THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA BY: SALEH LAWAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION A. B. U. ZARIA NIGERIA Abstract This paper is set out to examine the challenges posed by the Global Economic crisis on government’s efforts of poverty reduction in Nigeria. Data used for the study came from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were gathered through the instrument of questionnaire administered to 55 units
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1. Introduction The financial crisis in 2008 caused a global impact on the world`s economy. Starting with the real estate crash in the entire U.S. market‚ an increasing number of powerful banks suffered from the resulting credit defaults. The dependencies among the banks all over the world have spread the crisis to the financial markets overseas. Several governments have become increasingly important actors‚ with the aim to stabilize their domestic economy. Politicians agreed that the rescue of
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In her article‚ “Flint Water Crisis: What Happened and Why?‚” Susan J. Masten (2016) first acknowledges that “many warnings and concerns were voiced regarding the use of the Flint River as a community water source.” In particular‚ Brian Larkin‚ then associate director of Michigan’s
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Cuban Missile Crisis. New York: Markus Weiner Publishing‚ 1988. This book written by Robert Divine is an historical overview of the most important events‚ causes‚ and the consequences after and during Cuban Missile Crisis revolution of 1962 This author provides a concise but not oversimplified review of the many complicated aspects of this affair; wich brought the world to the age of nuclear war. This book helps me to have a better point of view about all Cuban Missile Crisis revolution
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For thirteen days in October of 1962‚ the world lingered on the verge of a nuclear conflict of unparalleled proportions. In the eyes of those involved with the crisis every action seemed to flirt with disaster and beckon doomsday. The United States discovered the presence of Soviet missile silos in Cuba‚ capable of launching nuclear-tipped weaponry that could target much of the Eastern United States. President John F. Kennedy‚ under pressure from his advisors chose to order a naval “quarantine”
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This paper examines The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ which took place in October 1962‚ during the cold war‚ between United States and Soviet Union and analyses the critical points of the crises from the United States‚ Soviet Union and Cuba’s points of view. It points out their moves and negotiating styles in order to get in an agreement to end this crisis that could have almost turned to a total nuclear war. This confrontation of the two powerful countries put the world in danger; however‚ after intensive
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The CIA directed coup in Iran and the Cuban Missile Crisis had both unforeseen effects of the Cold War. They both have both nationalist and communists conflict. The difference is the full extent of how successful America was. The Cia coup in Iran was a result of Iran with holding the oil and their influence of communist beliefs. The Cuban Missile Crisis was thought to affect the safety of America itself‚ the bomb could hit them. These areas are similar because in both events America is determined
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Load Shedding Crisis in Pakistan Electricity is a basic need for sustaining human life. We cannot even imagine how our lives would have been if electricity was not discovered. Looking at it from an economic growth perspective of a country‚ the creation of energy is very essential. Pakistan however has been facing an acute shortage of electricity for many years now (since 2007). Electricity crisis and load shedding reaches to 10hours in Karachi. In commercial and residential areas of Karachi load
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Cuban Missile Crisis Analysis The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of the most important events in United States history; it’s even easy to say world history because of what some possible outcomes could have been from it. The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a major Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime‚ and in the summer of 1962‚ Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest mankind ever came to a nuclear war. The United States and Soviet Union mobilized their armed forces and nuclear weaponry‚ bringing the world within hours of a nuclear exchange. The Realist perspective argues that the origins and outcomes of this conflict were caused by the never-ending struggle for military‚ economic‚ and diplomatic power between the United States and Soviet Union‚ but cannot determine why the conflict ended. Instead‚ the Liberal perspective
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