Bonus Web Chapter AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER‚ YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1 Describe how the World Bank distinguishes between industrially advanced countries (highincome nations) and developing countries (middleincome and low-income nations). 39 WEB www.mcconnell19e.com 2 List some of the obstacles to economic development. 3 Explain the vicious circle of poverty that afflicts low-income nations. 4 Discuss the role of government in promoting economic development within low-income nations. 5 Describe
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Have you ever thought‚ why some people have breathing problems in the cities? The answer is simple – air pollution. Air pollution is one of the most important problems in the world. How can we solve this environmental problem? Today factories produce more and more cars. Factories and cars are one of the biggest air pollutants. To begin with‚ drivers should use unleaded petrol. However‚ they use leaded petrol‚ as it is cheaper. The cars should be banned from city centres‚ as they cause big smog
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Small-scale‚ nature-based tourism as a pro-poor development intervention: Two examples in Kwazulu-Natal‚ South Africa Trevor Hill‚ Etienne Nel and Dayle Trotter Discipline of Geography‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa Department of Geography‚ Rhodes University‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa Abstract Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and‚ more specifically
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| WETLANDS OF INDIA | | S. N. Prasad‚ T. Sengupta‚ Alok Kumar‚ V. S. Vijayan and Lalita Vijayan Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History‚Coimbatore-641 108. T. V. Ramachandra and N. Ahalya Center for Ecological Sciences‚ Indian Institute of Science‚ Bangalore-560 012. A. K. Tiwari Regional Remote Sensing Service Center‚ Dehradun‚ Uttarachal-248 001. CONTENTS | Introduction | Distribution of wet lands in India | Diversity of aquatic vegitation and avifauna in wetlands
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International Finance Project | International Financial Crises | [Type the document subtitle] | | Submitted to: | Mr. Piyush AryalSubmitted by:Group membersRuchi SinghalSachin ShresthaSajesh MaharjanSameer ShresthaShanti GautamShivangi Sharma | | The term financial crisis is applied broadly to a variety of situations in which some financial institutions or assets suddenly lose a large part of their value. In the 19th and early 20th centuries‚ many financial crises were associated
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Sustainability Strategies: The Costa Rica Case By Dimas Siem INTRODUCTION Sustainable development requires balancing the needs of society‚ the economy‚ and the environment. In 1994‚ Costa Rica adopted sustainable development as an official policy. Since that time‚ a major effort was set in motion to look at the country’s sustainable growth potential in an integrated way. This push entailed four objectives: economic efficiency‚ social equity‚ political participation and environmental sustainability
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Environmental issues are harmful effects of human activitity on the biophysical environment. Environmentalism‚ a social andenvironmental movement that started in the 1960s‚ addresses environmental issues through advocacy‚ education and activism. The carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million (NOAA) (with total "long-term" GHG exceeding 455 parts per million). (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report) This level is considered
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION Welcome to this course on environmental issues in project planning and management. This course has been prepared to introduce you to the environmental issues in project planning and management. The course has been designed to cover nine major areas which include: General principles of environment; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Environment and development‚ Environmental Education; population and environment; global Environmental Conservation issues; Energy conservation
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 50 YEAR RULE UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW IN UGANDA BY ASHABA-AHEBWA MARK 109-053011-03106 SUPERVISOR MR.OKWENYE TONNY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BACHELORS DEGREE OF LAWS (LL.B) AT THE FACULTY OF LAW IN THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF UGANDA MBALE MAIN CAMPUS. MARCH 2012 When he was a little boy his uncle called him “Sparky”‚ after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. School was all but impossible for Sparky. He failed every
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON ANKOLE CATTLE IN UGANDA BY DR BAMEKA‚ RONALD Abstract The study set out to assess the extent to which indigenous knowledge is used in selection of the productive characteristics of Ankole cattle. The diversity of indigenous Ankole cattle breed is being reduced through replacement by indiscriminate importation of exotic breeds of higher economic potential or crossbreeding with exotic breeds. Moreover‚ such exotic breeds have been selected on the basis of a limited
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