has been steady rather than dynamic over the past two decades has prevented the Philippines from keeping pace with many of its East Asian neighbours in reducing poverty. The Government of the Philippines’ Midterm Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) shows the country is on track to meet 2015 targets on reducing child mortality‚ promoting gender equality‚ combating HIV/AIDS‚ malaria
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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. The program aims to provide social assistance and social development to its beneficiaries. By providing opportunity for the development of the young‚ it envisions to prevent the vicious transmission of the cycle of poverty. Pantawid Pamilya helps to fulfill the country’s commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals. The aforementioned
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analyze some of the problems that Mozambique is still facing because despite the positive aspects presented‚ Mozambique is still struggling to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals. The paper will focus on three inequalities although all of them are interrelated and all need to be achieved equally for a sustainable development of the country. First of all‚ the eradication of absolute poverty and hunger will be evaluated because half of Mozambique’s population is still living below poverty
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conditions‚ malnutrition and health endangering employment. 2. In all regions of the world‚ persons with disabilities face marginalization and significant barriers to the full realization of their rights and to their inclusion in society and development. Women with disabilities experience multiple discrimination‚ based both on gender and their disability‚ and therefore often must confront additional disadvantages in comparison to men with disabilities. Some may face further discrimination based
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geo-climatic and socio-political conditions of the Indian sub-continent make the region vulnerable to both natural and man-made disasters. The increase in the vulnerability in recent years has been serious threat to the overall development of the country. Subsequently‚ the development process itself has been a contributing factor to this susceptibility. Coupled with lack of information and communication channels‚ this had been a serious impediment in the path of progress. India’s vulnerability to various
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References: Kenya - Recent Developments and Challenges | Cultural Survival. (n.d.). Cultural Survival | Partnering with Indigenous Peoples to Defend their Lands‚ Languages‚ and Cultures. Retrieved June 2‚ 2013‚ from http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/kenya/kenya-recent-developments-and-challenges Kenya | FHI 360. (n.d.). Home | FHI 360. Retrieved June 2‚ 2013‚ from http://www.fhi360.org/countries/kenya
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Mortality in India for the years 2007-2009 using the Sample Registration System (SRS). This Special Bulletin was published in June‚ 2011 and shows that the number of states that have realized the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set by the United Nations have gone up three against one. One of the main goals was to reduce the Maternal Mortality Rate to 200 maternal deaths per lakh of live births by the year 2007 and to 109 maternal deaths per lakh of live births by the year 2015. In order to understand
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fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool for advancing development and reducing poverty. Empowered womencontribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. The importance of gender equality is underscored by its inclusion as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals. Gender equality is acknowledged as being a key to achieving the other seven goals. Yet discrimination against women and girls - including gender-based
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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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Sustainable development IN this study unit we look to introduce and explain the idea of sustainable development. To start the example of Easter Island was used to illustrate the dangers of non-sustainable development. This is an important concept as it provides us with the “social” case for corporate citizenship. What is sustainable development? Breaking this down us can define sustainability as‚”The capacity for continuance in the long term”. We can then think of sustainable development as the processes
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