Measuring well being of the people living in Slums of Islamabad by Wealth Index and by household deprivations as an application to Human Development Index (HDI) Nadeem Akhtar Abstract In Pakistan and across the world‚ slums have been the characteristics of urban setting. Almost every slum setting exits across the boundaries of cities but in Islamabad‚ slums are right at the center of urban sectors and they are inhabited particularly on banks of riverine nullas. Notwithstanding‚ CDA has approved
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level of living is much higher * National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3) shows that almost 46% of the children in the 0 to 3 years’ age group suffered from malnutrition in 2005–06 * 47% reported in 1998 by NFHS-2 * Indicators of human development such as literacy and education‚ and maternal and infant mortality rates‚ show steady improvement‚ but they also suggest that the progress is slow and we continue to lag behind several other Asian countries * While the literacy rate has gone
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BASIC CONCEPT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT International development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition‚ but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development – the development of livelihoods and greater quality of life for humans. It therefore encompasses foreign aid‚ governance‚ healthcare‚ education‚ gender equality‚ disaster preparedness‚ infrastructure‚ economics‚ human rights‚ environment and issues associated with
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Good governance is a precondition for economic development. The quality of governance plays a vital role in the economic development of countries. The need for good governance is widely recognised in today’s discourses on development. The exhortation for good governance to achieve economic development is widespread. Last week we quoted President Obama who said that what Africa required was not strong men but strong institutions and good governance. President Obama who underscored the importance of
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individuals who live under the same roof in a city experiencing lack of durable housing facilities‚ enough living space‚ and access to clean water‚ sanitation‚ and security of tenure to prevent evictions that are forceful in nature. Development of Slums Development of slums in France results from two factors: population growth and governance. The modern society experiences almost half the population of the world within the cities. Migration of people from the rural areas to the cities in France
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Definitions of Good governance on the Web: Good governance is an indeterminate term used in development literature to describe how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realization of human rights. . UNESCAP‚ 2009. Accessed July 10‚ 2009 INTRODUCTION OF GOOD GOVERNENCE Let us dismiss hypocrisy and enhance democracy By changing the process to measure our country’s progress -Poem "Young People‚ Take Charge" by TakingITGlobal member
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ASSIGNMENT 3 CASE STUDY 1 BHUTAN AND GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS In this assignment 3 I am going to create a new list once again prioritizing the MDGs and Targets from development I would like to see in my country and also to include the first list that I have done in assignment 2 and what I get in the discussion that I did with other peers. 1 Achieve universal Primary education Targets: TO see Zimbabweans children by 2020 all children everywhere ‚boys and girls alike ‚will be able to complete
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of growth influence linkage on corruption. The findings are suggesting that policies that enhance economic growth are expected to be precise in reducing corruption and poverty in Nigeria. Therefore‚ the government needs to give importance on the development of critical sectors that are growth enhancing. K EY WORD: Economic growth‚ poverty‚ corruption‚ co-integration‚ causality. 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Empirical studies that examined the causal relationship between corruption and poverty using bivariate
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$355 MILLION COMPACT TO PROVIDE LUSAKA RESIDENTS GREATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY‚ SANITATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICES April‚ 2012 By Ben Kangwa While in the last 20 years‚ Zambia has undertaken various policy and institutional reforms in the water sector‚ challenges such as‚ old and inadequate infrastructure‚ lack of connection networks‚ intermittent water delivery and the poor performance of utilities still remain in Lusaka. Further‚ the capacity of water supply and sanitation service provision
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order to rebuild a world economy devastated by a war that took the lives of over 55 million people. The IMF was originally created to stabilize and regulate international monetary exchanges while the World Bank would facilitate postwar economic development through international lending. In the subsequent year‚ the United Nations was launched to play a direct role in poverty alleviation‚ public health and economic growth. In 1947‚ the United States launched a bold initiative‚ the Marshall Plan‚ which
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