In the case of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Zhang et al. (2008 ) also pointed out the limited opportunities for farmers to develop off-farm businesses because of a pervasive lack of investment and policies in local social capital development.
From September 24th to 26th key representatives of five Batken region municipalities/aiyl okmotuus (rural self governance) participated in a training programme on international practice in strategic planning and management and local-level social development strategy.
Criteria such as performance in poverty eradication, job creation, local economic and social development, and, increasingly, cleaner environment are key factors in the promotion of local officials.
Through a benefit-sharing model, Natura works with the communities to encourage sustainable agricultural practices and investment in local social and economic development.
Low cost and high quality coverage processes of engineering to improve institutional efficiency through greater linkages with local economic and social development is proposed.
Prof Brink said: "The combination of global and local challenges manifested here appeals to me, and I look forward to the prospect of integrating academic excellence with an international agenda as well as being a driver for local economic and social development," he said.
Spin-offs in Boston and Silicon Valley show that universities have made a tremendous contribution to local economic and social development.
Meanwhile, we did not discuss the effects of macro-social processes such as urban and rural dual structure, local social and economic development, the local education investment, regional nutritional and health conditions, changing conditions of the labor market, and changes in the population structure on educational inequality.
Graduates of our colleges of education have pushed for standardized testing as a way to "leave no child behind," often (inadvertently) draining away the civic mission of schools and severing the connections which once made schools centers of civic life and engines of local economic and social development.
This ancient vector-borne disease is endemic to much of Africa and has had a profound impact on local social and economic development.
