enhancing the lives of the poor and therefore a major tool for economic and social development mostly in rural areas. Lately‚ contrary to this widespread belief‚ critics have raised eyebrows against this growing popularity of microfinance as a major tool for enhancing economic development. Contrary to belief‚ they are of the opinion that microfinance is a ‘make-belief’ that is hindering economic and social development rather than enhancing it. It is to this regard and in light of these growing controversies
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Ancient Egyptian Civilization Ancient Egyptian Civilization is one of the oldest in the world. It grew up in the fertile lands along the River Nile over 5000 years ago. Egypt is known as “the gift of the Nile‚” because the river’s annual flood deposits rich black soil on the flat land. The Egyptians called the fruitful river valley Kemet‚ “the black land”. The Nile is flanked by deserts and the Egyptians called these barren lands deshret‚ “the red land.” Religion: Priests- The pharaoh was the high
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Investigate the Environmental and Ecological Impacts of Coastal Development Development along the coast is very popular due to the natural beauty of the area‚ and the opportunities that the coast has such as importing and exporting. Development includes things such as the building of human settlements‚ which would be encouraged by the fact that there would be jobs in the form of primary industries such as fishing but also in docks‚ which would be more development as they would have to be built. The coast
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Chinese Dynasties The Xia Dynasty‚ 2070-1600 BC‚ was an important dynasty for the Chinese civilization and their history. It brought an end to the Primitive Society and brought up a new trend‚ the slave society. Towards the end of the Xia Dynasty‚ social conflicts grew and they were forced to go to war. The people were tired of dealing with all of with all the things they were forced to do for their leader so they fled in large numbers and were soon ruled by the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty
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SYNOPSIS ON A STUDY OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE‚ WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SECL JAMUNA KOTMA (M.P.) [pic] Submitted Towards the partial fulfillment for the award of Master of Business Administration degree (U.P. Technical University‚ Lucknow) (2011-2013) SUBMITTED TO: - SUBMITTED BY:- Mrs. ANJANA SHAHU NAVEEN VERMA ASST. PROFESSOR
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THE ROLE OF CAPITAL MARKET IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA BY IBE OBILOR SUNNY (984052158) A RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINSITRATION (MBA) IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT‚ SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OWERRI MARCH 2004. CERTIFICATION I certify that this research project was carried out by IBE SUNNY OBILOR
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all the Chinese items with silver‚ the only value China really liked from the British. The problem was that more silver was leaving Britain than coming in since they had to pay for all of the Chinese imports that were coming in. Britain didn’t get any money from China‚ since China didn’t buy any of their goods. Britain’s solution to this problem was to sell opium to the Chinese. Opium had already been used in China before‚ but only as a medicinal drug. The British convinced the Chinese to buy opium
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On “the Yellow Wallpaper” “The yellow wallpaper”‚ written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ is always regarded as an important American Feminist literature‚ illustrating women’s situation in the 19th century. The story adopts a first-person narrating style‚ in the form of journal entries written by a woman suffering from mental disease. The writing of the narrator‚ as a record‚ shows the process of her descent into insanity. As far as I am concerned‚ the most conspicuous feature of this story
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What factors contribute to the narrator’s breakdown? How does Gilman portray this? The novella The Yellow Wallpaper is a small masterpiece written by‚ Charlotte P Gilman. She enlightens her readers to the living conditions of a middle class woman during the late 1800s. This is portrayed through use of the narrator‚ who documents the different factors that impact upon the different stages of her mental breakdown. The readers can see that through the novel‚ Gilman portrays the life of a young woman
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Prehistory and first civilizations What Is "Prehistory"? Prehistory—meaning human societies without writing or widespread written records—survived until Western culture and industrial society completed their globalization in the 20th century‚ making the topic of a course that begins with some very old fossils seem more current than you may think. You learn about dozens of archaeological sites all over the world and learn about stone-tool making‚ mammoth hunting‚ and temple building as you explore
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