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Conditional Income Support Programs: The Case Of Mexico’S Oportunidades, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu Dec 2002

Conditional Income Support Programs: The Case Of Mexico’S Oportunidades, Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu

This paper describes the main features of Oportunidades, an innovative poverty alleviation program recently implemented in Mexico and targeted to households living in extreme poverty. It also surveys the main evaluations of Oportunidades, which have benefited from the fact that the program constitutes one of the largest randomized social experiments of its kind.


Innovation Durch Multimedia Im Maschinenbau – Technische Dokumentation Im Umbruch: Ein Leitfaden Für Maschinen- Und Anlagenbauer, Walter Hudetz, Michael Friedewald, Monika Harnischfeger Dec 2001

Innovation Durch Multimedia Im Maschinenbau – Technische Dokumentation Im Umbruch: Ein Leitfaden Für Maschinen- Und Anlagenbauer, Walter Hudetz, Michael Friedewald, Monika Harnischfeger

Michael Friedewald

No abstract provided.


Multimedia Product Documentation – User Requirements, Walter Hudetz, Michael Friedewald Dec 2001

Multimedia Product Documentation – User Requirements, Walter Hudetz, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

The globalisation of industry and the strong depend- ence of the German machine manufacturers on export has increased the importance of an up-to-date and user-oriented product documentation not only as a cost factor but as a compe- tition factor of strategic importance as well. The use of Multi- media is a promising approach to realize such an improved documentation. This paper presents the results of a survey that was conducted among the manufacturers of machines and their customers to identify the user requirements for Multimedia Product Documentation. As a result of the analysis a number of success factors are identified. …


Softwareentwicklung In Deutschland: Eine Bestandsaufnahme, Michael Friedewald, Hans Dieter Rombach, Petra Stahl, Manfred Broy, Susanne Hartkopf, Simone Kimpeler, Kirstin Kohler, Robert Wucher, Peter Zoche Mar 2001

Softwareentwicklung In Deutschland: Eine Bestandsaufnahme, Michael Friedewald, Hans Dieter Rombach, Petra Stahl, Manfred Broy, Susanne Hartkopf, Simone Kimpeler, Kirstin Kohler, Robert Wucher, Peter Zoche

Michael Friedewald

Die hier vorgestellte Studie „Analyse und Evaluation der Softwareentwicklung in Deutschland" [2] wurde von der GfK Marktforschung GmbH in Zusammenarbeit mit den Fraunhofer-Instituten für Experimentelles Software Engineering (IESE) und für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (ISI) für das Bundesmini¬sterium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) durchgeführt. Ziel der Untersuchung war es, den nationalen Softwaremarkt, der sich immer mehr zu einem der Schlüsselmärkte entwickelt, quantitativ und qualitativ zu charakterisieren sowie in seiner weiteren Entwicklung und seinen Anforderungen zu beschreiben.


The Rhetoric Of Fraternalism: Its Influence On The Development Of The Welfare State, 1900-1935, Brian J. Glenn Dec 2000

The Rhetoric Of Fraternalism: Its Influence On The Development Of The Welfare State, 1900-1935, Brian J. Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.


Understanding Mutual Benefit Societies At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, Brian J. Glenn Dec 2000

Understanding Mutual Benefit Societies At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century, Brian J. Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.


Peirces Zeichenbegriff: Seine Funktionen, Seine Phänomenologische Grundlegung Und Seine Differenzierung, Michael H.G. Hoffmann Dec 2000

Peirces Zeichenbegriff: Seine Funktionen, Seine Phänomenologische Grundlegung Und Seine Differenzierung, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

No abstract provided.


Wer Braucht Eigentlich Software-Patente? Ergebnisse Einer Empirischen Untersuchung, Knut Blind, Jakob Edler, Michael Friedewald Dec 2000

Wer Braucht Eigentlich Software-Patente? Ergebnisse Einer Empirischen Untersuchung, Knut Blind, Jakob Edler, Michael Friedewald

Michael Friedewald

No abstract provided.


The Shifting Rhetoric Of Insurance Denial, Brian J. Glenn Dec 1999

The Shifting Rhetoric Of Insurance Denial, Brian J. Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.


Housing And Sustainable Community Development: Enhancing Minority Home Ownership, Volume One, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Harvey L. White Dec 1999

Housing And Sustainable Community Development: Enhancing Minority Home Ownership, Volume One, Michael P. Johnson Jr., Harvey L. White

Michael P. Johnson

The articles in this volume are from the Housing and Sustainable Community Development Track of the Twenty-Eighth National Meeting of the Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA). They represent COMPA’s enhanced role in supporting academics and practitioners interested in housing and sustainable community development. These articles span the subject areas of urban revitalization (Herrington 2000), residential and housing concentration (Foster 2000), financial institution practices (Rhodes and White 2000, Ejigiri 2000), community socioeconomic characteristics (Martin 2000), homeownership (Baulding 2000) and subsidized housing (Johnson 2000). They address new and innovative strategies for community growth and revitalization and the need to communicate practicing …


An Implementation Analysis Of The Day Care Law In The National Capital Region, Vicente C. Reyes Phd Jan 1996

An Implementation Analysis Of The Day Care Law In The National Capital Region, Vicente C. Reyes Phd

Dr. Vicente C Reyes Jr

The implementation of the Day Care Law in the National Capital Region can be better appreciated in the light of the success and failure of the implementing agent of the Law, which is the day care center. The study looks at the status and the strengths and weaknesses of the delivery systems of the day care center. Aside from measuring the influence of the organization and management and the environment of the implementing agencies of the Day Care Law, the study also analyzes the different issues confronting the operations of the day care centers. A look into the nature of …


The "Realization Of The Due-Measure" As Structural Principle In Plato's Statesman, Michael H.G. Hoffmann Dec 1992

The "Realization Of The Due-Measure" As Structural Principle In Plato's Statesman, Michael H.G. Hoffmann

Michael H.G. Hoffmann

No abstract provided.


Review Of Peter Bernstein. Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk. (John Wiley & Sons, 1996), Brian J. Glenn Dec 1968

Review Of Peter Bernstein. Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story Of Risk. (John Wiley & Sons, 1996), Brian J. Glenn

Brian J. Glenn

No abstract provided.