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Measuring The Degree Of Central Bank Independence In Egypt, Noha Aboubakr Farrag

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The past few years have witnessed a trend of increased delegation of authority to central banks. Increasing central bank independence is a recommended strategy for governments to establish a credible commitment to price stability as the final objective of the monetary authority, even at the cost of other objectives that may be more appealing to the political authorities. Existing literature on measuring central bank independence focuses on developed countries where quantifying the independence of central banks is easier, since quantifying the legal charter is sufficient to reflect the degree of central bank independence. However, in developing countries this task is …

R&D Sector As A Vehicle For Development: An Application Of An R&D-Based Model On South Korea, Rabab Hassan Ismail

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An Exploration Of Structural, Cultural And Institutional Factors Behind The Japanese Recession, 1990-2000, Yasmin Ahmed Mowafy

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This paper analyses the causes behind the Japanese economic downturn which started in the 1990s and investigates the failure of both fiscal and monetary policy to remedy the recession. The author asserts that the Japanese economy was due for recession when two factors occurred to precipitate it, the asset price bubble and the banking crisis. However, a recession would have occurred even if these events had not transpired, because of a number of structural factors. The recession was then prolonged by the existence of the "liquidity trap". The inevitability of the recession stems from the fact that the Japanese economy …

Economics Of Technological Innovation With Application To The Egyptian Food Processing Industry, Safwan M Noaman

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The objective of this thesis is to study and analyze the economics of technological innovation in relation to market and industry analysis as applied to the Egyptian food processing industry. The research is motivated by the importance and impact of technological innovation on economic and industry processes, particularly pertaining to feasibility of technological adoption and subsequent diffusion of innovative technologies. The Egyptian Food Processing Industry is analyzed fully using descriptive microeconomic methodology and by utilizing an industry wise supply chain analysis. The main analytical elements include Stein's competitive advantage, Stoneman's rate of technology diffusion, and sensitivity analysis. The industry requires …

The Benefits, Limitations And Risks Associated With Participatory Processes Used In The Planning Phase Of Large Dams: A Case Study Of The Bujagali Falls Hydropower Project In Uganda (January 1999-April 2005), Nivene Albert

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Participatory development has become one of the central influences in mainstream development thinking, as a result many of the influential bilateral and multilateral agencies, including the World Bank, have joined the advocacy of participatory development. In practice, participatory development encounters many challenges. First, local communities may not be homogeneous. Second, the local people often tell questioners what they think the questioners want to hear, a process which Chambers calls "inadvertent ventriloquism". Third, not all members of the population have equal will and power. This creates a skewed form of local knowledge and increases the risk of distorting the wishes and …

State Capacity Under Reform: A Case Study Of The Adminstrative, Policy, And Private Consultative Capacity Of The Ministry Of Foreign Trade And Industry In Egypt, Mona Hosny Ghander

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During the 1960s and 1970s, a number of developing countries have emerged among the top industrializing countries in the world achieving unprecedented growth rates. These countries became known as the Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) or the Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs). The interest in interpreting the NICs experience to identify prospects for emulation in other developing countries have led to a surge in the literature examining the role of the state in development and growth. It has been argued that while growth in these countries did not follow a unified path or emerge due to a unified set of factors, there …

Reputed Authenticated Routing For Ad Hoc Networks Protocol (Reputed-Aran), Abdalla Ahmed Fekry Mahmoud

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A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a spontaneous network that can be established with no fixed infrastructure. This means that all its nodes behave as routers and take part in its discovery and maintenance of routes to other nodes in the network. Its routing protocol has to be able to cope with the new challenges that a MANET creates such as nodes mobility, security maintenance, quality of service, limited bandwidth and limited power supply. These challenges set new demands on MANET routing protocols. With the increasing interest in MANETs, there has been a greater focus on the subject of …

Nature And Mystical Identity: Three Journeys To The Absolute, Mayada Mahmoud Al Shereef

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This thesis demonstrates three kinds of the Absolute and three different ways of approaching them. Farid Ud-Din Attar, Kate Chopin and Theodore Roethke take different roads to reach their Absolute. Similarities among the three works tackled in this thesis are represented by the role of nature in the spiritual journey to attain a mystical identity, and by having an ultimate goal of the journey called the "Absolute" . On the other hand, differences are represented by the different definitions of the Absolute that the three authors offer. This thesis also presents different notions like annihilation, unity and illumination that the …

Refusals In Arabic: Egyptian Native Speakers Vs. American Learners Of Arabic As A Foreign Language, Rasha M Abdel Moneim Badr

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The purpose of this thesis was to find out what were the types of strategies employed by American learners of Arabic as a second language and Egyptian native speakers of Arabic, to perform the speech act of refusal. Also, the present study investigated the similarities and/or the f differences between the most frequent strategies employed by both groups to perform refusals; in addition to investigating the relationship between the social status of the interlocutor and the initiating acts on one hand and the strategies chosen by both groups to perform refusals on the second hand. The study was conducted using …

Surface And Acidic Properties Of Mixed Zirconium And Titanium Oxides, Sofi-Rosamelia Bahgat Mahmoud Bahgat

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he surface and acidic properties of mixed sulfated zirconium and titanium oxides were investigated in the present study. One mode of preparation was followed entailing the use of zirconium sulfate and titanium oxysulfate as starting materials in a 1:1 ratio, and ammonium hydroxide as a precipitating agent. The resulting oxides were subjected to different extents of washing with water to vary their sulfate content. The mixed oxides were then analyzed by nitrogen adsorption, infrared spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and elemental analysis for sulfur content. The number of acidic sites was determined from the saturation values of the adsorption …

Media Convergence And Virtual Communities: Current And Future Implications For Civic Inclusion, Lamees Magedy El Baghdady

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This thesis has a multi disciplinary approach. It integrates the study of virtual communities and media convergence research with a broader social milieu that is represented in two levels of research the micro level and the macro one. Among the significances of this thesis, is that it is considered to be the first academic investigation in the Arab World that tackles this theme of research.

Furthermore, the researcher triangulates both a quantitative and qualitative methods as the methodological framework for the thesis. The main research sample consists of 500 Egyptian youth, who are members of virtual communities.

Besides, while the …

The Marginaliztion Of Women In The Political Participation Process In Egypt, Nouran Ezz El Din El Shabrawy

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This article examines the current situation of women in the political participation process in Egypt while highlighting cultural, social, economic, political and legal restrictions that are preventing women from having a chance to be more politically involved.

Legal Interpretations Of The Right To Divorce And Polygamy And The Egyptian Feminist Movement, Mozn A Hassan

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This essay aims to analyze the project of the Egyptian feminist movement in the legal arena to achieve equality for women under the Egyptian laws focusing on the right of divorce and polygamy. lt seeks to examine the most liberal interpretations towards these two questions. The essay assesses many of the methodologies used differently from feminist groups and its focal point were the lslamic legal interpretations according to the Egyptian legal system. The essay provides an innovative classification for feminist movement in Egypt. This classification is based on criticism of other available classifications and their legal tools every group have …

The Role Of Egyptian Television In Modernism And Fostering Social Change In Egypt, Amina Yehia Zaghloul

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The Dark Side Of Multilateralism: An Assessment Of The Position Of The Developing World In The International Trading System, Marwa H. El-Saghir

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Catch 22 Exclusionary Inclusion: The Palestinian Refugees' Struggle For Protection, Suzanne Taher Shams

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Efficacy Of Nubian Press In Cairo: A Uses And Gratifications Study 2006, Syonara Mohamed Adel Tomoum

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Transport Of E. Coli In Egyptian Agricultural Soils As A Result Of Reclaimed Wastewater Use For Irrigation, Aimen Badawy

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Limited water resources are one of the main constraints to socio-economic development and even a source of insecurity at national and regional levels. The increasing demand for water in the agricultural sector stimulated the use of reclaimed wastewater for irrigation. Comprehending health and environment risks resulting from contaminants that may often be associated with reclaimed wastewater will lead to the sustainable use of this resource, as well as the conservation of other water resources.

In the present study the fate and transport of one important wastewater constituent, namely E. Coli bacteria, in three Egyptian soils of typical agricultural use was …

An Examination Of The Gacaca Tribunals In Rwanda As A Practical Means Of Delivering Mass Justice, Myra Oscar Sabongi

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The Failure Of The Oslo Peace Process: Causes And Impacts, Nidal Mahmoud Al-Natour

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The Turn To International Protection: Examining The Relationship Between Humanitarian Intervention And Internal Displacement, James I. Pearce

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This study examines the relationship between two phenomena that are products of the move towards increased international protection during the 1990s.

Contesting The Gendered Flâneuse Of The Arab Metropolis: Literary Representations Of Gender, The Body And Urban Space In Selected Urban Writings Of Salwa Bakr, Leila Aboulela And Hanan Al-Shaykh, Mona Bur

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This study attempts to identify salient motifs and critical themes relating to flânerie (street strolling) of women in the city as represented in two short stories and a novel by three Arab women- Egyptian, Sudanese, and Lebanese.

The Egyptian Feminist Movement Between Theory And Law: Law In The Writings Of Nawal Al Saadawi, Lobna I. Khater

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of law in the writings of the Egyptian feminist Nawal al Saadawi.