REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE According to Ani (2005)‚ the Internet is a network of linked computers which are located at different points all over the world that provides easy communication between persons and organizations no matter where they are located. The Internet is used mostly in obtaining information. Nwafor and Ezejiofor (2004) quoting Sadler (1995) observe that the Internet is not a single network of computers but a network of nets‚ a large network that connects many smaller networks
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on all the issues that come along with poverty. Poverty is found everywhere and it tends to never go away. This topic is an issue that social workers experience everyday with clients. Most of their clients have low-income or family poverty in common. Studies have shown that living in a low income environment or in family poverty has an impact on the stress level of the parents. Although the parents will demonstrate a considerable resilience towards poverty‚ the stress from the parents eventually
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Institute fellow examines why those in need aren’t always thankful for giving — and what can be done to better improve their situation. As if poverty weren’t a challenging enough phenomenon unto itself‚ time has revealed that good intentions by outsiders can in many cases make the problem worse — a cruel irony that serves as the basis of Michael Matheson Miller’s “Poverty Inc.‚” an easy-to-understand docu-essay with a tough-to-accept message‚ especially as it implies that some aid organizations may actually
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class and the bottom is the majority which is lower-class and poverty stricken individuals. There are many factors than can influence why a person is impoverished. Poverty is a globalized disadvantage that stems from circumstances such as birth‚ the environment one lives in‚ one’s education level‚ demographic‚ and many other causes. Many argue that‚ to fix poverty one must start within their household. However‚ I believe that systematic poverty beings upstairs‚ due to our government’s inability to effectively
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are different levels that describe the underprivileged. Poverty can be divided into about five diverse subgroups‚ which are transitional‚ marginal‚ residual‚ absolute and relative (Carl‚ Page 30). No matter which description of poverty a person may fall into the effects of this social class can be great. A life of being deprived of basic necessities affects not only adults‚ adolescents‚ and children‚ but also it is damaging to newborns. Poverty goes hand in hand with altering a person’s emotions‚ diets
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In addition to its direct effect on poverty‚ inequality also effects poverty indirectly through its impact on growth. Initial cross-country studies found that greater initial income inequality actually reduces future growth even after controlling for initial levels of GDP and human capital. Evidence predominantly suggests that inequality is bad for growth. The World Development Report 2000/01 concludes that better distribution is possible without a reduction in economic growth. In other words there
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Poverty and Income inequality affects our relationship with other people from a different race. Any conversation of collective class and flexibility would be inadequate without having a discussion of poverty and income inequality. According to Dr. Larry Griffin‚ a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: In 2005-06- “13% of white Mississippians were poor (national average is 12%) and 43% of black Mississippians are poor (national average is 33%)”. Although‚ other estimations of poverty
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Robotization is the automation of a system or task‚ such that human labor isn’t necessary‚ and is replaced with a robotic version. This can have detrimental effects on employment and income‚ particularly for lower skilled and lower waged workers. Robot labor is being implemented in many settings‚ depriving humans of those jobs. Types of robots include service robots‚ that provide services to humans‚ performing low paying‚ dangerous‚ or private and sensitive; personal care robots that provide medical
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MICROFINANCE AS A STRATEGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION INTRODUCTION Microfinance is not something new in Malaysia. It has been operated by credit unions‚ co-operative banks and specialised credit windows of banks. Microfinance services of financial credit range for about RM10‚000 (USD2‚631) and mostly to finance small businesses‚ agricultural loans and loans for poverty reduction. Microfinance program in Malaysia has been implemented since 1987 as one of the poverty eradication strategies in the country
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silent problem in America that touches from the east to west coast. More than 14 percent of the U.S. people live in poverty in many ways. Many people struggle to maintain a well financial status to support themselves or love ones. Poverty effects the United States massively on its economic structure‚ as it gets worst the more it is hidden in the face of media and politics. Poverty is being stripped from getting food‚ clothes‚ and shelter due to not having much money for these basic needs. Many people
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