COMMENTARY Corruption in India A Quantitative Analysis Vani K Borooah This article represents one of the first attempts at quantifying the level of corruption in India. This has been made possible by the unique website ipaidabribe.com which invites people who paid a bribe to record their experience. By choosing a specific issue – identity verification by a police officer prior to issuing a passport – it was able to focus on a “harassment” bribe‚ that is a bribe paid for something a person was
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Introduction Pakistan was established in 1947 and since its inception; it has been surrounded by countless issues‚ some of which are confined to ill-formed/missing infrastructure‚ insufficient refined resources‚ barren or obsolete factories and technologies‚ the Kashmir controversy and other fronts also involving an ever-ready enemy to underscore its efforts towards progress. Despite being rich in natural resources‚ Pakistan has so far been a developing country with limited development in every
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In examining a variety of factors that resulted in Napoleon ’s defeat in Russia in 1812‚ judge the most significant of those factors. The Patriotic War of 1812‚ or more commonly known as the Russian Campaign‚ significantly altered the course of European history as Napoleon Bonaparte‚ a French military leader and adversary of Russia faced a notable downfall of his military rule and career. Czar Alexander I’s fueled France’s campaign in Russia through his withdraw of participation in the Continental
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Company Overview Harvey Norman is an Australian-based retail chain with 230 stores in Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Slovenia‚ Ireland‚ Northern Ireland‚ Malaysia‚ Croatia and Singapore‚ offering a huge range of electrical‚ computer‚ furniture and bedding goods. It is effectively a franchisor of other Australian retail chains including Domayne‚ Space Furniture‚ Ariston Appliances and Joyce Mayne. Financial Summary (Annual report for the year ended June 30‚ 2012) Favorable change A 5-year track record
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Ch. 15-16 Assignment: An introduction to the history of psychology‚ 6th ed. by Hergenhahn By Richard Thripp for Prof. John Beltran‚ PSY 4604 sec. 0W58‚ Univ. of Central Fla.‚ Sp. 2013 2013 April 11 Ch. 15: 1. What is mental illness? In your answer‚ include the criteria that have been used throughout history to define mental illness. Mental illness is a condition characterized by emotions‚ thoughts‚ or behavior that are substantially abnormal for a given time and place in history (p. 514)
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Throughout this semester‚ we have been studying about many different types of diversity issues. We have read about race issues‚ ethnicity issues‚ class issues‚ and gender issues. The one issue that has affected me the most however‚ is the ethnicity diversity issue. This has been a prevalent issue in the world as of late‚ especially in the United States. I think that discrimination based on ethnicity will always happen no matter how well intentioned people may be. I don’t think that it is right‚ but
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services‚ a light rail system and feeder bus routes within Hong Kong‚ and intercity passenger and freight train services to Mainland China. In 2006‚ the local KCR passenger train network (i.e. intercity services excluded) recorded an annual ridership of 544 million. While still owned by its previous operator‚ Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong Government‚ the network has been operated by the MTR Corporation Limited under a 50-year‚ extendible‚ service concession since
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the Corporate Veil in Australia” (2001) 19 Companies and Securities Law Journal 250 at 251. [ 8 ]. Australian Liquor‚ Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union‚ Western Australia Branch v Burswood Catering and Entertainment Pty Ltd (2002) 82 WAIG 544. [ 12 ]. Burswood Catering and Entertainment Pty Ltd v Australian Liquor‚ Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union‚ Western Australian Branch [2002] WASCA 107 (23 April 2002) para 4.
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STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 168415 Name: Alana Gombach Course: Bachelor of Applied Social Science (BASSIX) ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: COUN2051 Educator: Enza Santangelo Assessment Name: Mental Health Policy and Practice Assessment Number: 2 Term & Year: 3/2014 Word Count: 1096 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously submitted for any
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Learning is not only an essential skill to survive‚ it is also a requirement to attain a fulfilled life. Yet the public education system‚ where the majority of people are expected to learn‚ often overlook the process of learning. It is no wonder why one of the most accomplished thinkers‚ Albert Einstein‚ has said‚ “the only thing that interferes with my learning is my education” (qtd. In Silber 130). This quote embodies the current state of public education in the United States; a system that approaches
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