social development and the environment‚ the UN General Assembly put the spotlight on the issue by declaring 2008 the international year of sanitation. The goal is to raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG): to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015. At least 2.6 billion people do not have access to latrines or any basic sanitation facilities. As a result millions suffer from a wide range of preventable
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Advocacy In order to secure children’s rights‚ Save the Children banks on advocacy work in which they endeavor to have impact on government policies and international institutions. The STC advocacy work comprises of evaluation of their programs‚ ongoing research‚ policy analysis‚ communication with the key stakeholders‚ and organizing public awareness events. Depending on the situation‚ the STC advocacy can emphasize on various changes such as government policy changes‚ facilitating in implementation
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MCI SOCIAL SECTOR WORKING PAPER SERIES N° 22/2011 GENDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR KADUNA METROPOLIS‚ NIGERIA Prepared by: Chinwe F. Olisemeka and Ahmed Salim August 2011 432 Park Avenue South‚ 13th Floor‚ New York‚ NY‚ 10016‚ United States Phone: +1-646-884-7422/7418; Fax: +1-212-548-5720 Website: http://mci.ei.columbia.edu NB: This needs assessment was researched and written by MCI intern Chinwe F. Olisemeka and MCI Social Sector Research Coordinator Ahmed Salim. The report was edited
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Fiscal Policy of Bangladesh regarding SME Fiscal Policy generally refers to the use of TAXATION and government expenditure to regulate the aggregate level of economic activity in a country. Fiscal policy in Bangladesh basically comprises activities‚ which the country carries out to obtain and use resources to provide services while ensuring optimum efficiency of the economic units. The policy influences the behavior of economic forces through public finance. Major objectives of the fiscal
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Another Inquiry on the Economic Welfare and Poverty in China The trade-off between economic growth and redistribution has become one of the major notes concerning the emerging economies of post-Cold War world. Adding to this struggle the urge to integrate into the international system while keeping the balances right at home has been another macro-level concern. In conjunction such liabilities not only necessitates the examination of fiscal and structural reforms but also the international trends
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GROWING POPULATION Overpopulation is everyone’s problem At one point‚ the prevailing wisdom was that nations needed robust birthrates to protect their economic welfare‚ and that if only we could produce food more efficiently‚ feeding the Earth’s burgeoning population wouldn’t be a problem. Now‚ with 1 billion of the world’s people chronically hungry and the population expected to increase by 50% before the end of the century‚ we know better. Or we ought to. A recent five-part series by Times
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significant improvement in the area of maternal and child health; life expectancy at birth of our men and women falls below 50 years; doctor to population ratio is 3 per 10‚000 compared to United States which stands at 26 per 10‚000. Meeting the targets of MDGs in 2015 is still a mirage. The scourge of malaria‚ tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS is not abating. Access to safe‚ clean water in our cities and villages is to say the least‚ poor. Top on this‚ man-made carnage from road traffic accidents
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The third Millennium Development Goal is to promote gender equality and empower women by the year 2015. One of the main parts of this goal is to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education (UN MDGs). However‚ in order to do this the first goal‚ end poverty and hunger‚ must also be accomplished. Poverty is a major barrier to women who must choose between giving what little money they have to either their family or their education. Some countries‚ such as Egypt and Tunisia‚ have given
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9th November‚ 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper deals with the causes and impact of child mortality in Bangladesh. It will also help find the way to reduce the child mortality in Bangladesh. The success in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDG)-4 (Reduce Child Mortality) and the
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Behind The Beautiful Forevers: An Introduction Katherine Boo’s first book‚ Behind The Beautiful Forevers‚ details the lives of the citizens of Annawadi‚ a small slum in Mumbai‚ India. For three years and four months Boo chronicled the everyday struggles of several individuals illegally squatting within the cramped quarters owned by the Mumbai Airport Authority. Founded in 1991 by construction workers hoping to acquire temp work brought on by the ever-expanding airport (Boo‚ 2012‚ p. 5)‚ Annawadi
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