The first one uses individual data, and tests whether receiving CCT assistance influences the intentions of remittance recipients to participate in presidential elections.
The message, delivered in high-level meetings and public statements over the past several days, reflects the belief of a growing number of senior administration officials that a years-long strategy of using persuasion and military assistance to influence Pakistani behavior has been ineffective.
Guerrero's personal experiences with poverty -- as an immigrant from Mexico and as a young single mother on public assistance -- influence her work every day and fuel her firm belief that government and civic activism can create pathways to opportunity for those willing to work hard and dream big.
Mason argues that without Constantine's assistance and influence, James may not have later established himself as a celebrated political writer.
Should the Houthis succeed in subduing the south, Iran's military assistance and influence will have reached Bab al-Mandeb, the strategic entrance to the Red Sea, giving Iran a stronger hand in overall regional and international politics.
His superior officers, as well as the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, encouraged him to apply for enrollment at West Point and offered to provide any assistance and influence needed to help him be accepted as a cadet.
Perhaps the best-documented recent example of the power of foreign assistance to influence public opinion was the response of the Indonesian people, the world's most populous Muslim country, after the U.S. provided hundreds of millions of dollars toward relief from the tsunami of 2004.
Cognitive (voluntary) approaches use education, moral persuasion and technical assistance to influence the behaviour of polluters.
UNICEF engages in policy dialogue, the sharing of knowledge and public campaigns and provides technical assistance to influence positive social change.
The study is conducted in Shinyanga Region, a resource-poor region in the northwest "Lake Zone" of Tanzania where approximately 17%% of households have poor or borderline food consumption and HIV prevalence is 7.4%%, making this an ideal setting to examine how food and cash assistance may influence adherence to ART [ 38, 39].
