Women and Poverty is a topic that comes close to my heart. More than 1 billion people in the world today‚ the great majority of whom are women‚ live in unacceptable conditions of poverty‚ mostly in the developing countries. Poverty has various causes‚ including structural ones. Poverty is a complex‚ multidimensional problem‚ with origins in both the national and international domains. The globalization of the world’s economy and the deepening interdependence among the nations present challenges and
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January 3‚ 2013 [RURAL FIELD REPORT] Report On Field Study & Experiential learning by visiting various Rural Areas Date – 03/JAN/2013 Submitted To: Professor Vikram Parekh Submitted By: Ashwin Govindankutty Faisal Shaikh Reagan Chettiar Shivanand Kotian Suraj Tamhane Vineeth Damodaran 05 42 11 20 48 52 Page 1 January 3‚ 2013 [RURAL FIELD REPORT] ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are grateful to Professor Vikram Parekh‚ Faculty of subject Marketing Applications and Practices‚ for giving
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indicators. It includes three proxy indicators (adult literacy‚ gross secondary enrolment and gross tertiary enrolment). India ranks 119 in the IDI 2011‚ which was 116 in 2010 History of ICT Radio for Rural Development: In 1956‚ in five districts of Maharashtra State by All India Radio (AIR). Rural listener groups were organized‚ who would listen to radio broadcasts twice a week at 6.30 p.m. for half an hour. The group then stayed together for discussion. Impressive knowledge gains as a result of
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modern facilities‚ some people prefer living in urban rather than in rural areas. However some debate that people will harm their health when live in big city. No one is wrong and everything has its own reason. I will discuss this controversy as the following paragraphs. As I have mentioned‚ big city attracts people for its modernization including health care system‚ entertainment‚ transportation and finally economy while rural city usually lacks of those things. Firstly‚ central hospitals are equipped
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Sociologists have identified a number of different types of rural communities‚ which have arisen as a result of changing economic trends within rural regions of industrial nations. The basic trend seems to be one in which communities are required to become entrepreneurial. Those that lack the sort of characteristics mentioned below‚ are forced to either seek out their niche or accept eventual economic defeat. These towns focus on marketing and public relations whilst bidding for business and government
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Will today’s small rural towns be the ghost towns of tomorrow? Will what’s now a moderately busy main street be overtaken by grasses and tumbleweeds? According to the CEDS “Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy”‚ which was compiled in 2003 by the South Central Economic Development District‚ Franklin County ranks last in housing unit counts‚ wage and salary income‚ employer establishments. County population has declined over 34% from 5‚449 in 1960 to 3‚574 in 2000. (Gorman‚ 20) Is the future
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Abstract: Rural Finance is about providing financial services for people living in rural areas. It comprises credit‚ savings and insurance in rural areas‚ whether provided through formal or informal mechanisms. Financial Development can exert a significant influence on the distribution of Income. In this paper‚ using Indian rural financial programs implemented by various financial institutions like NABARD‚ IFAD‚ SHC‚ etc. we investigated the various reforms / developments in Indian rural financial
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RURAL MARKETING PROJECT DISTRIBUTION‚ MARKETING AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR COMPANY: SHETH BROTHERS PRODUCT: KAYAM CHURNA DATE: 2nd MARCH 2010 SUBMITTED TO: DR.A.C.BRAHMBHATT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT NIRMA UNIVERSITY SUBMITTED BY: VEDANT D. SHETH ROLL NO 084158 MBA FB & E INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT NIRMA UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE INDUSTRY Ayurvedic medicines are produced by several thousand companies in India‚ but most of them are quite small‚ including numerous neighborhood pharmacies
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MEASURING POVERTY INCIDENCE IN BARANGAY 591‚ MANILA _______________________________________ An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Political Science and Public Administration Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Mesa‚ Manila _______________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor in Political Science __________________________________________ By: Diaz‚ Carlo R. Calucag‚ Kristine Dela Cruz‚ Mary
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Saving Poverty From Obesity Brent Royeton DeVry University Saving Poverty From Obesity Obesity is a problem that most people would assume is caused by laziness and poor lifestyle choices. Rarely would anyone think that poverty could be a contributing factor to obesity. A large question often asked is “How can our impoverished communities be so fat if they cannot afford to eat”? Other misconceptions come from the misunderstanding that people who are malnourished should appear skinny and lethargic
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