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  2. Resource management - Wikipedia

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    A dimension of resource development is included in resource management by which investment in resources can be retained by a smaller additional investment to develop a new capability that is demanded, at a lower investment than disposing of the current resource and replacing it with another that has the demanded capability.

  3. Resource - Wikipedia

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    Actual resources are those, that have been surveyed, their quantity and quality determined, and are being used in present times. For example, petroleum and natural gas are actively being obtained from the Mumbai High Fields. The development of an actual resource, such as wood processing depends on the technology available and the cost involved ...

  4. Asset-based community development - Wikipedia

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    They co-authored a book in 1993, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community’s Assets, [3] which outlined their asset-based approach to community development. [4] The Community Development Program at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research established the Asset-Based Community ...

  5. Resource Conservation and Development Program - Wikipedia

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    The RC&D Program is a nationwide USDA program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The purpose of the RC&D program is to accelerate the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, improve the general level of economic activity, and to enhance the environment and standard of living in designated ...

  6. Natural resource - Wikipedia

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    Natural resources can be a substantial part of a country's wealth; [7] however, a sudden inflow of money caused by a resource extraction boom can create social problems including inflation harming other industries ("Dutch disease") and corruption, leading to inequality and underdevelopment, this is known as the "resource curse".

  7. Quiz bowl - Wikipedia

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    A short story by this author features the question, "In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?" A character in a story by this author describes knowing "the Secret," which is a "British artillery park on the Ancre". A story by this author features a hunt by the "Purifiers" through (*) infinite hexagonal rooms. Richard ...

  8. Renewable resource - Wikipedia

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    Oceans often act as renewable resources. Sawmill near Fügen, Zillertal, Austria Global vegetation. A renewable resource (also known as a flow resource [note 1] [1]) is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

  9. Monitoring and evaluation - Wikipedia

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    The process is also growing in popularity in the developing countries where the governments have created their own national M&E systems to assess the development projects, the resource management and the government activities or administration. The developed countries are using this process to assess their own development and cooperation agencies.