S. Dodaro Development Studies 200 Fall 2005 Introduction to International Development Fall Term: The Global South Instructor: Santo Dodaro Office: Immaculata Hall‚ 401 Telephone: 867-3945 Email: sdodaro@stfx.ca Office Hours Monday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday: 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Thursday: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. At Other Times by Appointment Course Description This course will introduce students to development theory and practice
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Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) is tasked to implement the livelihood component of PAMANA’s development interventions. It is a community-based capacity building program that seeks to improve the socio-economic status of program beneficiaries. It will promote peace by creating spaces and opportunities for the mitigation of violent conflicts and promotion of peace. It employs a Community-Driven Enterprise Development (CDED) which equips beneficiaries to actively contribute to production and labor markets
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and local government should take care of. After all‚ a lack in the latter would make it harder for the beneficiaries to comply with the conditions tied to their cash grants and for the government’s stop-gap poverty alleviation program to meet its goals. Read more… | Posted Monday‚ May 30th‚ 2011 Sidebar A Future in Pieces by Karol Anne M. Ilagan DESPITE the many laws that recognize the rights of children with special needs‚ there is still no comprehensive law that mandates special education
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practical level of hands-on development work. (I also never managed to finish my dissertation and never quite made it to the big Ivory Tower in the sky‚ but that’s another story best filed away in the lost dreams folder). I have recently revisited the development literature‚ both for personal reasons and out of professional necessity in my current consulting work at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). And I must say that I am impressed by the breadth and logic of current development philosophies. Let’s
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all around the globe. Article thirty seven of the Constitution of Pakistan stipulates that education is a fundamental right of every citizen‚[1] but still gender discrepancies exist in educational sector. According to Human Development Report (2011) of United Nations Development Program‚ ratio of female to male with at least secondary education is 0.502‚ and public expenditure on education amounts to only 2.7% of the GDP of the country.(2) Patriarchal values heavily govern the social structure in
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region is consider this fact; according to the U.S. State Department in one in every fifty people on the planet is Bangladeshi (Colombo Plan Staff College for Technical Education‚ 2013). Bangladesh has made measured improvements in Millennium Development Goals (MDG) such as infant and child mortality and education parity‚ but with over one-third of its population leaving in severe poverty‚ there are many challenges still to be addressed to improve its global health status (World Bank‚ 2013). The
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in Somalia in the highest risk category worldwide. A woman’s health and behavior during pregnancy affects the health of her unborn baby. A poor diet‚ certain environmental exposures‚ illnesses‚ medication‚ and other factors affect the baby’s development. Prenatal and antenatal care is extremely important in order to ensure the health of the baby and the mother. In Somalia only one out of every four pregnant woman gets antenatal care and for those lucky few that do‚ the service isn’t even good enough
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THE KERALA MODEL Based on the development experience of the southern Indian state of Kerala‚ refers to the state’s achievement of significant improvements in material conditions of living‚ reflected in indicators of social development that are comparable to that of many developed countries‚ even though the state’s per capita income is low in comparison. Achievements such as low levels of infant mortality and population growth‚ and high levels of literacy and life expectancy‚ along with the factors
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justice. However‚ it is not just a development issue. Corruption occurs in all countries‚ where the mix of opportunity and inclination exists‚ especially in the interface between the private and public sector. Where it exists‚ corruption destabilises democratic government‚ harms trade and investment‚ threatens the environment and encourages the abuse of human rights. It impinges on basic social services and threatens the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Corruption thrives when public
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Governance‚ risk management and compliance e-governance Environmental‚ social and corporate governance Market governance mechanism v t e Good governance is an indeterminate term used in international development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources. Governance is "the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented)".[1] The term governance can
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