NIGERIA’S 521 LANGUAGES AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS In this present time‚ and in the face of different ethnic tensions plaguing our nation‚ many Nigerians are asking themselves an important question: what is the value of our many languages? They want to know how it can put food on the table of the average Nigerian. When I posted on The Green Heritage Facebook page‚ last year‚ that Nigeria has the third highest number of languages in the world (after Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
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with this running decade MDG has gained enormous success in developing goals on a global scale. As an efficient financial mechanism‚ MDG enables various governmental and non-governmental actors to realise the millennium development goals (MDGs). Based on our recent field-research on Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh‚ this paper empirically examines and analyze the role of MDGs in promoting livelihoods in the country. The study reflects on recent arguments on behalf of MDG and shows that despite
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primary education 7. Promote gender equality and empower women 8. Reduce child mortality One kid dies every seven minute in Africa because of starvation. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The 191 UN members established United Nations Millennium Development Goals stating that they have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. This MDG includes combating poverty‚ hunger‚ disease‚ illiteracy‚ environmental degradation‚ and discrimination against women. Its’ aim is to decrease the world
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History of Babylonia The Word "Babylon" Babylon is Akkadian "babilani" which means "the Gate of God(s)" and it became the capital of the land of Babylonia. The etymology of the name Babel in the Bible means "confused" (Gen 11:9) and throughout the Bible‚ Babylon was a symbol of the confusion caused by godlessness. The name Babylon is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Babel. The Early Growth of Babylon There is evidence that man has lived in this area of Mesopotamia since the beginning of civilization
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"Role of Youth and Millennium Development Goals : Challenges and Opportunities" Introduction Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international or organizations These eight time-bound goals provide concrete‚ numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions. They include goals and targets on income poverty‚ hunger‚ maternal and child mortality‚ disease‚ inadequate shelter‚ gender
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Achievement OF THE Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for education in ethiopia PREPARED BY: ABIY NEGUSSIE A senier ESSAY SUBMITTED in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration and development Management Department of Public Administration and Development management Faculty of business and economics Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia JUNE 2008 ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my deep appreciation for my mother and
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| IFP CTS Assignment 3 | To what extent have the Millennium Development Goals been a success? | | | | Jingi Hong | 25.APR.2011 | Word count:1357 | In recent time‚ The World are become more develop than ever. On the other hands‚ some pool countries could not follow this development‚ so they left further more behind than before. In this reason‚ The UN set up the Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) means eight international development goals
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“Evaluate the progress in meeting the Millennium development goals in terms of Health‚ Education and Poverty.” Introduction: In 2000‚ the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations. At the Millennium Summit in September‚ the largest gathering of world leaders in history adopted the UN Millennium Declaration‚ committing their nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound
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Code of Hammurabi Western Civilization and the World I 100 Professor Preface This paper will examine the Code of Hammurabi and how it affected the people of Babylon before‚ during and after its creation. The nature of the topic is to have a better understanding of how the Code of Hammurabi changed society‚ hindered women’s rights and independence and left a lasting impression for future generations. Chronology 1810 BC Hammurabi was born to the then-king of Babylon Sin-muballit
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Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Pakistan: Challenges in the Way Forward Introduction The General Assembly‚ by its resolution 53/202 of 17 December 1998‚ decided to designate the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly as “The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations”‚ and to convene‚ as an integral part of the Millennium Assembly‚ a Millennium Summit of the United Nations. The Millennium Summit was held from during September 2000 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The
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