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    progress for the overall population. The Human Development Index (HDI) for Japan is at 0.943‚ which ranks 11th among other countries(a). This statistic is calculated between three factors 1) GDP ppp; pc‚ 2) Literacy rates/ school attendance‚ 3) Life expectancy. Japan has a relatively large Growth domestic product ppp‚ ranking 3rd in the world at $4.018 trillion. This high number is implemented by Japan’s efficient ways of producing positive income. Japan also has a high growth domestic product per capita

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    are much crowded than others. Some believe that Kibera is the most densely populated place on Earth. All of the people in Kibera are African. 95% of Kibera’s population lives below the poverty line‚ earning only about $1.25 a day. The average life expectancy there is 30 years old. Half of the Kiberans are under the age of 15. 1 out of every 5 children in Kibera does not live to the age of 5. Kibera is close to the industrial area of Nairobi where up to 50% of the available labor forces are employed

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    Background of the Study Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings‚ and thus the end of the human life cycle. Old people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease‚ syndromes‚ and sickness than other adults. Old age can cause‚ amongst other things like wrinkles and liver spots on the skin; change of hair color to gray or white; hair loss; lessened hearing; diminished eyesight; slower reaction times and agility; reduced ability to

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    economy. It is a monetary value placed on all of a countries goods and services within a year time period. The Human Development Index is another figure utilized to determine the health and well being of the inhabitants of a country. Education‚ life expectancy and income are all evaluated in the HDI. Utilizing the GDP and HDI we are able to compare and contrast the economies of different countries. For this project our group chose to analyze the current economic states of the industrialized country

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    I HEIGHTENED INNER CALM & CONTENTMENT & IN ADDITIONAL TIME SPENT IN QUIET REFLECTION. Expertise- ACQUISTION OF EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE IN A FIELD OR ENDEAVOR. How do lifestyle factors impact health?- GOOD HEALTH‚ EXERCISE‚ SENSE OF CONTROL‚ PERSONAL LIFE INVESTMENT‚ + SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS‚ GOOD MARTIAGE‚ MASTERY OF MULTIPLE ROLES. How do we view intelligence in adults?- CRYSTALLIZED INTELL. INDREASES THROUGH MIDDLE ADULTHOOD‚ FLUID INTELL. BEGINS TO DECREASE IN 20s (EARLIER STUDIES SHOWED A PEAK @

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    fertility rates. The human population jumped considerably in 100 years from 1.6 billion to 6.0 billion in the years 1900-2000. A new century (20th) meant that despite having two world wars the standards of living started to improve and peoples’ life expectancy increased. In 2002 the worlds population increased by 1.2 percent‚ which totaled to more than 6.2 billion people in the world. Once the rate of the increase had been translated into a net addition‚ it came to about 200‚000 people per day being

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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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    Introduction Demographic features of fertility‚ mortality‚ migration‚ marriage and social mobility can impact on development of the society. Development is undisputedly a multi- dimensional and multi-faceted concept which influences and influenced by a varied host of factors and demographic features. The term ‘‘demographic features’’ spring from demography which means the study of human population‚ including their size‚ composition‚ distribution‚ densities‚ growth and other characteristics as well

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    It was once a worldwide belief that development is primarily concerned with economic growth‚ meaning that once there was economic growth a country would develop. This was so firmly believed that a number of theories‚ which were put across to explain development and how to achieve development‚ such as modernization theory‚ and dependency theory centered on economic growth being the key factor in development. There is no one definition of development‚ as persons have different interpretations of development

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    face. Now our country is known as a Developing country‚ but I have a question on that point. Is the whole Bangladesh developing?? Or only the City areas especially Dhaka city is developing? I’m sure the answer will be the second one. If we compare the life of a rural person with another person who lives in Dhaka‚ we will know the fact. Reason 1 Now the question is‚ why development is not being occurred in rural areas? I’m going to describe that now. Firstly‚ before the liberation‚ Dhaka was respectively

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