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Ferency, Donna. "Evangelization in Africa's cities particular focus on East Africa /". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Thomas, Bogonko. "Inculturation ecclesial and theological dynamics in East Africa /". Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Winrow, G. M. "The foreign policy of the German Democratic Republic in Africa". Thesis, University of Manchester, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234291.
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Bennett, Jim. "Proposed model for an Assemblies of God Middle East/North Africa undergraduate/graduate ministerial education program". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Marawu, Sithembele. "Foreign direct investment in South Africa: the case of the East London industrial development zone". Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/559.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been perceived by most developing countries, emerging economies and countries in transition as a major vehicle for development that would not only boost a host country’s economic development but also enhance its integration into the global economy. The common assumption is that presence of foreign companies in a host country, particularly a developing country, would lead to economic benefits; among them, transfer of technology, and skills and human capacity development. The establishment of special “development zones” and the roll-out of incentives to attract FDI are often predicated on the expectation by host countries that these benefits would be achieved. It is against this background that this study sought to find out the character of FDI in the East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ), located in the Eastern Cape. The study focused on the institutional preconditions and incentives used by the ELIDZ to attract FDI into the zone, and on whether these had any bearing on labour and environmental standards as well as on local skills development. Empirical data for the study were collected using in-depth interview with senior management staff of both the ELIDZ as an organisation, and one of the foreign companies located in the zone (a “tenant” of ELIDZ). In addition, a mini survey was conducted with a random sample of employees of the selected ELIDZ company. Among the key findings of the study was that the ELIDZ had in place a range of incentives and preconditions for the attraction of FDI, and that there were concerted efforts on the part of ELIDZ management to compel companies operating in the zone to adhere to specific iv standards – especially on the environmental front. From the mini survey results, however, the study established that achievements on the labour front were mixed. While most of the responses indicated that ELIDZ was playing a positive role in terms of employment creation, a high number of responses (from surveyed employees in the selected ELIDZ company) pointed out that employment standards were in question. For example, 41% of respondents reported “unhappiness” with their conditions of employment, while 50% deplored the fact that they were not allowed to belong to unions. Furthermore, responses were nearly evenly split (53%/47%) between those who reported that their employment had resulted in the acquisition of new skills and those who reported that it had not. From these and other findings, the study concluded that ELIDZ was facing a “balancing act” by expecting foreign companies to create jobs, transfer technology and contribute to local skills development while at the same time adhering to strict environmental and labour standards. The study thus confirmed a major consensus in the FDI literature, while FDI could bring about important socio-economic achievements in a host country, foreign companies and host governments are not necessarily motivated by the same set of factors. Indeed, at least a small facet of the study’s findings seemed to confirm the well-documented anti-FDI sentiment that the faith placed in FDI by host governments (especially in developing countries) does not always have a sound basis.
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Dow, Philip Edward. "The influence of American evangelical missionaries on US relations with East and Central Africa during the Cold War". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607676.
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Bunce, Melanie J. "Reporting from 'the field' : foreign correspondents and the international news coverage of East Africa". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6495cbb1-a4f2-46e5-82f6-0b69b4123217.
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There has been significant academic criticism of the international news coverage of Africa, but little or no first-hand research on the forces that create this news. This thesis draws on 51 semi-structured interviews and ethnographic work with practicing foreign correspondents in Sudan, Kenya and Uganda to explore the question: how can we explain and theorise the production of international news on East Africa? The thesis argues that Pierre Bourdieu’s Field Theory, and its analytical toolbox of ‘field’, ‘capital’ and ‘habitus’, can be meaningfully used to examine international journalistic practice. Field theory has been widely and productively used to understand domestic news production, but it has not yet been employed to empirically investigate journalistic production in the global sphere. The analysis is presented in three sections, each of which focuses on a different ‘layer’ of the international news system: the global field, where newswires compete for clients and capital; the national field ‘back home’ where traditional, nation based news outlets are based; and, finally, the local and immediate site where foreign correspondents work. Each of these layers is explored through an in depth case study of a major news producer/group of producers working in East Africa. The first and most substantial section examines the global journalistic field, and the position and practices of the Reuters newswire within this field. The second examines the foreign correspondents who report on Africa for print outlets in the UK. The final section presents two case studies of correspondents at work, negotiating a local news ecology: the election violence in Kenyan (2007-8), and the international coverage of the Darfur crisis. The discussion explores the fluidity between these three layers. Each analysis section stands alone as an investigations of major news producers in Africa today, and the forces that influence their work. Together, they build the argument that field theory is a useful approach to conceptualising the contemporary global news system, and examining journalistic practices within this. The main strengths of the theory lie in its notion of habitus; the extent to which it can incorporate and explain change; and its ability to link macro level phenomenon with micro level practice. The theory is ideally suited to capture and study the way in which foreign correspondents negotiate a complex and fluid global news system.
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Burrow, Olan H. "Equipping students of the International Baptist Theological Seminary of East Africa to deal with the issue of polygamy". Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Kimemia, Peter Njau. "The new initiative of the East African Cooperation : opportunities, challenges and prospects". Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004743.
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The landmark inauguration of the East African Cooperation (EAC) on 14 March 1996 brought to the fore some key issues regarding regional economic integration in East Africa, particularly since it signalled the second attempt by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to form a regional economic bloc. The EAC's predecessor, the East African Community, had collapsed in 1977 in acrimonious circumstances. Prominent among the issues that led to the collapse of the East African Community was the perception of unequal gains from the integration scheme, with Uganda and Tanzania considering that disproportionate benefits were accruing to Kenya at their expense. With the new initiative, the question emerges as to whether the problems that caused the collapse of the Community will not beset the EAC and subject it to a similar fate. In an attempt to address this question, this study considers some of the theoretical issues relating to regional economic integration among countries at different levels of development, and attempts to provide an analysis of the new initiative of the EAC in the light of this theory and the history of the East African Community. The study also critically examines the objectives of the EAC and the integration strategy adopted by the three countries, and offers suggestions on the way forward. Among the arguments made in this thesis are that, contrary to the suggestions of orthodox static analysis, if the dynamic effects of integration are considered, then there may be important gains which may accrue to integrating states in the developing country context. It is also argued that different levels of development among integrating states need not necessarily be an impediment to economic integration. The study finds that, in spite of the enormous challenges facing the EAC, member states may be better off within the integration scheme than if they acted as individual units in a rapidly globalizing international system.
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Swana, Leonard Sandile. "Talent management by the East London IDZ to lever the competitive edge". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015982.
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Talent in the field of attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is scarce in South Africa, especially in the Eastern Cape, due to the history of exclusion of South Africa from world economic participation, prior to 1994. In order for the ELIDZ to achieve its mandate of FDI attraction, job creation and economic growth, talent management has to be a key aspect in the boardroom discussions and strategic planning sessions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effective use of talent management by the East London IDZ to leverage the competitive edge of the ELIDZ in the business of attracting Foreign Direct Investment into South Africa, and also of competing against the world’s Economic Processing Zones (EPZ’s) and Free Trade Zones (FTZ’s). According to Holbeche (2009:166), talent consists of those individuals who can make a difference to organisational performance, either through their immediate contribution, or, in the longer term, by demonstrating the highest level of potential. For the purpose of this study, talent management is defined as the systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement / retention and deployment of those individuals with high potential who are of particular value to an organisation. The literature reviewed pointed out very clearly that organisations that have properly developed, implemented and managed talent management strategies enjoy high levels of motivation, innovation and creativity, lesser levels of staff turn-over, high employee performance, superior productivity and mostly a competitive advantage in their league. The East London IDZ study response enjoyed a rate of 40 out of 54 employees who received questionnaires and returned them by the due date. The responses represented a total of 74.1 percent, and this level of response is attributed to the fact that by the end of May 2011, the ELIDZ had just undergone an Organisational Re-structuring. The current status quo of the ELIDZ, based on the views as reflected in this study ,is very compromising for an organisation that aims to compete in the global space for the attraction and retention of foreign direct investment (FDI’s), and the global competitiveness based on the talent available. The overall picture depicted by the empirical results suggests that there are critical gaps for which the ELIDZ Executive Management and Board need to craft solutions, if competitiveness is going to be taken seriously in the near and long-term future.
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Van, Zyl Jacobus 1962. "The impact of reformed missions on the origin, growth and identity of the Reformed Church of East Africa, 1905-2000". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52536.
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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2001ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mission work was done consecutively by two Reformed missionary enterprises in Kenya and led to the establishment of the Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA). The Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC), which established congregations amongst South Africans who had come to Kenya from 1905 onwards, played an important role during the phase of church- planting: initially through a spontaneous congregational outreach towards the local people of western Kenya during the 1930s and subsequently through formal missionary action which began with the calling ofBB Eybers as a full-time missionary in 1944. Thus the foundations were laid for the establishment of what is today the RCEA. Before Eybers left in 1960 three congregations had come into existence under the auspices of the DRC. The second phase of the missionary endeavour began in 1961 with an agreement between the DRC and the Reformed Mission League in the Netherlands (RML) whereby the latter was asked to continue the work started by the DRC. The Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA) was formally instituted in 1963. Despite almost a century of activities, a thorough investigation of the history of the founding of this Church has not yet been done. Due to the fact that information regarding this topic has been widely dispersed to different parts of the world, and that it was written in several languages, there is a real danger that such information may be lost or become irretrievable. Considering this situation, the aim of the study was to investigate the history of the RCEA and to determine the influence of the two missionary enterprises on the current identity of the RCEA. The mission's objectives, policies and methods implemented by the South African DRC until 1961 were compared to the objectives, policies and methods used by the Netherlands RML as from 1961 until the present day. The study then attempted to determine what effect these two enterprises with their respective and varying emphases had on the formation and development of the RCEA. An identity analysis of the RCEA was undertaken to determine the influence of the two missionary enterprises on the current identity of the RCEA. In various respects this identity reflects the influence of the DRC in South Africa and the Reformed Mission League in the Netherlands on the RCEA. It appears that the impact of the Missions is evident in a variety of aspects of the church life of the RCEA. The ecclesiastical model introduced by the DRC and continued by the RML remained dominant in the RCEA. The fundamentals of Reformed theology (sola scriptura., sola gratia, sola fide), the church concept (proclamational), the style of communication, the worship and the liturgy reflect the lasting influence of both missions on the RCEA. The findings were evaluated from a critical missiological perspective to indicate what the effect of the dual involvement of the two Missions was on the RCEA. Still, the RCEA is no carbon copy of either of these missionary enterprises. The identity of the RCEA developed within the culture and context of the people of Kenya amongst whom it was established and, as such, formed a Church unique in its own right.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die ontstaan van 'n inheemse gereformeerde kerk op die ewenaar, die Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA), was die gevolg van sendingwerk wat opeenvolgend deur twee gereformeerde sendinge in Kenia gedoen is. Die Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Suid-Afiika (Ned. Geref. Kerk), wat sedert die begin van die twintigste eeu gemeentes onder Suid-Afrikaners gevestig het, het 'n belangrike rol gespeel gedurende die kerkplantingsfase. Dit het aanvanklik plaasgevind deur 'n spontane gemeentelike uitreik-aksie na die plaaslike bevolking in Wes Kenia gedurende die 1930s. Dit is voortgesit deur formele sendingwerk wat in 1944 begin het toe BB Eybers as voltydse sendeling beroep is. Gedurende Eybers se dienstyd is die grondslag gele vir die kerk wat vandag bekend staan as die Reformed Church of East Africa. Voordat Eybers in 1960 weg is, het drie gemeentes onder die toesig van die Ned. Geref. Kerk ontstaan. Die tweede fase van die sendingaksie het in 1961 met 'n ooreenkoms tussen die Ned Geref. Kerk en die Gereformeerde Zendingsbond in Nederland (GZB) waartydens laasgenoemde gevra is om die werk oor te neem. Die Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA) het in 1963 tot stand gekom. Alhoewel die vroee geskiedenis van die RCEA byna 'n eeu gelede begin het, is 'n deeglike ondersoek aangaande die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die kerk nog nie gedoen nie. Weens die feit dat inligting oor hierdie onderwerp oor verskillende dele van die wereld verspreid is, en in verskillende tale geskryf is, bestaan die gevaar dat hierdie inligting verlore kan raak. In die lig hiervan was die doel van die studie om die geskiedenis van die RCEA na te gaan en te bepaal watter invloed die twee sendingaksies op die huidige identiteit van die RCEA gehad het. Die sendingdoelstellings, -beleid en -metodes van die Ned. Geref. Kerk tot in 1961 word vergelyk met die doelstellings, beleid en metodes van die GZB vanaf 1961 tot en met 2000. Die studie probeer bepaal watter effek die twee sendingaksies met hul onderskeie aksente op die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die RCEA, gehad het. Die bevindinge is geevalueer vanuit 'n kritiese missiologiese perspektief. Dit was nodig om 'n identiteitsanalise van die RCEA te doen ten einde die invloed van beide die Ned. Geref. Kerk in Suid-Afrika en die Gereformeerde Zendingsbond in Nederland op die kerk te bepaal. Die navorsing het getoon dat die impak van die twee sendingaksies die identiteit van die RCEA inderdaad in 'n groot mate bepaal het. Die ekklesiologiese model wat eie is aan die Ned. Geref. Kerk en deur die GZB voortgesit is, is ook kenmerkend van die identiteit van die RCEA vandag. Die grondslae van die Reformasie (sola scriptura, sola gratia, sola fide), die kerkbegrip (verkondigingsmodel), die kommunikasiestyl, die erediens en die liturgie weerspieel die voortgaande invloed van beide sendingaksies op die RCEA. Hierdie bevindige is geevalueer vanuit 'n krities-rnissiologiese perspektief om aan te to on wat die effek van die invloed van die sendingaksies op die RCEA was. Nogtans is die RCEA nie 'n blote deurslag kopie van een of beide van hierdie sendingaksies nie. Die identiteit van die RCEA het ontwikkel binne die kultuur en konteks van die mense van Kenia onder wie dit gevestig is. Sodoende het 'n Kerk met 'n eiesoortige karakter ontstaan.
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Sieberhagen, Charl Francois. "Die beskikbaarstelling, deur die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika, van die Bybel in die inheemse tale van Suid-Afrika 'n missiologiese studie /". Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01182007-160718/.
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Collier, Simon M. W. "Countering Communist and Nasserite propaganda : the Foreign Office Information Research Department in the Middle East and Africa, 1954-1963". Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/14327.
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This thesis considers the role of the Information Research Department (IRD) in countering Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda directed at British interests in the Middle East and Africa between 1954 and 1963. It argues that the 1956 Suez Crisis and its fallout was the catalyst that drove a significant expansion of IRD's remit and responsibility. From 1956 the department – which up to this point had had a purely anti-Communist function – was given the responsibility of countering the increasing flow of Arab nationalist propaganda emerging from Egypt. The same year, the Communist powers mounted a renewed and concerted effort to culturally and ideologically penetrate Africa. IRD, who to this point had been excluded from directly operating in Africa, began counter-Communist work in the face of stiff Colonial Office resistance. Analysis of IRD in the Middle East has rarely considered events beyond the immediate aftermath of Suez. IRD's work in Africa is almost wholly unexplored. It is a central contention of this thesis that the two regions cannot be viewed in isolation post-Suez. Egypt's standing was buoyed by the propaganda capital of victory over Suez, and Nasser's position as the figurehead of Arab nationalism was assured. In seeking the removal of colonial influence from the Middle East and Africa, Arab propaganda – particularly the Voice of the Arabs programme of Cairo Radio – ties the regions together. Communist and African nationalist propagandists were drawn to Cairo in the wake of the Suez Crisis. The former, building relationships through aid, sought to leverage Cairo's expanding influence to their own advantage. The latter sought facilities and support for their own propaganda efforts. After Suez, IRD sought to manage Egyptian propaganda whilst avoiding direct confrontation, seeking to normalise relations. In Africa, the department sought to build an infrastructure for information work aimed at influencing future leaders, their efforts constrained by the timetable of British decolonisation. In both regions, through developing relationships with local agencies and the BBC, and from initiatives such as the Transmission 'X' news commentary service, IRD continued to address Arab nationalist and Communist propaganda with a flexibility and responsiveness not recognised in the current literature on IRD.
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May, Cindy Lou. "United States presidential decision-making and the use of force during crises in the Middle East and North Africa, 1979-2009". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648219.
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Christie, Ross. "'Britain's crisis of confidence' : how Whitehall planned Britain's retreat from the extra-European world, 1959-1968". Thesis, University of Stirling, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2018.
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This thesis attempts to give an account of how Whitehall planned Britain's withdrawal from extra-European commitments in the years 1959-1968, demonstrating that foreign policy development was essentially a cross-departmental process, involving a synthesis of views articulated by the Treasury, Board of Trade, Ministry of Defence, Colonial Office, Commonwealth Relations Office, as well as the Foreign Office. More specifically, the thesis is concerned with the direct effects of the interplay of different departmental policies on British retrenchment from Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East. Most accounts of how ministers and officials approached the subject of withdrawal from international commitments lack any substantive analysis of documentary evidence, a fact attributable to the 'thirty-year rule'. Many academic works also contain a reference to 'delusions of grandeur' as the main explanation as to why Whitehall guided a tentative course in extracting Britain from its remaining overseas obligations. By examining Whitehall's attempts to review future policy, usually on an inter-departmental basis, this thesis questions the commonly held assumption that an outdated imperial sentiment permeated the political establishment until economic reality, namely the devaluation of sterling in November 1967, forced Britain to confront the fragility of its position. Developing and expanding upon previous scholarship, this thesis makes a contribution to historical knowledge by providing the first sustained and unified study of how the highest echelons of Whitehall framed Britain's long-term strategic aims in the late 1950s and 1960s. This thesis is a contribution to administrative, diplomatic and military history, and provokes a number of questions. To what extent, for example, did economic considerations inform the decisions of leading policy-makers? Did a misjudgment over the strength of British 'power' lead to the pursuit of inappropriate foreign policy objectives? How was foreign policy affected by defence policy? What influence did the Treasury exert over high foreign policy? Did the influence of civil servants vary according to policy issues and the personalities involved? In what ways did the views of the departments responsible for economic matters differ from those in charge of defence policy on the priority attached to military expenditure? To what extent did the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence disagree on matters regarding Britain's overseas commitments and possessions? In answering such questions, this thesis casts new light on how Whitehall, between 1959 and 1968, reduced the scope of Britain's international commitments, redirecting the central thrust of British foreign policy away from extra-European commitments towards Europe.
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Millya, James Kinyasi. "The impact of direct foreign and local investment on indigenous communities in East Africa: a case study of the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania". Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/5843.
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The general objective of this study is to lay out the bases for an assessment of the impact of foreign and local investment on indigenous people in East Africa. For this purpose it will explore the current and systematic practice of violations of human rights as against the obligation of states
to promote and to protect human rights and to guarantee effective remedies for victims in cases where those rights have been violated under the international human rights law jurisprudence in an African context. Reveals how State sponsored investments in Maasai traditional land, particularly creation of national parks, game reserves and game controlled areas have changed the way of life of the
Maasai as a “people” aggravating their marginalization.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr Lorite Alejandro of the Department of Law, American University - Cairo Egypt.
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Shai, Kgothatso Brucely. "An afrocentric critique of the United States of America's foreign policy towards Africa : the case of Ghana and Tanzania, 1990-2014". Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2610.
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Thesis (Ph. D. (International Politics)) -- University of Limpopo, 2016The United States of America’s (US) foreign policy towards Africa has been the subject for debate. This is partly because the country’s relationship with African countries is not consistent. By and large, such relations are shaped by a number of factors which include political orientation and material resources. Within this context, the present study uses case studies from two different parts of Africa to tease out US foreign policy towards Africa. This explorative study uses Ghana and the United Republic of Tanzania (hereafter referred to as Tanzania) as test cases to compare and critique the post-Cold War foreign policy of the US towards Africa. It does this by first analysing and constructing the theoretical material on the three pillars of the US Africa policy (oil, democracy and security) and subsequently, contemporaneously locating the US relationship with Ghana and Tanzania. Largely, the study carries a historical sensibility as it traces the US relationship with Ghana and Tanzania from as far as the colonial era. History is crucial in this regard because the past provides a sound basis for understanding the present and future. To add, in International Politics theory holds sway and history is used as a laboratory. In this thesis, the researcher proposes Afrocentricity as an alternative theoretical paradigm crucial in understanding US foreign policy towards Africa. As it shall be seen, such a paradigm (theoretical lens) remains critical in highlighting the peculiarity of the US relationship with Ghana and Tanzania. It is envisaged that a deeper understanding of the US foreign policy towards Ghana and Tanzania is achievable when its analysis and interpretation is located within a broader continental context of Africa. To realise the purpose of this study, the researcher relies methodologically on interdisciplinary critical discourse and conversations in their widest forms. With reference to the test cases for this study, the agenda for democratic consolidation features prominently on both of them while oil is only applicable to Ghana in this regard. In contrast, Tanzania distinguishes itself both as a victim of terrorism and equally so as a strategic partner on the US anti-terrorism efforts in East Africa. Yet, oil in West Africa’s Ghana is important for the US both as an economic resource and a strategic energy source during wartime periods. Overall the ‘differential’ foreign policy towards individual African states is also a significant observation which dispels the myth of a universal US foreign policy framework. Keywords: Africa, Afrocentricity, democracy, East Africa, foreign policy, Ghana, oil, security, Tanzania, United States of America, West Africa.
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EL, BIESI MOHAMED ABDEL HAMIED HASSAN. "Foreign banking, financial development and economic growth: recent evidence from MENA Region". Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/1345.
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Obiettivo di questo lavoro è quello di analizzare i motivi della presenza delle banche estere nella regione MENA (Middle East North Africa) nella duplice prospettiva delle banche e dei policy makers. Da un lato, si considerano le determinanti della performance delle banche straniere operanti nella regione; dall’altro lato, ci si concentra sulle determinanti della crescita economica della regione.
Nella prima parte si analizzano le determinanti della performance finanziaria di un campione di 71 banche straniere operanti nella regione MENA nel periodo 2002-2007. In particolare, si studia l’impatto sulle performance di variabili bank-specific e di variabili macroeconomiche, legate anche alle caratteristiche del sistema finanziario.
I risultati indicano che, tra le prime, sono rilevanti la patrimonializzazione (impatto positivo), il totale degli attivi (impatto negativo) e la liquidità (impatto negativo). Sebbene poco significativa, l’offerta di servizi di Finanza Islamica ha invece un impatto negativo sulla performance. Tra le seconde sono invece rilevanti, con impatto positivo sulla performance, lo sviluppo del mercato finanziario, il volume degli scambi commerciali interni e con il Paese di provenienza della banca e la crescita del PIL pro-capite.
Nella seconda parte si analizza invece la relazione esistente tra lo sviluppo finanziario e bancario e la crescita economica della regione MENA nel periodo 2000-2007.
In questo caso i risultati indicano che lo sviluppo degli investimenti diretti all’estero e l’apertura commerciale del Paese hanno un impatto positivo e significativo sulla crescita del PIL pro-capite. Ai fini della crescita del PIL pro-capite, i risultati mostrano anche l’importanza delle variabili collegate allo sviluppo del settore finanziario e bancario ed alla qualità delle istituzioni di governo e della regolamentazione.In this thesis we tried to combine the interests of both foreign banks and policy makers. On the one side, we investigated foreign banks operating in MENA region for better understanding what factors have more effect on their profitability (first part of this work). On the other side, from the policy maker’s perspective, we examined factors that could help to enhance the functioning of their countries’ financial systems and thereby the economic growth. Using unbalanced dataset of 71 foreign banks in nine MENA countries, the first part investigated two main research subjects: the impact of selected macroeconomic, financial market and bank specific determinants on foreign banks profitability and the effect of provision of Islamic Financial Services (IFS). The results show that the most significant factors affecting foreign banks’ profitability in MENA are capital, total assets and liquidity ratios at bank level, and stock market capitalization, trade volume, bilateral trade and level of income per capita growth on macro and banking industry level. The second part of this work provides new evidence on the nexus between foreign banks, financial development and growth. The results of the second part report that FDI and trade openness have a positive and robust significant relation with growth. Looking at the financial and banking sectors determinants, the overall results show that they matter for growth in MENA region and they are statistically significant factors in measuring economic growth . Finally, other factors such as quality of regulation and efficient government policies were examined, and always appeared as highly significant.
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Sanecki, Kim Caroline. "Protestant Christian Missions, Race and Empire: The World Missionary Conference of 1910, Edinburgh, Scotland". unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07062006-114644/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.Title from title screen. Ian Christopher Fletcher, committee chair; Duane J Corpis, committee member. Electronic text (180 p.). Description based on contents viewed May 8, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-180).
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Lindqvist, Joseph. "Lord of the Nile : Explaining how the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has affected Ethiopian Foreign Relations". Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104183.
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The aim of this essay is to examine how the foreign relationships of Ethiopia has developed as a result of the construction and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between 2011 and 2021. This essay therefore asks: How has Ethiopia’s foreign relations with the EU, Egypt, Sudan and China changed, have those relationships become more conflictual or cooperative, and how could potential changes be explained using a constructivist perspective? Constructivism is used as a means of explaining changes in the statements, positions and policies of these countries through concepts such as “norms” and “identities”. It additionally utilizes concepts from other studies such as “Hydro-hegemony”, “Benefit Sharing” and “Ethiopian renaissance”. It uses the BAR-scale from Wolf et al. (2003) to determine the different stages of Ethiopia’s relationships. The study concludes that Ethiopia’s relationship with the EU and China have progressed positively as a result of the GERD, and they have now started considering Ethiopia a more equitable partner for further cooperation. The relationship with Egypt and Sudan initially improved, with new Ethiopian norms of cooperation and equitable utilization becoming mainstay. However, Ethiopia’s unilateral action during recent events broke these norms, and has turned the relations conflictual once again.
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Driessen, Miriam. "Asphalt encounters : Chinese road building in Ethiopia". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:160b0802-8bb6-4ddb-8bb1-e9c8cd3f11d7.
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Over the past decade, road construction has come to represent Chinese engagement with Ethiopia. This study considers the lives of Chinese workers at the lower end of one such project in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. By examining the ways in which Chinese road workers tried to make sense of daily life on the construction site, I reveal the inherent contradictions of a state rhetoric that promoted 'win-win cooperation' ('huying huli hezuo') and 'friendly collaboration' ('youhao hezuo') between China and Africa, and demonstrate the local manifestations of the much-debated 'China Model'. Initial expectations coloured by state narratives, as well as the migrants' own experiences with domestic development, stood in sharp contrast to realities on the ground. Convinced of the goodwill nature of their activities, Chinese workers were puzzled by and resentful of the apparent ingratitude of local Ethiopians, their lack of cooperation, and, worse, repeated attempts to sabotage the construction work. Chinese workers' struggles with development in Africa, I argue, should be understood in relation to their background as upwardly mobile rural migrants at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy, successors of engineers dispatched under Mao Zedong who had enjoyed a respectable reputation at home - a reputation current workers felt they were about to lose - and as citizens aware of their country's status in the world as superior to Africa and inferior to the West. The workers sought to live up to Chinese ideals of development by demonstrating and promoting the virtues of self-development, simultaneous development, and entrepreneurialism. Ethiopians, however, did not concede to these ideas, and their lack of cooperation stirred resentment and expressions of self-pity on the part of the Chinese, who blamed the Ethiopian labourers, their suzhi (human quality), and wenhua (culture) for the limited success of the projects. What Chinese workers failed to realise was that the attitude of Ethiopians was in fact a response to asymmetrical and contested power relations that did not allow for win-win cooperation and friendly collaboration.
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Vittot, Aurélie. "La politique française d'intervention extérieure de 2007 à 2017 : sociologie d'un overachievement". Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018IEPP0041.
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Cette thèse s’articule en trois parties. La première vise à comprendre les facteurs contribuant à la continuité de la politique française d’intervention extérieure. Elle met l’accent sur la notion de puissance moyenne, la culture française des droits de l’homme et le lien particulier qui unit Paris à l’Afrique. La seconde partie détaille l’évolution des normes internationales et de la pratique onusienne et cherche à apprécier le rôle joué par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies dans la mise en place de la politique étrangère française. Cette partie intègre une dimension comparative puisqu’elle évoque successivement les politiques américaine, européenne, russe et celles des pays émergents en matière d’intervention extérieure. Ceci permet d’appréhender les spécificités françaises, tant en termes institutionnels qu’en termes de capacités de projection des forces. La dernière partie s’intéresse aux différents terrains d’intervention de l’armée française et permet de qualifier l’action de l’Hexagone de politique d’intervention à géographie variable. Sur le continent africain, les opérations sont généralement conduites unilatéralement, les troupes africaines prenant ensuite progressivement le relai. Au Moyen-Orient, les interventions militaires françaises s’inscrivent au sein de coalitions internationales menées par les Etats-Unis. L’opération Harmattan en Libye fait l’objet d’un chapitre à part. Elle a été initiée par la France et le Royaume-Uni mais conduite dans le cadre de l’OTAN. Cette thèse de doctorat analyse donc une décennie d’engagement de l’armée française à l’étranger et permet de décrypter l’actualité en matière de gestion de crise et de conflictualitéThis thesis is divided into three main parts. The first one underlines the different factors which contribute to the continuity of French politics of military intervention, stressing the notion of middle power, French culture of human rights and the very special link which still unites nowadays Paris to the African continent. The second part examines the evolution of international norms and UN practice and tries to appreciate the part of the Security Council in the establishment of the French foreign policy. This section includes a comparative dimension as it deals with American, European, Russian and emerging countries politics in terms of military interventions. That focus enables to grasp French specific features, both institutional and in terms of military capacities. The last part of this work aims at analyzing the different military fields of the French army during the last decade. In Africa, military operations are often led unilaterally, African troops then taking over gradually. In the Middle East, French military interventions are mostly part of international coalitions led by the United States. "Opération Harmattan" in Libya is addressed in a proper section as it is in between the classical military interventions in Africa and the one we use to observe in the Middle East. Initiated by France and the UK but conducted under NATO leadership, this intervention constitutes a paradigm shift in French, European and Transatlantic security. This thesis thus analyzes a decade of French military engagement and enables to interpret the current events regarding crisis management and conflicts
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Denizeau, Aurélien. "La doctrine stratégique et diplomatique de l'islam politique turc (2002-2016)". Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019USPCF008/document.
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Issu de l’islam politique turc, le Parti de la Justice et du Développement [Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP], arrivé au pouvoir en 2002, a suscité l’intérêt des observateurs internationaux par une politique étrangère active. Si celle-ci semble répondre à une certaine cohérence, elle a aussi connu, entre 2002 et 2016, de nombreuses évolutions. L’AKP tire sa vision stratégique et diplomatique des expériences de gouvernement antérieures, des idéologies conservatrices qui ont marqué le pays au XXe siècle et de la pensée de plusieurs intellectuels, dont le plus influent est Ahmet Davutoğlu, conseiller du Premier ministre puis ministre des Affaires étrangères (2009-2014). Le premier mandat de l’AKP (2002-2007) voit ce parti explorer différentes options stratégiques. Puis se met en place une doctrine qui s’appuie sur quelques grands principes, comme la pacification des relations de voisinage, une diplomatie pro-active et l’utilisation de tous les outils à disposition pour rayonner à l’échelle régionale puis globale. L’objectif est de mettre la Turquie au cœur des échanges commerciaux locaux, en s’appuyant sur son influence grandissante au Moyen-Orient pour peser auprès de ses partenaires internationaux. Les révolutions arabes de 2011 poussent l’AKP à repenser sa doctrine. Le pays se veut désormais un exemple au sein duquel valeurs traditionnelles et démocratie conservatrice peuvent cohabiter, ainsi qu’un soutien des Frères Musulmans, qui portent cette vision dans le monde arabe. Mais en 2013, plusieurs crises fragilisent cette vision et poussent la Turquie à renoncer à la doctrine élaborée par l’AKPThe Justice and Development Party [Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP], which emerged from the Turkish political Islam in 2002, has aroused the interest of international observers through an active foreign policy. While this seems to be consistent, it also underwent many changes between 2002 and 2016. The AKP's strategic and diplomatic vision derives from past government experiences, the conservative ideologies that marked the country in the 20th century and the thoughts of several intellectuals, with Ahmet Davutoğlu, advisor to the Prime Minister and later Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009-2014) being the most influential of them. The first mandate of the AKP (2002-2007) witnessed a series of strategic options being explored within the party. This was followed by the establishment of a doctrine based on a few major principles, such as the pacification of neighbourly relations, pro-active diplomacy and the use of all the tools at hand to influence the regional and subsequently the global level. The objective was to put Turkey at the heart of local trade, using its growing influence in the Middle East to influence its international partners. The Arab revolutions of 2011 pushed the AKP to rethink its doctrine. The country yearns now for being an example within which traditional values and conservative democracy can coexist, as well as support from the Muslim Brotherhood, which brings this vision to the Arab world. But in 2013, several crises weakened this vision and forced Turkey to renounce the doctrine developed by the AKP
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Mtavangu, Norbert. "La contribution des Français à l'étude du swahili : le cas de Charles Sacleux (1856-1943)". Phd thesis, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales- INALCO PARIS - LANGUES O', 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00992640.
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Le swahili, avec presque 100 millions de locuteurs, est la langue bantu la plus dispersée, étudiée,diffusée et la plus importante. Cette langue officielle de la Tanzanie, du Kenya et de l'Ouganda est aussi une langue de fonctionnement de l'Union Africaine. Le swahili qui a absorbé un important lexique du monde arabe, fruit des interactions commerciales et sociales séculaires continue à adopter de plus en plus de termes anglais en conséquence de la colonisation et du développement en science et en technologie. Du fait que sa description fut dirigée et influencée par les Anglais et les Allemands, le rôle des Français fut négligé et écarté, laissant l'histoire du swahili incomplète.Pourtant, la contribution des Français à l'étude du swahili n'est pas négligeable, tout d'abord par l'œuvre des missionnaires de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit et les Pères Blancs dès le XIXe siècle, puis depuis 1960 par les travaux menés en France par les enseignants/chercheurs de cette langue. La recherche effectuée à partir des archives ainsi que des interviews faites pour le compte de la présente étude montrent que le spiritain Charles SACLEUX joua un rôle considérable dans l'étude du swahili.Les documents rédigés par ce polyglotte et botaniste, dont le monumental dictionnaire swahili français(1939) révèlent des informations rares surtout en étymologie, lexicographie,dialectologie et ethnolinguistique ainsi qu'une perspective intégrale et descriptive contrairement à ses contemporains qui se servaient de la méthode prescriptive. Il est donc souhaitable que les dictionnaires de SACLEUX soient réétudiés et intégrés dans le swahili standard.
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Schubert, Anette. "Stressmanagement : eine besondere Herausforderung für interkulturelle Mitarbeiter : eine qualitative Studie zur Stressbewältigung von deutschen christlichen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern in Übersee". Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22662.
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Text in German with English and German summariesViel Stress und mangelnde Stressbewältigung beeinflussen das gesamte Leben von interkulturellen Mitarbeitern, wie Gesundheit, geistliches Leben, Arbeitsleistung und Beziehungen. Langjährige und umfangreiche Information über Stress und Stressbewältigung zeigte nur wenig positive Veränderung. Diese Untersuchung beschreibt und reflektiert das Erleben und den Umgang mit Stress interkultureller Mitarbeiter, um eine Grundlage für bessere Möglichkeiten zum Stressmanagement im interkulturellen Kontext zu schaffen und damit authentisches geistliches Leben zu fördern. Ziel dieser Studie ist es, aufzuzeigen, wie die Pastoraltherapie interkulturelle Mitarbeiter in ihrem Stressmanagement unterstützen kann. Die Untersuchung über Stress und Stressmanagement von christlichen Mitarbeitern im interkulturellen Kontext soll interkulturelle Mitarbeiter, ihre sendenden Organisationen und Seelsorger informieren und eine Grundlage für Workshops und pastoral-therapeutische Gespräche über Stressmanagement werden. Diese Arbeit zeigt auf, dass Pastoraltherapie einen wichtigen Beitrag in der Verbesserung der Stressbewältigung von christlichen interkulturellen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern leisten kann.
Cross-cultural workers often experience very stressful conditions yet often lack appropriate coping mechanisms. Too much stress over a long period of time influences every aspect of life, like health, spiritual life, work performance and relationships. Continuous and extensive information about stress and stress management have not brought the desired changes. This research analyses stressful conditions and stress management strategies of intercultural workers in order to show the reasons for this lack of stress management. The outcome of this research will be used as a foundation to help intercultural workers to find ways how to manage their stress more effectively and to foster authentic spiritual life.The goal of this study is to highlight how pastoral therapy can support intercultural workers in their stress management. This research will show that pastoral therapy can make a significant contribution to improve stress management for Christian cross-cultural workers.
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Kollman, Paul Vincent. "Making Catholics : slave evangelization and the origins of the Catholic Church in nineteenth-century East Africa /". 2001. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3006520.
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Mtshali, Nozizwe Lucia. "South Africa's policy on civilian participation in post conflict peace building: Burundi 2001-2008". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15057.
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The South African policy for peace missions is found in the 1999 “White Paper on South African Participation in International Peace Missions” of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation1. The White Paper adopts a comprehensive approach for the creation of peace in conflict and post conflict societies. The comprehensive approach includes the employment of military and civilian actors. Activities of these actors are determined by the nature of the peace mission which includes preventative diplomacy, peace making, peace building, peace enforcement, humanitarian assistance and humanitarian intervention. The policy further promotes the strategy of South African actors addressing the underlying causes of conflict instead of symptoms.
The research seeks to investigate whether or not South African institutions implement the civilian peacebuilding aspect of the policy and adopts the use of the Burundi peace mission (2000-2008) as a case study. Qualitative research, which includes the use of document research and personal interviews, is the adopted research methodology.
Through application of the variables of the 5-C protocol (coalitions and clients, commitment, capacity, context and content) the research established several implementation challenges. The research also utilised the 5-C protocol variables for recommendations on possible reforms.
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Almounsor, Abdullah. "Capital flight and foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North Africa: Comparative development and institutional analysis". 2007. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3289197.
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This dissertation studies the volume, nature, direction and determinants of capital flight and FDI in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in relation to certain structural and institutional characteristics. The results show that the resource-based economies of region have experienced large amounts of capital flight in the form of unrecorded foreign exchange outflows and are among the least recipients of FDI relative to market size in comparison to other developing countries. In contrast, the resource-poor countries of the region have experienced large net unrecorded foreign exchange inflows, driven mostly by import underinvoicing, and receive less FDI than their potentiality suggests empirically and in comparison to other developing countries. However, they receive more FDI as a percentage of GDP than the resource-based countries of MENA. In addition, the determinants of each type of capital differ according to whether a MENA country is a resource-based or not. For example, higher level of development increases capital flight but reduces FDI in the resource-rich countries. In contrast, it increases unrecorded foreign exchange inflows but is insignificant to FDI in the resource-poor countries of the region. Interestingly, capital flight is shown to be an outcome of increasing control of domestic authorities in the resource-rich countries, while increasing control of domestic authorities in the resource-poor economies induces unrecorded inflows to foreign exchange. The welfare analysis for the resource-rich countries suggest that both capital flight and FDI reduce economic growth, while for the resource-poor countries neither variable has a significant effect on economic growth. Based on the empirical findings, the dissertation provides brief policy implications regarding capital flight, unrecorded foreign exchange inflows and FDI in the MENA region.
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Tongoi, Dennis O. "Business as mission and mission as business : case studies of financially sustainable Christian mission ventures with a focus on Anglican diocese in East Africa". Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22687.
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Anglican dioceses established by The Church Mission Society and other Western founded Christian denominations in East Africa were envisaged to grow and become self-governing, self-propagating and self-supporting. The first two goals(to be self governing and self-propagating) have more or less been achieved. The third goal (the pursuit of self-support) is at a critical stage, especially considering that resources, in terms of funding and personnel, are in decline. This research sought to document the factors that contribute to, or hinder, the role that lay people (business
people in particular) can play in sustaining the ministry and mission of Anglican dioceses.
The research methods chosen for data collection consisted of interactive fieldwork. In this, formal and informal interviews were conducted. The interviewees were selected mainly from Anglican dioceses, with their input being corroborated by Methodists, Evangelical Lutheran and Presbyterian Church leaders from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Interviews were conducted, first, with church leaders who were in office at the time when John Gatu declared a moratorium on Western missionaries in 1974. Next came interviews with leaders of the 1990s and 2000s.
For each leader, a corroborative project was documented. A limited quantitative questionnaire was administered for triangulation purposes.The data were analysed to identify the themes and patterns that emerged.
This phase was followed by an extensive literature review. The research
methodology utilised the Praxis Cycle, developed by Cochrane, De Gruchy and Peterson (1990) in their book, In Word and Deed,which has its roots in the “see, judge, act” method of the Belgian Cardinal, Joseph Cardijn,founder of the Young Christian Workers movement. The analysis allowed me to examine the interplay between business and mission, using the seven-point Praxis Cycle, modified by JNJ Kritzinger (2008:771) to assess the spirituality of BAM and its contribution to
Christian mission. Other movements of the Praxis Cycle are practical projects, theological reflection, contextual analysis, ecclesial analysis, agency and reflexivity.
The literature review was analysed in terms of four primary dimensions: Business as Business (profit maximisation), Mission as Business(profit from philanthropy),Mission as Mission(philanthropy from profits), and Business as Mission (profit for the common good). The fourth dimension was explored as an overarching vision for churches seeking to grow towards financial sustainability. Also considered was how such sustainability could be implemented in the East African context.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Pikkert, Pieter. "Protestant missionaries to the Middle East: ambassadors of Christ or culture?" Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/722.
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The thesis looks at Protestant missions to the Ottoman Empire and the countries which emerged from it through Bosch's "Enlightenment missionary" (2003) and Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" (1996) paradigms. It argues that Muslim resistance to Christianity is rooted in innate Muslim intransigence and in specific historical events in which missionaries played important roles. The work utilizes a simple formula: it contrasts the socio-political and cultural framework missionaries imbibed at home with that of their host environment, outlines the goals and strategies they formulated and implemented, looks at the results, and notes the missiological implications. The formula is applied to four successive periods.
We begin with the pre-World War I missionaries of the late Ottoman Empire. We look at their faith in reason, their conviction in the cultural superiority of Anglo-Saxon Protestantism, their attitude towards Islam, their idea of reaching the Muslim majority by reviving the Orthodox churches, and the evolution of their theology and missiology.
World War I changed the landscape. The Empire's demise led to a struggle for Turkish and Arab national self-determination leading to the establishment of the Turkish Republic and various Arab entities, notably French and British mandates. Protestant missions almost disappeared in Turkey, while a small number of "veterans" kept the enterprise alive in the Arab world. While the Arabs struggled to liberate themselves from the Mandatory Powers, these veterans analyzed past failures, recognized the importance of reaching Muslims directly and began experimenting with more contextualized approaches.
The post-World War II era saw the retreat of colonialism, the creation of Israel, a succession of wars with that country, and the formation of a Palestinian identity. Oil enabled the Arabian Peninsula to emerge as a major economic and political force. The missionary enterprise, on the other hand, virtually collapsed. Unlike their veteran predecessors, the pre-Boomer generation, with a few notable exceptions, was bereft of fresh ideas.
During the 1970s the evangelical Baby Boomers launched a new enterprise. They tended not to perceive themselves as heirs of a heritage going back to the 1800s, though the people they "targeted" did. Their successors, the GenXers, products of post-modernism and inheritors of Boomer structures, face a region experiencing both increased political frustration and the re-emergence of Islam as a socio-political power. In closing we look at Church-centered New Testament spirituality as a foundational paradigm for further missions to the region.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Sieberhagen, Charl Francois. "Die beskikbaarstelling, deur die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika, van die Bybel in die inheemse tale van Suid-Afrika : 'n missiologiese studie (Afrikaans)". Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23843.
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Afrikaans: Die Vlootkommissaris, Jahleel Brenton, se ywer en passie vir Bybelverspreiding lei tot die stigting van die tweede Hulpvereniging van die Britse en Buitelandse Bybelgenootskap in Afrika. Hierdie stigtingsvergadering vind plaas onder voorsitterskap van die luitenant-goewemeur aan die Kaap, sir Rufane Donkin, op 23 Augustus 1820. Dit is eers in 1965, dat die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika 'n selfstandige Bybelgenootskap word en sy plek kan inneem by die Wereldbond van Bybelgenootskappe as 'n finansieel bydraende Genootskap tot die Werelddiensprogram. In 1970 verskyn die publikasie, God het laat groei, wat die geskiedenis van die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika beskryf vanaf 1820 tot 1970. Sedert hierdie publikasie verskyn het, is daar nog nie weer so 'n uitgebreide studie uitgevoer nie. Jaarverslae is elke jaar gepubliseer, maar dit was gerig op die donateurskorps, met inligting wat by wyse van opsommings weergegee is. Dit is egter opmerklik dat daar nog nooit 'n missiologiese studie gedoen is oor die werksaarnhede van die Bybelgenootskap van Suid-Afrika nie. As gevolg van die feit dat die Bybelgenootskap die enigste organisasie in Suid-Afrika is wat die Bybel amptelik vertaal, produseer en versprei in al die inheemse tale van ons land, moet daar gevra word na die relevansie van hierdie organisasie se werksaarnhede vir die sendingontwikkeling in Suid-Afrika asook Suider-Afrika. Thesis (PhD (Science of Religion and Missiology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Komape, Refilwe Tryphina Maduane. "The impact of foreign direct investment on financial sector development: a case of the Mena Region". Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26788.
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Summaries in English, Afrikaans and ZuluVarious studies on international capital flows have established the deterministic role of local financial markets on the attractiveness of countries to inflow of foreign direct investment. The current study investigated the impact of FDI inflows on the financial sector development of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period 2003 to 2016. Various panel data analysis methods were employed. These approaches included fixed effects, random effects, pooled OLS, FMOLS and the dynamic GMM. In addition, pre-estimation tests, diagnostic tests which included panel unit root and co-integration tests and robustness tests were conducted. Using both financial development proxies, broad money as a ratio of GDP (model 1) and domestic credit to the private sector (model 2), the study found that the lag in financial development had a significant positive effect on financial development. In model 1 under fixed effects, random effects and pooled OLS, FDI had a significant negative effect on financial development. In contrast, model 2 showed a significant positive relationship running from FDI to financial development under the pooled OLS method. The interaction between FDI and economic growth was found to have a significant negative influence on financial development in models 1 and 2 under the pooled OLS method. This finding indicates that economic growth had a deleterious effect on the impact of FDI on financial development in the MENA region. In the light of these results, policy makers in the MENA region countries should be urged to avoid undue reliance on FDI in their efforts to develop their financial sectors. Furthermore, the MENA region nations are urged to avoid implementing economic growth enhancement policies as a way of trying to improve financial development, directly or indirectly, as the effort has been shown to achieve the opposite effect.
Verskeie studies wêreldwyd oor die vloei van internasionale kapitaal is dit eens dat aantreklike plaaslike finansiële markte direkte buitelandse beleggings (DBB) na lande laat stroom. Hierdie studie het die uitwerking van DBB in die tydperk 2003 tot 2016 op die finansiële sektore van lande in die Midde Oosterse en Noord-Afrikaanse (MONA) streek ondersoek. Verskeie paneeldataontledingsmetodes is gevolg, waaronder vaste en ewekansige effekte, saamgevoegde, gewone kleinstekwadratemetode (GKK), volgewysigde kleinstekwadratemetode (VGKK) en die dinamiese, veralgemeende metode van momente (VMM). Afgesien hiervan is voorberamings- en diagnostiese toetse, waaronder paneeleenheidswortel-, koïntegrasie- en robuustheidstoetse, toegepas. Op grond van sowel volmagte vir finansiële ontwikkeling, breë geld – as ʼn verhouding van die BBP (model 1) – as binnelandse krediet aan die privaat sektor (model 2), is bevind dat die vertraging in finansiële ontwikkeling ʼn opmerklik positiewe effek op finansiële ontwikkeling uitgeoefen het. In model 1, onder vaste effekte, ewekansige effekte en saamgevoegde GKK, het DBB ʼn opmerklik negatiewe effek op finansiële ontwikkeling gehad. Model 2, daarenteen, het onder die saamgevoegde GKK-metode op ʼn opmerklik positiewe verband tussen DBB en finansiële ontwikkeling gedui. Daar is in model 1 en 2 onder die saamgevoegde GKK bevind dat die wisselwerking tussen DBB en ekonomiese groei ʼn opmerklik negatiewe effek op finansiële ontwikkeling gehad het. Hierdie bevinding is ʼn aanduiding daarvan ekonomiese groei ʼn nadelige effek op die uitwerking van DBB op finansiële ontwikkeling in die MENA-streek gehad het. In die lig hiervan moet die beleidsmakers van lande in die MONA-streek teen oormatige steun op DBB om hulle finansiële sektore te laat ontwikkel, gemaan word. Hierbenewens moet lande in die MONAstreek teen beleide vir ekonomiese groei as ʼn manier om finansiële ontwikkeling regstreeks of onregstreeks aan te wakker, gewaarsku word omdat dit die teenoorgestelde uitwerking sal hê.
Izifundo zocwaningo ezahlukahlukene ekuthunyelweni kwezimali sezisungule indima yezimpawu ezikhombisayo zokuthunyelwa kwezimali ezimakethe zasemakhaya mayelana nekhono lamazwe lokuheha ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile. Ucwaningo lwamanje luye lwaphenya umthintela wokungena kwezimali ngohlelo lokutshalwa kwezimali ngaphandle, phecelezi FDI mayelana nokuthuthukiswa komkhakha wezezimali emazweni asesiyingini esiseMpumalanga eMaphakathi (Middle East) kanye kanye nase-Afrika eseNyakatho (North Africa (MENA), ukusukela onyakeni ka 2003 ukufika ku 2016. Izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokuhlaziya ipanel data analysis ziye zasetshenziswa. Lezi zindlela ziye zaxuba imiphumela enqunyelwe isikhathi, imiphumela enganqunyelwanga isikhathi, uhlelo lwe pooled OLS, lwe FMOLS kanye nohlelo oluguquguqukayo lwe GMM. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinhlelo zokuhlolwa phecelezi, pre-estimation tests kanye ne diagnostic tests, lokhu okuyizinhlelo ezixuba amayunidi ephaneli panel unit root kanye nohlelo lwe cointegration tests kanye nohlelo lwe robustness tests, nazo ziye zaxutshwa phakathi. Ngokusebenzisa zombili izinhlelo zokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zezimal, imali ebanzi – njengesilinganiso semodeli 1 yeGDP – kanye nesikweletu sasekhaya esinikezwa imikhakha yamabhizinisi angasese asekhaya (imodeli 2), ucwaningo luthole ukuthi ukubambezeleka kwesikhathi sokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zezimali kuye kwaba nomthelela omuhle kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezimali. Kumodeli 1, ngaphansi kohlelo lwemiphumela enqunyelwe isikhathi, kwemiphumela enganqunyelwanga iskhathi kanye nasohlelweni lwe pooled OLS, uhlelo lwe FDI luye lwaba nomthelela omubi kakhulu kwezokuthuthukiswa kwezimali. Okuphikisana nalokho, imodeli 2 iye yakhombisa ubudlelwano obuhle kakhulu, ukuqala ohlelweni lokutshalwa kwezimali emazweni angaphandle (FDI) ukufika ohlelweni lwezokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zezimali, ngaphansi kohlelo lwe pooled OLS. Ukuhlangana phakathi kohlelo lwe FDI kanye nokuhluma komnotho kutholakele ukuthi luye lwaba nomthelela omubi kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwezinhlelo zezimali, kumamodeli 1 nemodeli 2, ngaphansi kohlelo lwe pooled OLS. Lolu lwazi olutholakele lukhombisa ukuthi ukuhluma komnotho kuye kwaba nomthelela oyingozi kakhulu ohlelweni lwe FDI mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwezimali esiyingini seMENA. Uma kubhekwa le miphumela, abenzi bemigomo emazweni asesiyingini seMENA kufanele bacelwe ukuba bagweme ukwencika ngendlela engenasidingo ohlelweni lwe FDI kwimizamo yabo yokuthuthukisa imikhakha yezimali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amazwe asesiyingini saseMENA ayacelwa ukuba agweme ukusetshenziswa kwemigomo eqinisa ukuthuthukiswa komnotho njengendlela yokuzama ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zezimali, ngendlela eqondile nangendlela engaqondile, njengoba umzamo sewukhonjiswe ukuze kuphunyelelwe imiphumela engaqondiwe.
Business Management
M. Com. (Business Management : Finance)
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Duncan, Graham Alexander. "Scottish Presbyterian Church Mission policy in South Africa, 1898-1923". Diss., 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16725.
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Text in EnglishThis dissertation offers an analysis of Scottish Presbyterian Church mission policy during the period, 1898 - 1923. The study contains an examination of historiographical methodology, the historical background both in Scotland and South Africa along with the multi-faceted dimensions within the South African context of the time. The Mzimba Secession provides an appropriate historical starting point which led to a serious disruption of the Mission. The role of the major participants, black ministers and elders and missionaries, is assessed as a struggle between them and the Foreign Mission Committee of the United Free Church of Scotland, following the union of two churches in 1900, took place involving the various policy options. This eventually led to the formation of the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa.
Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology
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Abdool, Abdool Raoof. "Pictures in the teaching of Afrikaans as a second language in Indian secondary schools". Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11050.
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M.Ed. (Media Science)The position of Afrikaans as a national language In South Africa has been a contested one since the 17th century settlement and occupation of the Cape by the Dutch and British settlers, and it Is not surprising that today, when the country faces critical questions relating to nationhood, cultural identity and language use In a profound way, its position again emerges as a crucial point of debate (Alexander, 1989:15). The Afrikaner group and the majority of their white South African adherents place great value on the historicity of the language. This is testified through the 'taalstryd" waged dUring an after the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and the present-day status of the Afrikaans language as a major item on the negotiations agenda. This historicity and centrality of Afrikaans is contested by other language and cultural groups, who claim that Afrikaans is loaded with exclusivity and racism and that it therefore does not qualify in its claim for national status. The events of 1976 in Black schools and the subsequent years of considerable debate in public and academic forums, quite clearly Illustrates the Intensity of the contest surrounding the position of Afrikaans (Alexander, 1989:26). The Indian population group has always stressed its cultural heritage and at times this has occurred at the expense of Afrikaans as a language. Priority Is assigned to vernacular languages and Afrikaans is neglected in the process. The result is that the language is hardly spoken except in the Afrikaans classroom. It is against this background that this research project will examine the use of pictures In the teaching of Afrikaans at Indian secondary schools.
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Almohamad, Somar. "Financial integration in the MENA region". Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:36884.
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This thesis examines the financial integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their interrelationship with two major developed markets: the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) markets. To distinguish it from the existing literature related to financial integration in the MENA region, this thesis focuses on the change in financial integration in MENA countries during and after the recent global financial crisis (GFC). The thesis starts by highlighting the impact of the GFC on the MENA region as well as main policy responses. Using various econometric techniques, the thesis then investigates the cointegration among stock markets in the MENA region, and between MENA and developed markets in the pre- and post-crisis sub-periods. The thesis also develops a time-varying measure of international financial integration of the stock market indices in MENA countries, in pre- and post-crisis periods, based on the international asset pricing model with regime switching mechanism. The thesis goes further and investigates whether internal and external shocks have caused structural changes in financial markets in the region, including stock markets, foreign exchange markets and money markets. Finally, the thesis uses the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to empirically examine the long-run association among stock markets, foreign exchange markets and money markets, respectively, in the region. The empirical results indicate that the stock markets in the region became more integrated in both regional and international contexts during and post-crisis compared to the pre-crisis period. Moreover, stock markets in the region exhibit time-varying integration with the world capital market and, in general, these markets were more integrated with the world capital market during and after the GFC. The findings also suggest that the GFC has been the most significant cause of structural change in financial markets of the MENA region in the past fifteen years, along with domestic events such as financial liberalisation and/or political instability. Finally, the thesis finds that stock markets, foreign exchange markets and money markets in the region are bounded in long-run cointegration relationships. The empirical findings of this study have important implications. First, given the significant impact of the GFC, policy makers in the region need to investigate and anticipate the major channels through which a future regional crisis may affect their economies, and to undertake further steps toward the enforcement of more diversified economies and resilient financial systems. Second, because the financial integration of stock markets in the region, and between MENA and developed countries, substantially increased after the GFC, the diversification benefits from investing in these markets may be limited in the long run. Moreover, financial markets in the MENA region offer less opportunity to reduce risk by portfolio diversification because they are sensitive to global capital market shocks. This thesis contributes to the existing literature in several important ways. First, to our knowledge, this thesis is the first empirical study to explore the exact alteration in the long-run relationship among stock market in the MENA region in the post-crisis compared to the pre-crisis period. Second, this thesis develops a time-varying integration index for MENA stock markets in the crisis and post-crisis periods, providing an insight into the changing degree of integration of stock markets in the region in the global context. Finally, this study extends the existing literature by examining the financial integration among foreign exchange markets, and among money markets in the MENA region, and between MENA and developed markets, and provides a comprehensive overview of how financial systems in the region are related to each other.
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Tavares, Manuel Maria Vilas-Boas. "Gonçalo da Silveira, um missionário da primeira globalização: As primeiras missões jesuítas na África Oriental no Século XVI,em Tongue e Karanga/Monomotapa". Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/118013.
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No fim de março de 1556, partiram de Lisboa um grupo de 14 jesuítas, enviados para as missões do Oriente, entre os quais também se destacava o Padre Gonçalo da Silveira, com as funções de Provincial da India. Em setembro de 1556, chegaram a Goa, o centro político e administrativo do Estado da Índia. Alguns destes jesuítas iam com a missão específica de intervenção apostólica junto do Preste João. Os demais eram enviados para outras missões na India, mas todas essas missões eram concebidas como um empreendimento global, facilitado no quadro do Padroado Português. Foi também a partir de Goa que foram impulsionadas as primeiras missões na África Oriental, facilitadas pela rede de contactos estabelecida por comerciantes portugueses, que conheciam as rotas entre a costa e o seu interior. As primeiras missões junto do Reino de Tongue decorreram entre 1560 e 1562, ficaram à responsabilidade de Silveira e mais dois companheiros, o Padre André Fernandes e o irmão André Costa. Em setembro de 1560 o Padre Gonçalo da Silveira partiu para o centro do Império Karanga, uma vez que pretendia uma rápida conversão ao cristianismo do imperador Monomotapa, o qual tinha uma influência dominante relativamente aos reinos vizinhos, numa aposta na eficácia de uma “cristianização descendente”. Pretende-se compreender as estratégias de evangelização, abordar os objectivos traçados para as primeiras missões jesuítas realizadas no interior de África no período indicado, relevando a experiência anterior de Silveira na Índia, e a sua visão, e dos seus companheiros quanto a essas missões, num quadro de uma primeira globalização e de uma nova diáspora missionária, avaliando os resultados dessas missões, as quais suscitaram um forte impacto político na Coroa portuguesa.At the end of march 1556 a group of 14 Jesuits departed from Lisbon, sent to the missions of the East. Amongst them was Father Gonçalo da Silveira, as Provincial of India. They arrived in Goa in September 1556, political and administrative center of the State of India. Some of these Jesuits had the specific mission of apostolic intervention to Preste João. The others had missions in India. All these missions were conceived as a global enterprise, facilitated within the framework of the Portuguese Patronage. It was also from Goa that the first missions in East Africa have departed, supported by the network of contacts established by the Portuguese merchants, who knew the routes between the coast and the inland. The first missions to the Kingdom of Tongue took place between 1560 and 1562, and were under the responsibility of Silveira and two other companions, Father André Fernandes and Brother André Costa. In September 1560 Father Gonçalo da Silveira left for the center of the Karanga Empire, looking for a rapid conversion to christianity of Emperor Monomotapa, who had a dominant influence over the neighbouring kingdoms, with the aim of an effective "top-down christianization". This work aims to present the strategies of evangelization, addressing the objectives set for the first Jesuit missions undertaken in the interior of Africa. In particular, it exposesSilveira's previous experience in India and his vision regarding these missions, as well as his companions’ vision, in a context of a first globalization and a new missionary diaspora. It also assesses the results of these missions, which had a strong political impact on the Portuguese Crown.
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Zielińska, Karolina. "Development aid to Sub-Saharan Africa countries as an element of Israeli soft power". Doctoral thesis, 2017. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/2579.
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Przedmiotem pracy jest izraelska polityka pomocy rozwojowej i towarzysząca jej dyplomacja publiczna jako element opartej o zasoby miękkiej siły polityki zagranicznej Izraela wobec krajów Afryki Subsaharyjskiej (AS). Badania dotyczyły:- charakteru, kierunków i efektywności pomocy rozwojowej Izraela dla krajów AS w kontekście realizacji celów polityki zagranicznej;- izraelskiej pomocy rozwojowej dla tych krajów jako: samoistnego zasobu miękkiej siły; emanacji innych zasobów miękkiej siły; zasobu dla dyplomacji publicznej;- sposobów oddziaływania pomocy rozwojowej jako zasobu miękkiej siły Izraela w stosunkach z krajami AS w kontekście zmiennych warunków geopolitycznych, w tym poprzez przybliżenie sposobu postrzegania Izraela w krajach AS.Bardzo dobre relacje Izraela z krajami AS załamały się w 1973, a następnie zostały odbudowane w okresie post-zimnowojennym. Celem pracy jest weryfikacja hipotezy, iż efektywność oddziaływania izraelskiej pomocy rozwojowej jako elementu miękkiej siły Izraela w stosunkach z krajami AS jest warunkowana procesami zmian geopolitycznych w środowisku międzynarodowym, w którym Izrael realizuje cele swojej polityki zagranicznej. Praca weryfikuje również szereg hipotez pomocniczych.Praca obejmuje okres 1956-2016, koncentrując się na zjawiskach współczesnych. Istotnym źródłem są przeprowadzone przez autorkę wywiady z izraelskimi naukowcami, analitykami, ambasadorami, pracownikami rządu i jego agend, przedstawicielami organizacji pozarządowych i przedsiębiorstw, pracownikami ambasad krajów AS oraz afrykańskimi studentami w Izraelu.Ramę teoretyczną badań stanowi paradygmat neoliberalny oraz koncepcje miękkiej siły i nowej dyplomacji publicznej. W pracy potwierdzono szczególną przydatność pomocy technicznej w budowie pozytywnych relacji międzynarodowych opartych o zasoby miękkiej siły.Stwierdzono, że czynniki geopolityczne determinują relacje izraelsko-subsaharyjskie, ale wizerunek budowany przez pomoc ma długoterminowe oddziaływanie. Ewolucja pozycji i ról międzynarodowych państw arabskich i rosnąca niezależność i pragmatyzm polityk zagranicznych państw AS sprzyjają intensyfikacji bilateralnych i wielostronnych relacji AS z Izraelem, choć ich sposób głosowania na forach wielostronnych zmienia się na korzyść Izraela powoli. Pomoc rozwojowa Izraela coraz częściej jest wiązana z międzynarodowymi zachowaniami państw-biorców.W pracy dokonano analizy dotychczasowych doświadczeń Izraela, które mogą być przekazywane w formie pomocy, zaprezentowano perspektywy ich dalszej ewolucji oraz powiązania z tożsamością izraelską, analizowaną również jako przesłanka polityki zagranicznej. Uwypuklone zostały cechy izraelskiej pomocy rozwojowej, jak: dominacja pomocy technicznej i rozwoju kapitału ludzkiego; koncentracja na istotnych problemach biorców; promowanie poczucia własności; elastyczność w dostosowywaniu rozwiązań. Premier Benjamin Netanyahu definiuje rolę kraju poprzez wsparcie dla innych, jednak w praktyce tworzenia polityki zagranicznej pomoc rozwojowa i dyplomacja publiczna są rozdzielone. Ilość treści dotyczących pomocy w dyplomacji publicznej jest proporcjonalna do jej roli w stosunkach. Stwierdzono też między innymi, że: faktyczna (ogólnie niska) wartość pomocy izraelskiej jest trudna do oszacowania; intensyfikacja stosunków dwustronnych nie prowadzi do zwiększenia wolumenu pomocy; odbiorcy dostrzegają wzrost wkładu izraelskiego w ich rozwój; przy czym zaangażowanie firm i organizacji pozarządowych faktycznie rośnie.The subject of the study is Israeli development aid policy and accompanying public diplomacy as a part of foreign policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries based on soft-power resources. The research topics were:- characteristics, directions and effectiveness of Israel's development aid to SSA in the context of pursuing foreign policy objectives;- Israeli development aid for these countries as: a self-contained resource of soft power; emanation of other soft power resources; a resource for public diplomacy;- ways in which development aid acts as a resource for Israel's soft power in relations with SSA countries in the context of changing geopolitical circumstances, including through approximations of Sub-Saharan perceptions of Israel.Israel's very good relations with the SSA countries collapsed in 1973 and then were rebuilt during the post-Cold War period. The purpose of the thesis is to verify the hypothesis that the effectiveness of Israeli development aid as a component of Israeli soft power in relations with SSA countries is conditioned by the processes of geopolitical change in the international environment in which Israel pursues its foreign policy objectives. The work also verifies a number of auxiliary hypotheses.The work covers the period 1956-2016, focusing on contemporaneity. Author’s interviews with Israeli scientists, analysts, ambassadors, employees of the government and its agencies, representatives of NGOs and businesses, staff of the Embassies of Sub-Saharan African countries and African students in Israel are important sources.The theoretical framework for the research is the neoliberal paradigm and the concepts of soft power and new public diplomacy. Work confirms the special relevance of technical assistance in building positive international relationships based on soft-power resources.It was found that geopolitical factors determine Israeli-Sub-Saharan relations, but the image built through aid has a long-term impact. The evolution of position and international roles of the Arab states and the growing independence and pragmatism of SSA foreign policies are conducive to intensification of SSA-Israeli bilateral and multilateral relations, though their voting in multilateral forums is changing in favour of Israel slowly. Israeli aid is increasingly tied to international behaviour of recipient countries.In the study, the experiences of Israel, which can be transmitted in the form of aid, are analysed, as are the perspectives of their future development and the ways they are linked with Israeli identity, which is also analyzed as a basis for foreign policy. Features of Israeli development aid are highlighted, such as the dominance of technical assistance and support for human capital; focus on issues of significance for recipients; promotion of ownership; flexibility of solutions.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defines the role of the country through support for others, but in the practice of foreign policy-making, development aid and public diplomacy are separated. The amount of content related to aid in Israeli public diplomacy is proportional to its role in relations. It was also found that: the actual (generally low) value of Israeli aid is difficult to estimate; the intensification of bilateral relations doesn’t lead to rise in aid volume; recipients perceive Israeli contribution to their development as increasing; actual involvement of enterprises and non-governmental organizations in it is growing.
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Alrefai, Hisham M. "The stock market responses of MENA countries to major global shocks". Thesis, 2011. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/515484.
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This thesis investigates whether the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stock markets are susceptible to various global shocks, in particular of financial and geopolitical crises. The purpose of this research is to improve our understanding of the effect and consequences of turbulent global events on the MENA equity markets. The recent attempts of emerging markets, including the MENA equity markets to integrate have profound implications for asset pricing, diversification opportunities, and susceptibility to future global market turbulence and geopolitical unrest. Existing studies on MENA equity markets are characterized by a limited number of countries under examination; this thesis in contrast examines eleven equity markets from the MENA region. Furthermore, the majority of studies have failed to examine the country risk over time and their exposure to external shocks. This failure may stem from the fact that these markets are completely segmented and, therefore, considered safe haven for international investors. This raises a question of why the empirical literature does not provide comprehensive results to justify this supposed immunity. To solve this problem, this thesis employs several econometric models such as the Kalman filter, the Bai and Perron (2003) model, and the Johansen cointegration model, in addition to panel regression analysis. The first chapter examines the country beta instability using unconditional ICAPM. The chapter also examines the impact of the war on Iraq of 2003 using the statespace model and the Kalman filter approach. The outcomes reveal that the country betas are not stable and that the effect of the war on Iraq is limited to only four markets in the MENA region. The second chapter employs the multiple structural breakpoints model of Bai and Perron (2003). The results show that the country betas have coped with regional and global crises such as the Asian, Russian, and Turkish financial crises, and geopolitical unrest such as that brought on by the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Bai and Perron (2003) model shows that more MENA markets have experienced structural breaks due to the war on Iraq than what is found from the Kalman filter. The third chapter examines whether economic variables can explain the variation of country beta in a panel analysis. The results show that money supply and inflation have significant positive impacts on the country beta of MENA equity markets, whereas the accumulation of foreign currency reserves helps to alleviate it over time. In the fourth chapter, the thesis examines the integration of MENA equity markets with four major developed markets: Germany, Japan, UK, and USA, using the Johansen cointegration. The outcomes show that the integration of the MENA equity markets has significantly increased since the global financial crisis, indicating more market exposure to the global financial system.
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Sithole, Zamani Lawrance. "Exploring challenges of everyday English language words in learning physical sciences in Gauteng-East townships secondary schools". Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26243.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
This study, which explores the challenges of everyday English language words in learning physical sciences in Gauteng-East townships secondary schools highlights the difficulties that learners encounter in learning and developing scientific concepts and vocabulary. The study was conducted in four township secondary schools. A questionnaire consisting of 25 multiple choice items, as well as a semi-structured interview were used to collect data for this study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse quantitative data while qualitative protocol was used to analyse qualitative data. The overall percentage mean scores of correct responses in the questionnaire for schools W, X, Y and Z were 47.2%, 56.9%, 55.2% and 57.2% respectively, which indicated that participants in the study have limited knowledge of everyday English words, when used in a science context. There was no significant gender discrepancy in terms of performance. In-depth analysis of the results revealed that the underlying difficulties were as a result of participants’ relative levels of proficiency in the English language, lack of precision in the use of this language, misreading, and confusion in terms of the use of words. Furthermore, the results were consistent with earlier findings from other countries as reported by various authors. The findings will contribute to knowledge about effective classroom instruction and teacher education from the perspective of language in science.Kulolu cwaningo, kuhlolwa izinselelo zokusebenzisa amagama asetshenziswa nsuku zonke welimi lwesiNgisi ekufundeni iSayensi ezikoleni zezinga lesibili, emalokishini wabantu abaNsundu empumalanga neGauteng. Kuvezwa ubunzima obuhlangabezana nezingane zesikole ekufundeni nokuthuthukisa umqondo weSayensi nesilulumagama. Uphenyo lwenziwe ezikoleni ezine zasemalokishini. Imibuzo yayiquketwe izinhla ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu lapho obuzwayo ezikhethela impendulo ekuyiyo, kanye nesinga nhlolokhono yasetshenziwa ukuthola ulwazi oluningi mayelana nalolu phenyo. Izibalo ezichazayo zisetshenziswe ukuhlola ubuningi, kanye nobuqotho kulandelwa umgudu wocwaningo wolwazi olutholakele. Kuvelile emva kophenyo ukuthi izimpendulo ezishaye emhlolweni ngokwamaphesenti kuzikole W,X.Y kanye no Z ngu 47%, 56,9%, 55.2%, kanye 57.2% ngokulandelana kwazo. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi, abantwana banolwazi oluncane kakhulu ekusebenziseni amagama wesiNgisi asentsheziswa nsukuzonke ukufunda iSayensi. Kubuye kwatholakala futhi nokuthi awukho umehluko ohlukanisa ngobulili babafundi ophawulekayo ngokusebenza kwamagama esiNgisi. Kuphinde kuvele futhi ngokuhlaziya okunzulu, ukuthi kukhona ukwentuleka kwekhono elimini lesiNgisi, nokuthi abafundi abakwazi ukusebenzisa amagama ngendlela eqondile, babuye bafunde ekungeyikho, kanye nokudideka uma besebenzisa amagama. Okunye futhi okuvelayo, yikuthi lemiphumela ihambisana ncamashi neminye imiphumela evela kwamanye amazwe njengoba kubikwe abalobi abahlukene. Lokhu okuvelayo kuzosiza ukulungisa ukufunda kanye nokuqeqesha othisha, mayelana nukufundisa iSayensi ngolwimi lwesiNgisi.
Hierdie studie, wat die uitdagings van alledaagse Engelstalige woorde in die leer van Fisiese Wetenskappe in sekondêre skole in informele woonbuurte in Gauteng-Oos verken, beklemtoon die uitdagings wat leerders teëkom in die leer en ontwikkeling van wetenskaplike begrippe en taalgebruik. Die studie is uitgevoer in vier sekondêre skole in informele woonbuurte. ‘n Vraelys bestaande uit 25 veelvuldige-keuse items, tesame met ‘n gedeeltelike-gestruktueerde onderhoudskedule, is gebruik om data in te versamel vir hierdie studie. Beskrywende statistiek is gebruik om kwantitatiewe data te ontleed, terwyl kwalitatiewe protokol aangewend is om kwalitatiewe data te ontleed. Die algehele persentasie gemiddeldes van korrekte response op die vraelys vir skole W, X, Y en Z was 47.2%, 56.9%, 55.2% en 57.2% onderskeidelik, wat aangedui het dat die deelnemers aan die studie beperkte kennis gehad het van alledaagse Engelstalige woorde om in ‘n wetenskaplike konteks te gebruik. Geen noemenswaardige geslagsongelykheid in terme van prestasie is bevind nie. Indiepte ontleding van die bevindinge toon dat die onderliggende uitdagings die resultaat van deelnemers se relatiewe vlakke van taalvaardigheid in Engels, ‘n gebrek aan presiesie in die gebruik van die taal, gebrekkige leesvaardigheid en verwarring rondom die gebruik van woorde weerspiëel. Die resultate was verder in lyn met vroeëre bevindinge van ander lande, soos deur verskeie outeurs gerapporteer. Die bevindinge sal bydra tot kennis rondom effektiewe klasonderrig en onderwysersopleiding uit die oogpunt van wetenskaplike taalgebruik.
Science and Technology Education
M. Ed. (Natural Science Education)
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Shearar, Jeremy Brown. "Against the world : South Africa and human rights at the United Nations 1945-1961". Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1278.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
At the United Nations Conference on International Organization in April 1945 South Africa affirmed the principle of respect for human rights in a Preamble it proposed for inclusion in the Charter of the United Nations. The proposal was approved and the Preamble was accorded binding force. While South Africa participated in the earliest attempts of the United Nations to draft a bill of rights, it abstained on the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because its municipal legislation was incompatible with some articles. Similarly, South Africa did not become a party to the international human rights instruments the declaration inspired, and avoided an active role in their elaboration. Subsidiary organs of the General Assembly undertook several studies on discrimination in the field of human rights. They provided evidence that racial discrimination in South Africa intensified after the National Party came to power in May 1948 on the platform of apartheid and diverged from global trends in humanitarian law. The gap between the Union and the United Nations widened.
At the first General Assembly in 1946, India successfully asked that the treatment of persons of Indian origin in South Africa be inscribed on the agenda. The Indian question was later subsumed in the charge that South Africa's racial policies violated the Charter and in 1952 the General Assembly began to discuss apartheid. South Africa protested that these actions contravened Charter Article 2(7), which prohibited intervention in matters of domestic jurisdiction, and were ultra vires. Criticism of the Union increased in intensity, until in 1960 it culminated in calls for economic and diplomatic sanctions.
Research shows that South Africa was the main architect of its growing isolation, since it refused to modify domestic policies that alienated even its potential allies. Moreover, it maintained a low profile in United Nations debates on human rights issues, abstaining on all substantive clauses in the two draft covenants on human rights. These actions were interpreted as lack of interest in global humanitarian affairs. South Africa had little influence on the development of customary international law in the field of human rights but was a catalyst in the evolution of international machinery to protect them.Jurisprudence
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Kotrman, Václav. "Kubánské zahraniční mise v Africe v 60. letech 20. století a Československo". Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-389823.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
1 Abstract A Group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro has been struggling to overthrow the Cuban President Fulgencio Batista since the half of 1950s. After they succeeded on New Year's Eve 1959 the Revolutionary Cuban Government changed strategy in all aspects of the state administration. One of the most visible change happened in the sector of foreign policy. Cuba began to act not only as a sovereign country in relation to the neighbouring states which led to the conflict with the United States, but also began to actively export her model of revolution. The main initiators in this turn were Ernesto "Che" Guevara and Fidel Castro. The first region where Havana attempted to export the revolution was Latin America. Nevertheless, all attempts failed during 1960s. At the same time, the process of decolonisation in Africa visited by Guevara in the middle of 1959 was in progress. In Egypt, he established his first contacts with revolutionary leaders and subsequently informed Havana about the situation. The socialist character of a number of revolutionary movements was close to Cubans, so they started to widen relationship with them. First aid to Africa was sent by Cuban government at the end of 1961 to Algeria which fought for independence on France since 1954. Strengthening of relations between Havana and...
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Sierańska, Joalnta. "Aspiracje mocarstwowe w polityce zagranicznej Egiptu". Doctoral thesis, 2019. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/3561.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
Celem niniejszej rozprawy doktorskiej, która jest studium politologicznym i mieści się w subdyscyplinie „Stosunki Międzynarodowe”, jest przedstawienie i analiza aspiracji mocarstwowych w polityce zagranicznej Egiptu, wpływu i znaczenia przywództwa Gamala Abdela Nasera, ideologii panarabizmu i naseryzmu, jak również tożsamości międzynarodowej Egiptu dla narodzin i ewolucji tychże aspiracji. Jest nim również przyczynienie się poprzez rezultaty badawcze do wypełnienia luki w dotychczasowych badaniach i pracach politologicznych w Polsce, poszerzenia obszaru badań ze względu na brak kompleksowego opracowania, monografii nt. aspiracji mocarstwowych w polityce zagranicznej Egiptu.
Oprócz rekonstrukcji kluczowych wydarzeń w polityce wewnętrznej i zagranicznej Egiptu odnoszących się do przedmiotu badań i przedstawienia ich analizy, celem autorki rozprawy jest prezentacja i analiza percepcji aspiracji mocarstwowych Egiptu zarówno w świecie arabskim, z uwzględnieniem rywalizacji o wpływy w regionie Bliskiego Wschodu, jak i w globalnym środowisku międzynarodowym z analizą znaczenia Egiptu dla względnej stabilności w regionie, bezpieczeństwa ontologicznego Izraela, walki z islamskim ekstremizmem i fundamentalizmem. Praca ma także ambicje przedstawienia predyktywnego aspektu aspiracji mocarstwowych tego państwa w odniesieniu do kwestii uzyskania przez nie statusu mocarstwa regionalnego w przyszłości.
W rozprawie dokonano porównania polityki i aspiracji mocarstwowych Egiptu realizowanych przez pięciu kolejnych egipskich prezydentów: Gamala Abdela Nasera, Anwara as-Sadata, Hosniego Mubaraka, Muhammada Mursiego i Abd al-Fattaha as-Sisiego. Jednym z głównych celów dysertacji jest także pokazanie kim byli/są egipscy przywódcy, jakie były źródła ich inspiracji, na jakich wzorcach Egipt się opierał w budowaniu silnego państwa i dążeniu do przewodzenia państwom arabskim, kto był inspiracją dla Nasera. Autorka pracy podjęła próbę zaprezentowania doświadczenia egipskich polityków i wiedzy przez nich wykorzystanej w budowaniu silnego państwa.
Odnośnie do cezur czasowych, badania, których rezultaty są zaprezentowane w rozprawie, obejmują swym zakresem kluczowy dla Egiptu i jego aspiracji mocarstwowych okres rozpoczynający się w 1952 roku, a kończą się na aktualnych wydarzeniach w polityce zagranicznej i ich implikacjach dla tych aspiracji. Dla całościowego ukazania tematu koniecznym było również przeprowadzenie badań uwarunkowań historycznych procesu narodzin państwowości Egiptu w latach 1805-1922, a także uwarunkowań politycznych, sytuacji społecznej i politycznej w Egipcie do roku 1952. Okres rozpoczynający się w 1952 roku jest kluczowy, gdyż po raz pierwszy od ponad dwóch tysięcy lat, od czasów faraonów, Egipt zaczął być rządzony przez Egipcjan. Wiek XIX jest także ważny dla przedmiotu badań ze względu na kształtowanie się nowoczesnej tożsamości etnicznej mieszkańców kraju. W Egipcie zaczęto zdawać sobie sprawę z 5 tys. lat cywilizacji i historii oraz z ich wkładu w cywilizację ludzką.The aim of this doctoral dissertation, which is a political science study belonging in the sub-discipline "International Relations", is the presentation and analysis of the power aspirations in Egypt's foreign policy: the influence and meaning of Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership, the ideology of pan-Arabism and Nasserism, as well as the international identity of Egypt for the birth and evolution of these aspirations. The purpose of the dissertation is also to contribute through the research results to filling the gap in current research and political science in Poland, expanding the research area due to the lack of a comprehensive study, a monograph on power aspirations in Egypt's foreign policy. In addition to the reconstruction of key events in Egypt's internal and foreign policy relating to the subject of research and the presentation of their analysis, the author's aim is to present and analyze the perception of Egypt's power aspirations both in the Arab world, including competition for influence in the Middle East region, and in the global environment with an analysis of the significance of Egypt for a relative stability in the region, Israel's ontological security and the struggle against Islamic extremism and fundamentalism. The thesis also has the ambition to present a predictive aspect of Egypt’s power aspirations with regard to the issue of obtaining the status of a regional power in the future. In the dissertation, the author carried out a comparative analysis of the Egyptian foreign policy and power aspirations pursued by five successive Egyptian presidents: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar as Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Muhammad Mursi and Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi. One of the main goals of the dissertation is also to show who the Egyptian leaders were/are, what were the sources of their inspiration, on what models Egypt was based in building a strong state and striving to lead the Arab states, who was the inspiration for Nasser. The author of the thesis attempted to present the experience of Egyptian politicians and knowledge used by them in building a strong state With regard to the caesura of historical events, research, the results of which are presented in the dissertation, cover the key for Egypt and its power aspirations, the period beginning in 1952, and ending with current events in foreign policy and their implications for these aspirations. For the overall presentation of the subject, it was also necessary to conduct research on the historical conditions of the birth of Egyptian statehood between 1805-1922, as well as political conditions and social and political situation in Egypt until 1952. The period beginning in 1952 is crucial because for the first time since over two thousand years, from the time of the Pharaohs, Egypt began to be ruled by the Egyptians. The 19th century is also important for the subject of research due to the shaping of modern ethnic identity of the inhabitants of the country. In Egypt, people began to be aware of 5,000 years of civilization and history and their contribution to human civilization.
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Khorommbi, Ndwambi Lawrence. "Lutherans and Pentecostals in mission amongst the Vhavenda: a comparative study in missionary methods". Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/636.
Testo completoAbstract (sommario):
The thesis of this study is that both Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal churches can
grow at a time when only the Pentecostal churches have grown. The stagnation that
has occurred in many ''mainline" churches.need not be allowed to increase or
continue. In Venda (Northern Province) both the Lutherans and the Pentecostals have
enjoyed visible growth.
Chapter 1 introduces the thesis, the choice of the study area, the objectives of the
study, and the typology, methodology and relevance of the study. Chapter 2 looks at
the history and socio-economic backgrowtd of the Vhavenda. Chapter 3 describes
traditional Vhavenda beliefs and rituals. The Vhavenda world-view is different from
that of the West but closer to that of the East and the Bible. Chapter 4 concentrates on
missionary Christianity in Venda and briefly discusses the missionary methods
adopted by the Berlin Missionary Society. Chapter 5 discusses the coming of
Pentecostalism to South Africa and Venda. Chapter 6 examines how the Lutherans
and the Apostolic Faith Mission church conducted their mission during the
"maturation of Apartheid'' in Venda. Major events in the collision between apartheid
and the Vhavenda are highlighted. Chapter 7 discusses the unfinished work of the
church in Venda. Chapter 8 examines the challenge for Christian mission in the
twenty-first century.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
D.Th (Missiology)