force winds. This significantly reduces impacts on a social level evidenced by the death toll of 1000 people in the USA compared to the 84‚500 deaths in Myanmar as a result of Nargis. This is due to buildings in a developed country such as the USA generally staying upright in many cases providing refuge from floods and strong wind whereas in Myanmar a lot of homes are self built with weak foundations meaning they are easily washed away by floods. A further way in which the impacts differ due to infrastructure
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ECD IN EMERGENCIES Researching Post-emergency Recovery for Very Young Children By Sithu Wai‚ Macquarie University A Case Study from Myanmar A s part of a PhD research project1‚ Dr. Sithu Wai is researching ways to assess post emergency needs of young children affected by disasters and conflicts. The anticipated outcome is an enhanced assessment framework which takes into account holistic needs of young children and their families. The investigation includes an assessment of the
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essentials. Summarizing means including only the most important information. A summary tells the main idea of the text. Step One: Evaluate the headlines and organizational pattern of the two articles. Article One: Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Human Rights Headline: Burma (officially known as Myanmar) and Human Rights Emotional or intellectual appeal? Supported by which words? Intellectual becaus of the word nobel prize Format: Inverted Pyramid or Narrative format? Supported by which evidence? Inveted Pyramid
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their training and development * Decide departmentalization * Cover safety and health of worker * Provide workforce retentions Case Studies In order to fulfil the objectives‚ a survey to three neighbouring country which is Indonesia‚ Myanmar and Philippines was conducted to decide the best possible place. Indonesia The survey conducted in Indonesia resulted as follow: * Strategic intelligence: i. Infrastructure With population of 237‚556‚363 people and growing‚ Indonesia
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supported by the example of the developing country of Myanmar after its post military junta era. Myanmar has in recent times embraced globalization by the luring of MNCs into the country to develop the country. This can be seen in the example of hotel businesses from the west coming to Myanmar. Since the arrival of such MNCs in Myanmar‚ the local population has experienced an increase in the level of education for the younger generation. Myanmar then boasts a higher productive workforce‚ as well as
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2008 Cyclone Nargis of Myanmar Cyclone Nargis was a strong typical storm that caused the worst ever natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar. The cyclone hit the country on May2‚ 2008‚ causing havoc and at least 146000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80000 dead‚ with about 10000 more deaths in Bogale. Damage was estimated at over US 10 billion. Which made it the most catastrophic cyclone in Myanmar. Nargis struck
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Review of India’s Look East Policy “India’s Look East Policy is not merely an external economic policy‚ it is also a strategic shift in India’s vision of the world and India’s place in the evolving global economy. Most of all it is about reaching out to our civilisational neighbours in South East Asia and East Asia”-- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Introduction In many ways the post Cold War external environment of a globalizing world‚ without rival political alliances‚ gave India the
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The most serious incident was when they used a supplier in Myanmar where a military government was in place with a poor human rights record. Mr Price‚ however‚ reacted quickly to stop all manufacturing in that country even though the manufacturer may have met all conditions set by Mr Price. What is clear is that
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that Rohingya Muslims were persecuted in Myanmar. In their history‚ such mass killings have happened several times. People of Rohingya are being crashed to death. Their children are starving in the darkness of dawn in this Asian century. India and China are interested in resuscitating decrepit colonial era ports and WWII era transport routes in their weak states in the name of securing resources for their respective domestic economic progress. In Myanmar the year 2012‚ Buddhist monks issued religious
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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AGRO BUSINESS (MYANMAR) Dr.P.C.Sabharwal Senior Adviser‚ TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Background of Myanmar III. Economy of Myanmar IV. Myanmar Women participation in Economy and Agriculture V. Gender Ratio VI. Strength‚ Constraints‚ Opportunities‚ and Risks In Myanmar VII. Developing Policy and Recommendations VIII. Key policy recommendations • The role of policy makers when supporting
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