Study Guide MUIMUN 2013 World Bank Topic A: Putting an End to Land-Grabbing – towards Fair and Transparent Standards Topic B: Poverty and Social Impact Assessment Münster‚ February 2013 Münster University International Model United Nations (MUIMUN) c/o Arbeitsstelle Forschungstransfer Robert-Koch-Str. 40 48149 Münster Phone: +49 251 833 2943 Web: www.muimun.org E-Mail: secgen@muimun.org Under the direction of the General Secretariat Secretary-General: Bernard Dröge Deputy
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news from the Nordic Africa Institute from the Nordic Africa Institute numBer 3 novemBer 2007 from the contents china and Africa Fantu Cheru theme: AfricAn Agriculture Agriculture and the World Bank Atakilte Beyene Property rights Kjell Havnevik Tor A. Benjaminsen & Espen Sjaastad inequality and climate change contents to our reAders AfricAn Agriculture 1 3 november 2007 Carin Norberg African agriculture and the World Bank: development or impoverishment? Atakilte
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Explain what is meant by the term imperialism. Discuss the causes of imperialism in the 1800s. Kamar Findlay ID# 092165839 Mico University College Imperialism in Africa Mrs. Pitter October 29‚ 2011 Imperialism is "the creation and or maintenance of an unequal economic‚ cultural‚ and territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination" (Johnston‚ 2000.p.375). In its simplest form Farah and Karls (2001) describes imperialism
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY D.PHIL DEGREE DATE: 23 May 2013 Title ‘INVESTIGATING TRANSPORT PRICING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE IMPACT ON FREIGHT TRANSPORT COSTS ‘ BY BRIAN K CHIKWAVA. 1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been widely viewed‚ documented and believed that South African transport policy and transport plans focus almost entirely on passenger transport rather than on freight transport‚ yet Freight transport plays a very crucial role in the whole transport pricing
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powerful voice for a cause or a movement. When I watched Woody Guthrie singing “This Land Is Your Land”‚ it reminded me of the whole debate about immigration today‚ and how this country is everybody’s land. Woody Guthrie‚ was singing back in the 60’s‚ he gave a voice to those who were frustrated with the policies of their government‚ but I could feel the same passion today that they felt. When he sings “This land was made for you and me”. It really hit home‚ and I felt like nothing could express that
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Wilton Hayward Professor Brian Parlopiano History 101 April 29‚ 2014 The Scramble for Africa During the 1800s colonization reached one of its peaks‚ almost every European country was scrambling for any un-colonized lands. The one continent that none of them had really made their mark on was the African continent. Africa was very abundant in natural resources‚ which made the European countries more eager to be the ones to colonize it first. Whether it be gold‚ iron‚ cotton or ivory all of the countries
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The 1981 Springboks Tour was significant to Apartheid in South Africa (Political) as it was one of the main events that ended apartheid in South Africa. After the 1981 tour‚ the All Blacks were planned to tour South Africa in 1985‚ but the New Zealand protesters re mobilised against the New Zealand government and the tour was cancelled. An unauthorised All blacks team did tour in 1986‚ under the name The New Zealand Cavaliers. The tour was given the name‚ the rebel tour. New Zealand‚ thereafter
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South Africa Mobile Service Market – Market Overview South Africa telecom sector boasts the continent’s most advanced networks in terms of technology deployed and services provided. In a virtually saturated voice market‚ three mobile networks – Vodacom‚ MTN and Cell C- are competing for market share in the mobile service market. 3G/HSPA mobile broadband services now rival available DSL fixed-line offerings in terms of both speed and price‚ and have consequently taken the upper hand in terms of
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East Africa Test Review Sheet Key terms and themes: Aksum-empire in ethopia Animist-natural world spirits Bantu speakers-farther south-kikuyu Cushitic speakers-red sea coast aimharat somalians Darfur-middle land between n+s sudan Displacement-forced to be leaving home Djibouti-country in e africa last to gain independence1947 Genocide-to intentionally wipe out a population of people. Guerrilla warfare-ambush style fighting Gum Arabic-sap of acadia tres Used as a binder Hutu-ethnuc
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The economic consequences of load shedding in South Africa and the state of the electrical grid 11 Feb 2015 Gavin van der Nest‚ tralac Researcher‚ comments on the current electricity crisis in South Africa Perhaps one of the most pressing challenges facing the South African economy in 2015 is maintaining the structural integrity of its electricity generation network. The power system has come under severe strain due to maintenance backlogs and a failure to bring new generating capacity timeously
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