POVERTY | | Submitted to:Sir ShahidHameedSubmitted By:Sadia Ali (0911244)ShafiaWasim (0911246)BBA 5-D | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 11/17/2011 Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Measurement of Poverty 5 Determinants of poverty 9 Regional characteristics: 9 Community Characteristics: 10 Household and Individual characteristics: 10 Demographic characteristics: 10 Economic characteristics: 10 Social characteristics: 10 Economic Characteristics of Poverty Group
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Economics Assignment DEVELOPING NATION-SRI LANKA Overview Located in the northern Indian ocean‚ under the Indian sub-continent the tiny island of Sri Lanka houses a variety of different cultures‚ religions‚ and languages that all co-exist among each other. Among these cultures and religions the nation also provides sanctuary for five major races the: Singhalese‚ Tamils‚ Burghers‚ Malays and Muslims. Accompanying its five major races the country has also developed four major religions‚ including;
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Effects of Chinese Rural Tourism Tourism has substantially developed in some developing countries such as China. “Nong Jia Le” (Chinese rural tourism) is now a indispensable way to increase income in some rural areas. There are more than 1.5 million tourist destinations of “Nong Jia Le” from 31 provinces in China‚ and the economic benefit is very considerable (Guo‚ 2009). It is crucial for Chinese local governments to decide whether the rural areas should continue to develop the tourism or focus
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CONTRIBUTION OF ICT IN RURAL SECTOR: Various initiatives in the recent past portrayed the significant role that the I.C.T plays in the realm of rural development. Several projects have reduced the costs‚ and it also has increased transparency. A large number of rural e-Governance applications‚ developed as pilot projects were aimed at offering easy access to citizen services and improved processing of government to citizen transactions. This paper presents a brief review of the innovative
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INTRODUCTION This School Based Assessment is about the topic‚ “Teenage Pregnancy in my Neighborhood.” The people living in the various areas in Montego Bay Freeport consists of residents from all over the world. There are Chinese‚ English‚ American‚ Indian Jamaican and even German residents. Most of the residents in the neighborhood have teenagers‚ a majority of them are girls and the minority is boys. Most of the girls are teenage mothers‚ who have to care and provide for a child and some even
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Determinants of poverty INTRODUCTION Background to the study The translation of consumption into welfare units is a function of various physiological characteristics such as age and sex of recipient‚ and environmental factors ( The possession of assets is a measure of the socio-economic status of the household. According to the 2002 Uganda Population and Housing census main report‚ majority (79%) of the households owned the houses they lived in especially in rural areas with 86% compared to urban
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1. INTRODUCTION Poverty is one of the world’s issues and urgently need to be addressed. Reducing poverty‚ in all forms is the greatest challenge for the developing countries. Poverty can be defined from different angles and the most widely used descriptor is income poverty and unsatisfied human needs.It can be conceptualized in many ways‚ for example‚ in economic terms or social terms ; lack of access to adequate levels of food‚ water‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ sanitation‚ health care and education
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DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ELIMINATION DIVISION WP 5 GENDER AND POVERTY* Nilüfer Cagatay May 1998 WORKING PAPER SERIES *The responsibility for opinions in these articles‚ studies and other contributions in this series rests solely with their authors‚ and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the United Nations Development Programme or the institutions of the United Nations system. Table Of Contents Introduction I. II. Women And Poverty: Are Women Poorer? From Women and Poverty to Gender and
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In poorer countries‚ many people from the countryside move to the cities. This is called rural-urban migration. There are so many reasons for this popular action. But it happens mainly because of better education and better standard of living. As it plays an important role in the growth and development of countries‚ rural-urban migration certainly has its positive effects. Firstly‚ more and more kids from rural areas will obtain better education. Education is necessary for the development of society
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------------------------------------------------- ID: 0810155 Poverty Alleviation ‘Poverty’ as a concept The most widely used definition of poverty is ‘the deficiency of income to satisfy basic needs’ (Hossain & Nargis‚ 2010). However‚ having put forth a concise notion of poverty‚ it is pertinent to mention that other than the matter of specificity and convenience in materializing concrete conclusion‚ there is no particular reason to suppose that the concept of poverty must be clear-cut and sharp (Sen‚ 1981).
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