in Africa: securing conflict prevention, strengthening the mediation and conflict prevention aspects of the African peace and security architecture

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2009

  The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland held a seminar in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 2009, on the theme of Mediating Peace in Africa: Securing Conflict Prevention.
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  Southern Africa Consultation on the Occasion of the 10h Anniversary of the Peace and Security Council

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2014

  The Peace and Security Council (PSC) is one of the main pillars of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) established in 2004. During the past decade, Africa has made significant strides in preventing, containing and resolving conflicts across the continent.
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  Perspectives of African non-state actors on the work of the PSC

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2014

  This paper was produced as part of the Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union 25 May 2014, Addis Ababa.
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  From non-interference to good governance: shifting perspectives on development in Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  While it is widely acknowledged that African countries have not been successful in creating viable economies to provide a decent standard of living for the people of the continent, by committing to improvements in these essential areas, African countries have demonstrated an initial commitment to reversing the continent’s reputation of mismanagement and poor governance.
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  Econometric modeling of world oil supplies: terminal price and the time to depletion

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012

  The exhaustion of oil is an important shortcoming in a growing world economy where real output is expected to rise over the foreseeable future. This paper develops a novel approach by which to identify the price of oil at the time of depletion, the so-called "terminal price" of oil.

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