Editor’s Introduction: Beyond the Aporia of Development Projects

AbstractPolyhedral Oligomeric Silsequioxane molecules have been incorporated into a commercial polyurethane formulation to produce nanocomposite polyurethane foam. This tiny POSS silica molecule has been used successfully to enhance the performance of polymer systems using co-polymerization and blend strategies. In our investigation, we chose a high-temperature MDI Polyurethane resin foam currently used in military development projects. For the nanofiller, or “blend”, Cp7T7(OH)3 POSS was chosen. Structural characterization was accomplished by TEM and SEM to determine POSS dispersion and cell morphology, respectively. Thermal behavior was investigated by TGA. Two methods of TEM sample preparation were employed, Focused Ion Beam and Ultramicrotomy (room temperature).

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Involuntary resettlement in development projects

10.1596/0-8213-3103-4 ◽

2005 ◽

Keyword(s):

Development Projects ◽

Involuntary Resettlement

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Selecting Development Projects for the World Bank

10.1596/0-8213-3625-8 ◽

1996 ◽

Author(s):

Jean Baneth

Keyword(s):

World Bank ◽

Development Projects ◽

The World Bank ◽

The World

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Global Development

10.23943/princeton/9780691180151.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sara Lorenzini

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

International Organizations ◽

Development Aid ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Modern World ◽

Development Projects ◽

Berlin Wall ◽

History Of Development ◽

History Of ◽

The Cold War

In the Cold War, “development” was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. This book provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world. Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the book shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. The book shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects—examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground—and it also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. It shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences. The book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.

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OVERSUPPLY OF THE HIGH-COST HOUSING IN MALAYSIA

Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment ◽

10.24191/myse.v7i2.10266 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 91

Author(s):

Fazilah Ramli ◽

Rozlin Zainal ◽

Maimunah Ali

Keyword(s):

Housing Market ◽

Housing Development ◽

Development Projects ◽

Housing Supply ◽

Huge Number ◽

Housing Type ◽

Housing Units

High overhang of housing rates together with the price of houses offered continues to rise lead to Malaysian housing market become very unaffordable. Therefore, it is important to investigate the reason behind the developer’s action in continuing to develop the high-cost housing despite the huge number of unsold housing units in the market in Malaysia. Respondents involved in this study were housing developers from Johor, Selangor and Perak who are currently or previously involved in the high-cost housing development projects that priced above RM300,000. The paper is expected that the developers able to meet the actual housing supply for high-cost housing type.

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Research On Risks Encountered By Institutions In European Development Project

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education ◽

10.2478/cplbu-2014-0089 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 517-520

Author(s):

Diana Elena Ranf ◽

Elida-Tomiţa Todăriţa ◽

Dănuţ Dumitru Dumitraşcu

Keyword(s):

Development Project ◽

Development Projects ◽

Application Form ◽

Structural Funds ◽

Development Opportunity ◽

Centre Region ◽

European Development ◽

Way Of Thinking ◽

Risk Categories ◽

Implementation Stage

AbstractEuropean funds are a development opportunity for the Romanian organizations. The research in the article aims to identify the main risk categories that the beneficiaries from Centre Region have faced, and also the effects of not considering certain risk categories in the stage of filling out the application form and also in the implementation stage of the projects have had on the development of these projects. Identifying how the organisations have managed projects during the development projects 2003-2013 finds its usefulness in the following period that is knocking on our doors: 2014-2020 that should find us better prepared and more capable of proving seriousness and professionalism. Therefore, training in projects should not end once the structural funds have been attracted, but it should be regarded as destined to modernize our way of thinking and actions in helping organisations develop their businesses.

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