means of living. ■ A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from external stresses and shocks‚ and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets now and in the future. The Sustainable Livelihood Approach The sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) is a way of thinking about the objectives‚ scope‚ and priorities for development activities. It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable lives their lives and the importance of policies and institutions
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The purpose of nonviolent direct action is to create a situation in which a community is forced to face a problem and come to common ground with the opposition. This was showcased in Birmingham Alabama when the local civil rights groups and merchants negotiated to remove biased signs on windows and equal treatment in the stores. Through this nonviolent action the local civil rights groups thought they had won a moral victory over the merchants. However when the signs were only temporarily removed
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Coursework 2 In this coursework I will be discussing the statement below with reference to Smith et al’s (2008) with an analytic study of NHS Direct call centre‚ a telephone health helpline in England. ‘The development of advanced IT-based services depends not on technology itself‚ but on particular choices about work organization and the empowerment of front line staff’… Technology has advanced ever so much in the past 100 years in different aspects of life; communication is one of the biggest
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201KM GROUP PROJECT CASE STUDY 3 Case Study 3 The C-Direct- Insurance Company Developed by Peter Race‚ Henley Management College Call centres have fast become one of the most important channels for organizations and their customers to interact. There are around 4‚000 call centres in the UK today‚employing over 400‚000 people. The direct sell insurance industry is increasingly using call centres to access and service its market. The C-Direct -Insurance Company has its call centre in Newcastle
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may be faced with direct and indirect power blocks. The direct power blocks are actions that inhibit you from getting what you need to be successful or basic needs. They occur when negative valuations are applied directly by agents of our major social institutions. For example‚ an individual could be discriminated by their own family because they have a different skin tone than the rest of the family. Racism‚ sexism and classism are just a few examples of direct power blocks. Direct power blocks limit
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nepal: Trends and Prospects Introduction FDI is a cross-border investment in which a resident in one economy (the direct investor) acquires a lasting interest in an enterprise in another economy (the direct investment enterprise). By convention‚ a direct investment is established when the direct investor has acquired 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares or voting power of an enterprise abroad. FDI may involve the creation of a new establishment or investment
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The film Cut from Different Cloths explores the parallel universe between the United States and Afghanistan regarding gender issues. Coming from the United States‚ Serena has had a wide variety of opportunities due to the freedoms she is allowed. Women are able to participate in public life‚ wear the clothes they like‚ marry who they choose‚ and get a fair education. Unfortunately‚ most of this is not true for the women in the Middle East. I don’t think that Serena could have ever prepared herself
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduction | Aims | The aim of this unit is to provide a gentle introduction to COBOL’s direct access file organizations and to equip you with a knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of each type of organization. | Objectives | By the end of this unit you should: 1. Have a good understanding of the drawbacks of inserting‚ deleting and amending records in an ordered Sequential file. 2. Have a basic knowledge of how
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Subject: Dell’s Direct Business Model Date: 04/08/05 Will Dell’s direct business model continue to provide a competitive advantage as fellow competitors Compaq‚ IBM‚ and HP emulate Dell’s direct model? Dell’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain and sells computers directly to customers‚ building each to order. Dell does not manufacture the computer components; they merely assemble computers based on components that are available in the market. Dell’s use of technology
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Cognition Based on parental report and direct observation Christopher displayed various strengths and weaknesses. Christopher can perform the following: spontaneously name five or more objects; stack six to seven blocks; look at a picture book with an adult and may name or point to simple objects and count up to 5 or more objects. He can also imitate scribbling‚ understanding concepts of one‚ and match circle‚ square and triangle. On the other hand‚ Christopher had difficulty with the following:
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