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Labour migration and economic interaction with the Kosovan Diaspora abroad have a profound impact on the economic opportunities and livelihoods of many individuals in Kosovo. This is not just limited to the household level. Economic interactions with the Kosovan Diaspora are so pervasive that they strongly influence Kosovo’s macroeconomic devel¬opment and, hence, all Kosovans. // In this 2014 Kosovo Human Development Report, we take a close look at how labour migration and interactions with the Diaspora affect human development in Kosovo. While human development has many different dimensions, this report concentrates on opportunities for productive employment (whether in Kosovo or abroad), material wellbeing and poverty reduction. Focus is also placed on access to education and healthcare (through higher income or access to services abroad), the circumstances of women migrants and women-headed households, and the impact of international mobility on social involvement and political participation. On this basis, we draw out the implications for policy interventions that seek to promote human development and especially, to engage the Diaspora in Kosovo’s future.
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Keywords: glass beads; Meroitic and late Antique Nubia; trade in antiquity; glass manufacturing; chemical composition; provenance study
Strings of colorful glass beads were a popular commodity traded throughout ancient Nubia in the earlier half of the first millennium AD. Combining macroscopic examination with laboratory analyses, the author breaks new ground in Nubian studies, establishing diagnostic markers for a study of trading markets and broader economic trends in Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia.Archaeometric results, lucidly presented and discussed, identify the origins of the glass from which the beads under investigation were made. The demonstrated South Indian/Sri Lankan provenance of some of the ready-made beads from Nubian burial contexts and a reconstruction of their distribution patterns in Northeast Africa is the first undisputed proof of contacts between Nubia and the Red Sea coast. Reaching beyond that, it shows Nubia’s involvement in the Asian maritime trade, whether directly or indirectly, during a period of intensive interchanges between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.
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Keywords: vertical division of labor; fragmentation of production; commodity chains; global value chains; networks; added value in exports;
The main objective of the chapter is to present the basis and development of global value chain and the reflection of this issue in publications in the literature from the time when commodity chains began to change the nature of relations between suppliers and buyers from different countries till present. It explains how and why the fragmentation of production has contributed to the strong interconnectedness of the countries and how different authors and institutions responded to this development. Their approaches and characteristics are summed up according to stages and commodity chain (CC), global commodity chain (GCC) and global value chain (GVC) theories.
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Keywords: Trepča Mining;
I initiated research on this report in July 2002, mainly using materials in the public domain in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In particular, use was made of Trepča, the Combine’s internal newspaper, for 1989-1999. This preliminary research familiarised me with the central issues regarding the business of RMHK “Trepča” in the recent past, and identified issues likely to bear on the problems of the enterprise. It provided a basis for further research carried out October-December 2002 on documents held at RMHK “Trepča”s head office at Zvečan, files at the offices of EU in Priština, and Trepča documents also held by UNMIK/EU and stored on 25 CD-Rom disks.
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Keywords: Ecology in Albania;
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What is the nature and the causes of economic development in the Republic of Moldova? As shown in this 2009 State of the Country Report, Moldova's geographic and natural endowment is not conducive to an effortless long term development. At the same time, poor and extremely scarce human capital congruent with the real economic needs, remains the key constraint undermining labor productivity. Within this context, it is crucial for Moldova to strengthen its market institutions so that to become the most attractive country for investors in the Eastern Europe. And because the institutional framework is also influenced by the political process and social order, it is important that various political parties and social groups, although holding divergent preferences, engage in peaceful discussions and go beyond one's boundaries regarding the alternatives that oppose them. Finally, Moldova's European aspirations still divide citizens in, at least two divergent camps, on the one side of the spectrum are those who favour the European option over the Eastern one and alternatively, on the other side are those that identify with the latter space rather than with the EU. All in all, this analysis points out to the need of a balanced and cautious approach both with regard to the foreign and domestic public policies, bearing in mind the overarching goal of European integration.
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Keywords: international business; international economics; international management; international marketing; international finance
The volume has 22 chapters organized in four thematic parts: the first part includes elements related to the world economy system in the context of international economic relations, international organizations and global governance. The second part looks at the international environment and how this influences the international activity of a company. The third part focuses on the organization that operates at international level and how specific activities are conducted (negotiations, contracting, management, marketing, foreign trade operations, risk management and others). The last part, the fourth looks at recent challenges in the internationalization, such as innovation, technology, intangible economy and lobby.
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Keywords: women;
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Keywords: festival;catalogue;film;
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Keywords: festival;catalogue;film;
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Keywords: festival;catalogue;film;
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Keywords: Rural farming; Transylvanian settlement; Pluriactivity and diversification; Agricultural activities; Small farms; Sheep farms;
The article analyzes the changes occurred in a Transylvanian village farming. First part of the paper focuses on the economic and social frameworks and context of the rural farming. The main part of the analysis based on the theoretical concepts of pluriactivity, diversification and food self-provisioning and the conceptualization of the special literature analyzes the economic strategies of a Romanian village, seeking to present a typology based on nature of economic strategies. The author argues that the main strategy is pluriactivity, however the limited forms of diversification are also present in the farming patterns of the village, which mark a shift toward a more specialized, profit-oriented farming. Near this strategies the food self-provisioning is also present, what is more there has appeared new ideologies and meanings regarding to food very well known mostly from the western countries' alternative food networks.
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REFORM OF UKRAINE'S INSURANCE SYSTEM: CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND // 1. THE INSURANCE MARKET SITUATION // 2. FACTORS THAT IMPEDE THE INSURANCE MARKET'S DEVELOPMENT // 3. DIRECTIONS OF INSURANCE MARKET REFORM // 4. CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS // ROUND TABLE BY CORRESPONDENCE: PROBLEMS OF INSURANCE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE // MODELS OF STATE REGULATION OF THE INSURANCE BUSINESS: EXPERIENCE OF WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES // PERSONNEL AND SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR THE INSURANCE BUSINESS // IS THE STATE CAPABLE OF GUARANTEEING THE SOCIAL PROTECTION OF ITS DEFENDERS? // INSURANCE IN UKRAINE: REGULATORY AND LEGAL BACKGROUND // PEOPLE OF THE HAPPY MEDIUM? SKETCH OF A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF-PORTRAIT // LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY UCEPS' EXPERTS IN 2000
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EU ENLARGEMENT AND UKRAINE // 1. EU ENLARGEMENT: APPROACHES AND ASSESSMENTS // 2. THE IMPACT OF EU ENLARGEMENT ON UKRAINE // EU ENLARGEMENT: POSITIONS OF STATE OFFICIALS OF UKRAINE // 3. CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS // EU ENLARGEMENT AND UKRAINE: VIEWS OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN CANDIDATE COUNTRIES // EU ENLARGEMENT: A FORECAST OF THE UKRAINIAN GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION // RUSSIA-UKRAINE-EUROPEAN UNION // UKRAINE AND THE EU: BETWEEN INTEGRATION AND EXCLUSION
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UKRAINE AND THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY: INTEGRATION OR CO-OPERATION? // 1. EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY: THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVITY AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT // 2. THE STATE AND PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE’S RELATIONS WITH THE EurAsEC // 3. CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS // EXPERT POLL OF THE RAZUMKOV CENTRE SOCIOLOGICAL SERVICE // DIPLOMATS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES ON THE EurAsEC // UKRAINE AND THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY // EURASEC AS A MEANS OF PRESERVING THE OUTSIDER STATUS // UNION OF THE EurAsEC AND UKRAINE: EXPEDIENCY AND POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES
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SALARIES IN UKRAINE: STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR REFORMS // 1. SALARIES IN UKRAINE: FORMATION OF THE POLICY OF CHEAP LABOUR // 2. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CHEAP LABOUR POLICY // 3. ACTION PLAN // REFORMING THE SALARY PAYMENT SYSTEM IN UKRAINE: A JUMP ACROSS THE SOCIAL ABYSS? // SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT A FISCAL TAX BUT THE COST OF PROTECTING THE LABOUR FORCE AND ENSURING SOCIAL PEACE // THE MAIN TASK IS TO DO AWAY WITH DUAL MORALITY AND IMPLEMENT A NORMAL REGULATORY POLICY // RAISING WAGES WOULD BE THE MOST PROFITABLE INVESTMENT INTO THE UKRAINIAN ECONOMY // DECENT WORK MEANS FREELY CHOSEN, PRODUCTIVE, AND HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYMENT // THE PROBLEM OF LABOUR REMUNERATION REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH // PRACTICAL SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS IS A WAY TO OVERCOME UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY // LOW WAGES IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE IS A THREAT FOR THE FUTURE // BRING ORDER TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISM CHARGED WITH PROVIDING SERVICES TO BUSINESS // BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN LABOUR REMUNERATION AND CONSUMPTION OF SOCIAL FUNDS AND THEN TALK ABOUT RAISING LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY
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UKRAINIAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE BEGINS TODAY // PARTIES: OPINION SURVEY // POLITICAL LEADERS ON THE PARTY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND 2006 ELECTIONS // I DO NOT FORESEE ANY THREATS FOR UKRAINE IN THE RESULTS OF THE FUTURE ELECTION CAMPAIGN // THE 2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE MAY SEE A TRIUMPH OF THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM // IDEOLOGICALLY KINDRED DEMOCRATIC PARTIES SHOULD UNITE // SO FAR, THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS // THE CURRENT SITUATION IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN // THE PARTY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTIONS2006: EXPERT OPINIONS // THE ELECTION BARRIER LIFT WILL PRESERVE THE CURRENT PARTY SYSTEM // “THE EFFECTIVE NUMBER OF PARTIES” FOR UKRAINE WILL BE NOT LESS THAN 5-6 THE MAIN CONFRONTATION WILL BE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OPPOSITION // WILL THERE BE A “BIG GOVERNMENTAL COALITION”? // SYNTHETIC PARTY IDEOLOGIES ARE BECOMING POPULAR
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THE NEW GOVERNMENT’S ECONOMIC POLICY: FIRST STEPS AND THEIR EFFECTS // SECTION 1. ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT: GAINS AND MISCALCULATIONS // SECTION 2. THE NEW GOVERNMENT’S SOCIAL POLICY: MIXED RESULTS // SECTION 3.THE DYNAMICS OF PUBLIC ASSESSMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT // FULFILLMENT OF PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO’S ELECTORAL COMMITMENTS // CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS // AFTER A HOLIDAY: THE STATE OF ACCOUNTS
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KYIV: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT // 1. KYIV: PROFILE AND CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT // 2. CITY RESIDENTS: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, STANDARD OF LIVING, AND QUALITY OF LIFE // 3. ORGANISATION OF LIFE IN THE CITY: GOVERNANCE, BUDGET, AUTHORITY, AND RESIDENTS // 4. CONCLUSIONS: KYIV’S ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT // KYIV AND ITS RESIDENTS: PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS // ASSESSING MUNICIPAL AMALGAMATION IN TORONTO, CANADA: WHAT HAS IT ACHIEVED? // ANNEX 1. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS OF KYIV: SURVEY OF EXPERTS // ANNEX 2. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS OF KYIV’S SATELLITE TOWNS: SURVEYS OF RESIDENTS AND EXPERTS
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