To What Extent Can Microcredit Be Effective in the Alleviation of Poverty? The Case of The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. 1. Introduction Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. As many as 86% of people who live in rural areas in Bangladesh live under the poverty line (Rahman‚ 1996). Quality of health care services is very poor in Bangladesh. The percentage of available health service is 20 %. The percentage of access to safe water is 43 %. Infant mortality rate is 120 out
Premium Poverty Microfinance Grameen Bank
On July 6 1984‚ the fourth Labour government were elected into parliament after defeating the National party in a snap election. 1984 can be regarded as a major turning point in New Zealand political history in the sense that significant political changes affected the whole of the New Zealand society‚ economy and political structure. New Zealand government’s experimented with radical Neoliberal policy programmes to achieve economic and social progress during this period. The essay shall discuss the
Premium New Zealand Unemployment Welfare
Available at: http://cje.oupjournals.org/cgi/doi/10.1093/cje/beh028 [Accessed October 15‚ 2012]. Trendle‚ B.‚ 2008. Skill and labour shortages - definition ‚ cause and implications. ‚ (54)‚ pp.0–34. van Gellecum‚ Y.‚ Baxter‚ J. & Western‚ M. 2008‚ "Neoliberalism‚ gender inequality and the Australian labour market"‚ Journal of Sociology‚ vol. 44‚ no. 1‚ pp. 45-63. Wilkins‚ R. 2007‚ "The Consequences of Underemployment for the Underemployed"‚ Journal of Industrial Relations‚ vol. 49‚ no. 2‚ pp. 247-275.
Premium Unemployment Labor
Globalization Final Study Guide Sustainable Development: sustainable “economic” development‚ long-term economic growth depends on careful stewardship of the natural environment. Resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met for the future Deterritorialization of Religion: Roy claimed it’s primarily caused by migration‚ Muslim Ummah (Muslim world–Commonwealth of the Believers) quest for definition‚ for Islam to fit every culture Liberalization
Premium Agriculture Food security Poverty
Jo Littler BEYOND THE BOYCOTT Anti-consumerism‚ cultural change and the limits of reflexivity This article focuses on the possibilities and limitations of reflexivity in contemporary anti-consumerism activist discourse. Opening by noting that much contemporary anti-consumerist discourse has a fraught relationship with what was once termed ‘identity politics’‚ in that it often attempts to reject or negotiate with an idea of identity politics that is figured as existing in the recent past‚ the article
Premium Consumerism
(1980). Marxism-Leninism and Theory of International Relations. London: Routledge. MacLean‚ J. (1988). Marxism and International Relations: A Strange Case of Mutual Neglect. Millennium‚ 17‚ 295-331. Nye‚ J. (1988). Review Articles: Neorealism and Neoliberalism‚ World Politics‚ 40‚ 2: 235-251. Simutanyi‚ N. (2006). Neo-Liberalism and the Relevance of Marxism to Africa: The Case of Zambia. Retrieved December 28‚ 2012 from http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/ar/libros/cuba/if/marx/documentos/22/Neo%20liberalism%20and%20the%20relevance
Premium United States International relations World War II
Explanations in the Sociology of Education‚ London: Polity. Newman‚ R. (1999). Sites for power and knowledge? Towards a critique of the virtual university. British Journal of Sociology of Education‚ 20(1)‚ 79-88. Olssen*‚ M.‚ & Peters‚ M. A. (2005). Neoliberalism‚ higher education and the knowledge economy: from the free market to knowledge capitalism. Journal of Education Policy‚ 20(3)‚ 313-345. Opie‚ C.‚ & Sikes‚ P. J. (Eds.). (2004). Doing educational research. Sage. Pring‚ R. (2012). Importance of philosophy
Premium Education Educational psychology School
The heart of the emancipatory theory of Marxism is the idea that the full realization of human freedom‚ potential‚ and dignity can only be achieved uner conditions of “classlessness – the vision of a radically egalitarian society in terms of power and material welfare within which exploitation has been eliminated‚ distribution is based on the principle “to each according to need‚ from each according to ability” and the control over societ’ys basic productive resources is vested in the community rather
Premium Social class Marxism Bourgeoisie
India & IMF Relations: A Brief History India joined International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 27 December‚ 1945. The relationship between India and the IMF dates back to the time when India needed economic reform packages to strengthen its international reputation and fiscal policy. It is among one of the developing economies that effectively employed the various Fund programmes to fortify its fiscal structure. Through productive engagement with the IMF‚ India formulated a consistent approach to expand
Premium International Monetary Fund Monetary policy Inflation
Realism is an international relations theory which states that world politics is driven by competitive self-interest.[1] ------------------------------------------------- Common assumptions[edit source | editbeta] Realism is a tradition of international theory centered upon four propositions.[2] 1. The international system is anarchic * There is no actor above states capable of regulating their interactions; states must arrive at relations with other states on their own‚ rather than it being
Free International relations International relations theory Political science