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16. Encourage public-private sector partnership
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qualitative data 5: public-private partnerships |
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1. Have some major public enterprises involving
the delivery of services in cities |
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established partnerships with private firms during
the last five years at the city level? |
yes |
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How many ? |
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2. Have some major public enterprises involving
the delivery of services in cities established |
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partnerships with private firms during the last
five years at the country level? |
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no |
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How many ? |
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Have public-private partnership become a more
common practice in the last five years ? |
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Have they been effective ? Have they offered a
greater flexibility in the management and higher degree |
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of transparency, efficiency and accountability in
their operation ? |
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Is the cost-recovery of services higher ? |
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During the last few years partnership between the
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is a common practice. Concessions are widely used. |
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The cooperation of both sectors leads to
increasing the prices of goods |
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concerning the small and the big consumer's
baskets. |
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indicator 21: city product |
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city level |
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1993 |
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City product |
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$1 513 |
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$1 338 |
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per person |
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Gross National Product |
$1 276 |
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$1 484 |
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per person |
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Which method was used for the calculation of the
city product (see definitions) ? |
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method A |
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method B |
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What do this trend suggest in terms of urban
economic development ? |
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Are cities economies growing more that national
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During the process of restructuring the national
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free market type , there is a decline in the city
economy due to the slow |
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privatization and the difficulties in finding
strategic investors. The city product |
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is diminishing . |
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indicator 22: unemployment |
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city and country levels |
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% of total unemployed that are men |
5.30% |
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3.96% |
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in the total workforce |
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% of total unemployed that are women |
2.80% |
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in the total workforce |
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% unemployed men and women |
8.10% |
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in the total workforce |
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What do this trend suggest in terms of employment
opportunities for men and women ? |
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What are the impacts of unemployment on the urban
economy and social development ? |
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What measures have been undertaken to curb
negative trends ? |
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Measures to curb negative trends - |
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passive- paying compensations for unemployment |
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active- qualification training, mediation in
finding jobs for the registered |
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unemployed. |
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