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1985

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Social Structure, Health Orientation And Health Behavior, Khalifa Ali Baej Jan 1985

Social Structure, Health Orientation And Health Behavior, Khalifa Ali Baej

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An attempt has been made to examine the relationship between social structure and medical factors in a framework which links cosmopolitanism to health orientation and behavior. Specifically, this study has attempted to investigate the variations in health knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behavior among individuals whose social structure varies in terms of cosmopolitanism.


The Impact Of The Multinational Corporations On Leading Issues And Policy Making In Less Developed Countries. (A Case Study On Kenya), Wamukota Francis W. Wambalaba Jan 1985

The Impact Of The Multinational Corporations On Leading Issues And Policy Making In Less Developed Countries. (A Case Study On Kenya), Wamukota Francis W. Wambalaba

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The era of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) is so significant in the development of the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) as was the era of the Industrial Revolution in the development of the now More Developed countries (MDCs). It could be referred to as one of the major economic frontiers in the LDCs as is the computer frontier in the MDCs now. Naturally therefore, there are problems of distrust, fear of eventual crisis, uncertainty of the correct path and a pain in policy making. Coupled with the North/South delicate relationship, the MNC's (which mostly comes from the North) acceptability in LDCs (which …