Keyword: developing countries

Found 852 papers in total
Centralized construction contractor selection considering past performance of contractors: a case of India
Centralized construction contractor selection considering past performance of contractors: a case of India
2009,
Analyzing the contractor selection procedures of government departments in various...
Resource and revenue management in nonprofit operations
Resource and revenue management in nonprofit operations
2009,
Nonprofit firms sometimes engage in for-profit activities for the purpose of...
Determining effective spraying periods to control malaria via indoor residual spraying in Sub-Saharan Africa
Determining effective spraying periods to control malaria via indoor residual spraying in Sub-Saharan Africa
2008,
Indoor residual spraying–spraying insecticide inside houses to kill...
Bridging the gaps between theory and practice: A service niche approach to urban sustainability indicators
Bridging the gaps between theory and practice: A service niche approach to urban sustainability indicators
2008,
Urban sustainability indicators play an important role in helping policy-makers ensure...
Enquiring into skills development with SSM: a South African experience
Enquiring into skills development with SSM: a South African experience
2008,
Since the first democratic elections in 1994, vocational education and training (VET)...
Current status of operations research/management science education at the United Arab Emirates business schools
Current status of operations research/management science education at the United Arab Emirates business schools
2009,
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate current status of operations...
Estimating the supply response of cotton and cereal crops in smallholder production systems: recent evidence from Mali
Estimating the supply response of cotton and cereal crops in smallholder production systems: recent evidence from Mali
2009,
Cotton is one of the most important crops in West Africa and is a major catalyst of...
Teaching and training operations research in Jordanian Universities: an empirical study
Teaching and training operations research in Jordanian Universities: an empirical study
2009,
This study evaluates the current status of the teaching and training of operations...
The economics of soil fertility management in Malawi
The economics of soil fertility management in Malawi
2009,
We estimated a normalized translog yield-response model using African farm-household...
Dynamic modeling of optimal papaya replanting decisions in the Philippines
Dynamic modeling of optimal papaya replanting decisions in the Philippines
2009,
The research question addressed in this paper is whether the standard papaya...
The geometric combination of Bayesian forecasting models
The geometric combination of Bayesian forecasting models
2008,
A nonlinear geometric combination of statistical models is proposed as an alternative...
Cost analysis in the implementation of ISO quality system in a petroleum refinery
Cost analysis in the implementation of ISO quality system in a petroleum refinery
2009,
The substantial amounts of financial and non‐financial resources invested...
Model selection in stochastic frontier analysis with an application to maize production in Kenya
Model selection in stochastic frontier analysis with an application to maize production in Kenya
2009,
This paper shows how to compute the standard errors for partial effects of exogenous...
Risk management of transboundary water resources: sustainable water management of the River Jordan basin area
Risk management of transboundary water resources: sustainable water management of the River Jordan basin area
2008,
The River Jordan basin suffers from regional water scarcity, wide economic...
Cost analysis of an integrated disease surveillance and response system: Case of Burkina Faso, Eritrea, and Mali
Cost analysis of an integrated disease surveillance and response system: Case of Burkina Faso, Eritrea, and Mali
2009,
Background Communicable diseases are the leading causes of illness, deaths, and...
Cost effectiveness of community-based therapeutic care for children with severe acute malnutrition in Zambia: Decision tree model
Cost effectiveness of community-based therapeutic care for children with severe acute malnutrition in Zambia: Decision tree model
2009,
Children aged under five years with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Africa and Asia...
Economic Efficiency of smallholder maize producers in Western Kenya: a DEA meta‐frontier analysis
Economic Efficiency of smallholder maize producers in Western Kenya: a DEA meta‐frontier analysis
2009,
Maize is the main staple food for most Kenyan households, and it predominates where...
Social efficiency in microfinance institutions
Social efficiency in microfinance institutions
2009,
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a special case in the financial world. They have...
In the Midst of the Large Dam Controversy: Objectives, Criteria for Assessing Large Water Storages in the Developing World
In the Midst of the Large Dam Controversy: Objectives, Criteria for Assessing Large Water Storages in the Developing World
2008,
By some estimates, there are 47,000 large dams in the world. India had 4,635...
Groundwater Depletion in the Jordan Highlands: Can Pricing Policies Regulate Irrigation Water Use?
Groundwater Depletion in the Jordan Highlands: Can Pricing Policies Regulate Irrigation Water Use?
2008,
Jordan is one of the countries with the scarcest water resources in the world. The...
Optimal Operation of a Multi-Purpose Reservoir Using Neuro-Fuzzy Technique
Optimal Operation of a Multi-Purpose Reservoir Using Neuro-Fuzzy Technique
2009,
Present paper is aimed to develop operation policy for a multi–purpose reservoir...
An institutional analysis on the dynamics of the interaction between standardizing and scaling processes: a case study from Ethiopia
An institutional analysis on the dynamics of the interaction between standardizing and scaling processes: a case study from Ethiopia
2008,
This paper presents an institutional theory–inspired analysis of the dynamics of...
Cost-benefit analysis of restoring Buriganga River, Bangladesh
Cost-benefit analysis of restoring Buriganga River, Bangladesh
2008,
The focus of this paper is to perform a cost–benefit analysis to determine the...
Determinants of the choice of health care provider in Nigeria
Determinants of the choice of health care provider in Nigeria
2008,
The study investigated the determinants of households’ choice of health care...
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