state of being unequal or different in some respect. This brings to inequality being lack of equality and also the distance toward the rich and poor. Poverty is when having very little or no money and very few or no material possessions. As for development is the act of improvement meaning gaining‚ expanding‚ or enlarging. Inequality and poverty can cause a country not to develop well‚ unless you have a good strategy. In this case I will show you a developed country (Spain) and a under developed county
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health‚ reducing vulnerability‚ and joy of living. The committee did not attempt to include every important challenge‚ nor did it endorse particular approaches to meeting those selected. Rather than focusing on predictions or gee-whiz gadgets‚ the goal was to identify what needs to be done to help people and the planet thrive. "We chose engineering challenges that we feel can‚ through creativity and commitment‚ be realistically met‚ most of them early in this century‚" said committee chair and former
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equal opportunities for financial independence through work‚ enjoy equal educational opportunities and opportunity to develop a personal ambition. The fulfillment of gender equality and the empowerment of women is number three on the Millennium Development Goal list‚ which is set to expire in 2015. Therefore‚ the question is will this be achievable realistically in a patriarchal continent/society‚ seeing as the role of women has been devalued in such a society. In a patriarchal society like Nigeria
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education‚ Department of Extra-Mural Studies. Evening programme- Nairobi Campus TERM PAPER: Based on experiences from Kenya and elsewhere‚ discuss why taking development to the people is a fallacy. Presented By: Mwangangi Yvonne Nzisa Student Reg No: L50/76138/2014 Unit Code: LDP 611 Unit Title: Social Change and Community Development Presented To: Prof. David Macharia Group: B A Term Paper Assignment Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the Project Design‚ Planning
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Child mortality in Madhya Pradesh : a cross sectional analysis The millennium development goals (MDGs) have been widely accepted as a framework for improving health and welfare worldwide. Child mortality is one of the most crucial and avoidable global health concerns. In many low income countries‚ 10-20% of children die before reaching 5 years of age . The child mortality in MDG (to reduce the under 5 mortality rate by two thirds between 1990 and 2015) is formulated as a national average.(UN- child
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Institutions Matter‚ but Not for Everything The role of geography and resource endowments in development shouldn’t be underestimated Jeffrey D. Sachs HE DEBATE over the role of institutions in economic development has become dangerously simplified. The vague concept of “institutions” has become‚ almost tautologically‚ the intermediate target for all efforts to improve an economy. If an economy is malfunctioning‚ the reasoning goes‚ something must be wrong with its institutions. In fact‚ recent
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policy responses to it. Over the last several decades’ years‚ the poverty is undoubtedly considered as one of the most serious problems in the world‚ even though there has been a rapid development of the economy in some developing countries such as China and India. The relation between poverty and the development of the economy is complex and the poverty has become a cosmopolitan issue. In general‚ due to the theory of economy‚ poverty consists of the low level of the economy‚ society and culture
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Bangladesh with a brief discussion on literature review of foreign aid. Shortly foreign aid is an important for any country to develop the economy. The critical importance of foreign assistance in economic development in terms of the two-gap theory which stated that aid promoted economic development by relaxing savings and foreign-exchange constraints to capital formation and economic growth. However‚ subsequent research in later years shifted to other lines of thoughts whereby it was found that aid
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International Development (Reflection on Week # 2) Due Date: 08‚02‚2015 What we learn this week is- (1) Recap from last week Mostly‚ (2) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): To eliminate or reduce extreme poverty and hunger‚ HIV/AIDS‚ malaria‚ and other diseases‚ child mortality‚ to achieve or promote universal primary education‚ gender equality and empower women‚ maternal health‚ to ensure environmental sustainability and to develop a global partnership for development. (3) Human Development Index and
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CIVIL‚ ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING Systems‚ Society and Sustainability The global challenge of sustainable development requires solutions and mindsets that bridge traditional divisions between nature and culture‚ and the technical and social sciences. Sustainable development requires that engineers and other professionals are able to include social and ecological considerations alongside technical and economic requirements in managing projects and infrastructure. This course outlines
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