meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The program works to attain 5 out of the 8 MDGs namely: Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health This version of the government of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) was patterned after the successful poverty reduction and social development measures
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Today‚ noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)‚ mainly cardiovascular diseases‚ cancers‚ chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes represent a leading threat to human health and development. These four diseases are the world’s biggest killers‚ causing an estimated 35 million deaths each year - 60% of all deaths globally - with 80% in low- and middle-income countries. These diseases are preventable. Up to 80% of heart disease‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes and over a third of cancers could be prevented
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FINANCIAL INCLUSION INTRODUCTION The prophecy of Millennium Development goals of U.N. i.e. “growth with equity” clearly envisages that the growth spree of the globe in the 21st century has left some people behind the time. Handful of the global populace are still languishing in the vicious circle of poverty & are cast aside by those who are economically stronger & swifter in the sway of globalization & liberalization. For sustenance/better growth of the world‚ the deprived sections should be
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East West University Department of Economics Course Outline (Fall 2008) MDS 501: ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT Instructor: Muhammad Sirajul Haque‚ Ph.D Professor and Chairperson‚ Department of Economics Office Hours: Friday : 04:40 P.M to 06:00 P.M Friday 06.00 P.M to 07:30 PM Class Hours: F - 3:00 – 6:00 P.M.; Room # ADMN-1318 Brief Description: Underdevelopment which is a major problem in the developing world is the central focus of this course. It examines the nature and
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Practice in Education and Development M Phil (Development Studies) School of Education Kathmandu University Lalitpur May 2009 Word Count: 4564 Gender Equality in Education and Poverty Reduction Abstract This paper discusses the concept of gender equality‚ its application in national development plan and in education in Nepal. It gives the glimpse of gender parity and equality situation in education. It also shares the reasons achieving EFA as well as MDGs goals and thereby analyzes the
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link together and the purpose of the essay - Note that there are other factors that affect sustainability not just climate change Middle - Bruntland Report - Rio Earth Summit - Examples of approaches to sustainable development like- The Ladder of Sustainability (Baker et al 1997.) - Hunter’s Magic Pentagon Model - Agenda 21 Conclusion - Sum up the overall essay and determine‚ is climate change the most serious challenge to sustain tourism?
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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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United Nations Development Programme 304 East 45th Street New York‚ NY www.undp.org/women/ September 2008 ISBN 978-92-1-136228-5 PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 25‚ 2008: MDG3 – GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN – A PREREQUISITE FOR ACHIEVING ALL MDGs BY 2015 United Nations Development Programme GOAL 1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION GOAL 3: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD
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The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households‚ particularly of children aged 0-14 years old. Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other developing countries‚ the Pantawid Pamilya provides cash grants to beneficiaries provided that they comply with the set of conditions required by the program. Pantawid Pamilya has
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is: Select one: a. Subsistence wage with a small premium b. Subsistence Wage c. None of the above d. Subsistence wage without a premium Question 4 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question text This is the number of Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) that UN Members agreed should be achieved by 2015. Select one: a. Ten (10) b. Eight (8) c. Five (5) d. Six (6) Question 5 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The brain drain is defined as: Select
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