Investment within a country can be seen as a vital component in terms of promoting economic prosperity. This essay is going to outline the importance of investment in terms of current and future economic activity by examining the effect of investment on growth and employment. The importance of the ability of the South African government to differentiate between private and public investment will be addressed by the use of a graph illustrating the investment rates of the private and public sectors
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COD 125 Week 2 Reading on: Kenny‚ Susan (2010) ‘The Nature of Community Development’. Developing Communities for the Future: Community Development in Australia. Melbourne: Nelson ITP Tesoriero‚ Frank (2010) Community Development: Community-Based Alternatives in an Age of Globalisation. French Forest‚ NSW: Pearson Education Summary: Community development is an ‘activity or philosophy’ (Kenny 2010) initiated by or facilitated among a group (collectively called community) out of dissatisfaction
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How Are Decision Made? If administrative behaviour revolves around decision making‚ there must be some guiding principles to the decision making process. Decision making is geared towards the solution of organizational problems. John Dewey‚ elaborated the steps in problem solving as including: 1. State the problem 2. List the alternatives 3. Select the best alternative. Precisely this is what decision making involves. Griffiths (1958) had given six (6) basic steps to decision making in school
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educated in making purchasing decisions with an adult literacy rate at 99% and UN Human Development Index(HDI) of .9 . If firms are to create a start in a market and gain a first-mover advantage they will do so in a market has an impressive GDP per Capita PPP of $48 010 (World Bank classification‚ 2013). This shows that even with a population of 6 million‚ the economy is strong and developed and with 95% of the population living in urban areas it is assumable an urban economy would exercise their discretionary
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What is HDI? HDI (Human Development index) is a way of measuring development by combining indicators of life expectancy‚ educational attainment and income. The breakthrough for the HDI was the creation of a single statistic which was to serve as a frame of reference for both social and economic development. The HDI sets a minimum and a maximum for each dimension‚ called goalposts‚ and then shows where each country stands in relation to these goalposts‚ expressed as a value between 0 and 1. It is
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E-Governance Traditionally‚ the interaction between government and citizen took place in a government office. Now Govt. are facing problem in wake of social and technology‚ publics are demanding efficient and transparent public administration. Governments worldwide are striving hard to transform and reinvent the government system. E-Government: It can be defined as the application of ICT-particularly internet based information technology by government agency to improve efficiency‚ effectiveness‚
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significantly higher than for Bihar (5.1%)‚ Uttar Pradesh(4.4%)‚ or Madhya Pradesh (6.5%).[2] India is the fourth-largest economy in the world and the third largest by purchasing power parity adjusted exchange rates (PPP). On per capita basis‚ it ranks128th in the world or 118th by PPP. The economic growth has been driven by the expansion of services that have been growing consistently faster than other sectors. It is argued that the pattern of Indian development has been a specific one and that the
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is a very low rank. However‚ now the GDP is growing and is expected to grow in the future. GDP growth rate‚ Information retrieved from: The IMF Data Mapper‚on 19th September 2010 As you can see from the graph bellow‚ South Africa‘s GDP based on PPP per capita has experienced steady growth since the 1980s until recently. During 2009 South Africa‘s total GDP was $505.3 billion and in comparison to the world by this criteria it is in the 26th place. It is a very high rank and it means that South
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IRP: Siddhartha How far would one go to search for the truth behind the universal understanding of life‚ or Nirvana? In Siddhartha‚ a continual search for the truth is viewed as crucial for achieving an amicable relationship with the world. Siddhartha‚ a young Brahmin who is driven to extremes by his desire to understand himself‚ embarks on an internal spiritual quest to attain enlightenment‚ leading him far from home and through various paths of wisdom before reaching his spiritual goal. As Siddhartha
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Misuse of Patriot Act Powers: the Inspector General’s Finding of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI. Washington: GPO‚ 2007. Retrieved from https://fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/natseclet.html United States‚ Congress‚ House of Representatives‚ et al. Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring‚ H. R. 2048‚ 114th Cong. Enacted Jun. 2‚ 2015‚ USA Freedom
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