The Role of the Local Government in Poverty Alleviation Case study in Blantyre District‚ Malawi 1. INTRODUCTION: This research has been conducted to investigate the role of the local government in poverty alleviation‚ in reference to the projects they design and implement and the contribution this makes in the efforts to develop the society as a whole‚ focussing on the Malawi business capital city of Blantyre. The following terms have been defined for clarification purposes
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STATE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS: AN APPRAISAL OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS IN NIGERIA* By Prof. Aderibigbe S. Olomola Director‚ Surveillance & Forecasting Department Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)‚ Ibadan PAPER PRESENTED AT THE NISER RESESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES (NRSS) HELD AT THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH‚ IBADAN SEPTEMBER 11‚ 2012 1 STATE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS: AN APPRAISAL OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS IN NIGERIA
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United States. Human and Health Services is an important entity and there are many programs that serve under this umbrella. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the part of the federal government that’s responsible for administrating programs that deal with health and welfare. According the official HHS website‚ the department works with almost one fourth of all federal government expenditures and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined
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Federal and State Government Aid Effective with High Education In today’s Society the cost to earn a college education has increased over the years. With the competition and job market parents are stressing the importance of college with their children. The real problem at hand is that many families cannot afford to send their children to college. This problem is not only a factor in young adults but in many adults who have tried to make it in the world. Even though this underlying factor
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Budget Deficit For many decades‚ there has been a concern for the deficit within the United States. Many politicians‚ authors‚ newscasters‚ and citizens have expressed their distress in order to resolve or control the issue. Keynesian economic theory states that running a budget deficit is okay‚ as long as the deficit is not exorbitantly large and is not carried for a long period of time. Even though many experts agree with this notion‚ having a deficit at all is important to the present and
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The Union Budget was released yesterday. Here are the highlights. * Tax slab on personal income remains unchanged * Income tax exemption limit raised by Rs 50‚000 to Rs 2.5 lakh and for senior citizens to Rs 3 lakh * Exemption limit for investment in financial instruments under 80C raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh. * Investment limit in PPF raised to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh * Deduction limit on interest on loan for self-occupied house raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh. * Kisan Vikas Patra
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Government is an organized system that aids a society to accomplish common goals and provide benefits for the community as a whole. Government organizations help a nation to achieve economic growth‚ secure boarders‚ and help protect the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. “Government provides stability to society‚ as well as many crucial services such as free public education‚ police and fire services‚ and mail delivery” (32). Government provides authority and policies to help organize different
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THE 1976 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM AND PHYSICAL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA S. A. Ifaturoti‚ Department of Estate Management‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile Number: +234 706 270 9658 1.0 INTRODUCTION Local governments are an integral part of government. It is similarly the tier of government that is closest to the people being governed‚ and so the most effective means through which higher governments- state and federal- institute their policy
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How has the role of the Federal Government changed throughout American History based on the circumstances/events of the 20th Century? (i.e. Gilded Age‚ Progressive Era‚ Imperialism‚ Great War‚ Roaring 20s‚ Great Depression‚ WW II‚ Post-War etc..) The role of the Federal Government changed in various ways (Guilded age) to prevent monopoly corporate combinations‚ Congress created the Sherman Antitrust Act. It also regulates railroad rates under the Interstate Commerce Act. (Progressive era) The goal
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Tri-Cities Community Bank – A Balanced Scorecard Case By Tom Albright‚ Stan Davis‚ and Aleecia Hibbets Case A. Balanced Scorecard Development Tri-Cities Community Bank (TCCB) is located in the Midwest US and has a total of 10 branches grouped into two divisions‚ the southern division (SD) and the northern division (ND). Each division consists of five branches; each branch employs a branch president‚ branch vice-president/chief loan officer‚ customer service representatives‚ loan
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