“Social inequality is a more pressing socio-economic challenge than poverty in contemporary South Africa.” South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world‚ but not the poorest (with reference to income). We can see that the inequality in South Africa has worsened over time by looking at the country’s Gini Index score. In 1996 the score was 0.66 and in 2008‚ 0.70. The score has also deteriorated in terms of population groups: the score went from 0.54 to 0.62 between Blacks and from
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INTRODUCTION The subject of economic growth and equitable distribution of income of any country is an economically important one. The fulfillment of economic development in each country is based on achieving two goals‚ including fairly rapid economic growth and income distribution in society. More growth and better distribution is not possible at the same time-some economist argued. So it needs to make trade-off. The issue of growth and income distribution is very much concerns to the economist
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Is it a problem if one percent of Americans possess 50% of American wealth and assets? Kelvin Howard PHI 103 Informal Thinking Instructor Stephen Krogh February 25‚ 2013 One percent of Americans possess more cash‚ stocks and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. How could it be that 400 people have more wealth than half of the more than 100 million U.S. households? The distribution of wealth pertains to allotment of wealth in a given place and/or time. It measures
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Why is income inequality an important issue for the Chinese society and its future economic growth? Introduction Nowadays‚ China has become the second largest economy in the world. The GDP (gross domestic product) of china was growing at 9.7% per year in average since 1978‚ which the year of Chinese “open door” politic founded. China also has become the biggest producer and consumer in many key agricultural and industrial markets and the largest FDI recipient among the developing countries. The
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MUMBAI. MAY 3‚ 2011 SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION-2011 The New SEC system THE NEW SEC SYSTEM What is the new SEC system? 01 How do we classify a household in the new SEC system? 02 What are the advantages/ drawbacks of the new SEC system? 03 How was the new SEC system created? 04 What are the other systems that we considered? 05 What is the performance of the new SEC system? Conclusion THE NEW SEC SYSTEM 06 07 01 What
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A crucial controversy of America today is the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor‚ and the discrepancy is caused by capitalism run wild and only the helping hand of the government can only fix the problem. A question that turns the tables is what if the growing wealth disparity in America is actually caused by the government? For years‚ the idea that inequality is economically neutral has been the prevailing view not just among traditionalists but also between most Americans outside the
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LO1: The processes for recruiting individuals to work in health and social care INTRODUCTION The aim of this report is to explore a recently appointed trainee Human Resources Officer at St Patrick Nursing Home which is located in Central London and to explain the factors to be considered when planning the recruitment of individuals to work in this nursing home‚ the strategies for building effective teams‚ the systems for monitoring and promoting the development of individuals and the approaches
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Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test™ Your Type INTJ Introvert(11%) iNtuitive(62%) Thinking(62%) Judging(33%) You have slight preference of Introversion over Extraversion (11%) You have distinct preference of Intuition over Sensing (62%) You have distinct preference of Thinking over Feeling (62%) You have moderate preference of Judging over Perceiving (33%) INTJ Description by Marina Margaret Heiss To outsiders‚ INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness"‚ of self-confidence. This
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M3.17 - Recruiting‚ selecting and inducting new staff in the workplace Recruiting and interviewing I have worked at my company now for seven and a half years achieving several promotions along the way up to the grade of "Production Supervisor". Now that my attention has been spread over a wider area of the company I have now found myself needing a permanent senior worker for my direct department; a team leader. To help find the perfect candidate for the job I would first follow the organisations
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States Adopt the Metric System? Donielle Allen NCSU Maths 103 Ms. Blackman June 29‚ 2010 Abstract This paper is to inform my readers on the question “Should the United States Adopt the Metric System?” In this paper you will see the difference between the US and the Metric System. You will also see how easier it is the go with the Metric System instead of the US System. The Metric System makes life easier for everyone. I think the United States should adopt the Metric System‚ because
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