Name: Soumya Prem Roll no: 20120119150 Uncertainty reduction theory - Charles Berger and Richard Calabrese This theory explains how communication is used to reduce the uncertainty among people when they meet each other for the first time. It is assumed that when strangers meet‚ their primary objective is to reduce uncertainty about the other person involved in the interaction. We always want to reduce the uncertainties about our surroundings and the people in it since being uncertain about
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EVOLUTION OF MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY RDUCTIONIN GHANA BY JOSEPH TETTEH OLIVIA GIDIGLO BENJAMIN TETTEH JOHN KOFI DORGBEFU IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BACHELOR’S DEGREE (B. Sc. HONS) IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA‚ LEGON. JUNE‚ 2013 CHAPTER ONE PROPOSAL 1.0BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Modern microfinance emerged in the 1970s pioneered by – among others – the Grameen and SEWA
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Good Enough Governance: Poverty Reduction and Reform in Developing Countries* Merilee S. Grindle Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development Kennedy School of Government Harvard University merilee_grindle@harvard.edu November 2002 “People now place their hope in God‚ since the government is no longer involved in such matters.”1 So lamented a poverty-stricken citizen of Armenia. Indeed‚ it is all too clear that when governments perform poorly‚ resources are wasted‚ services go
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Hazard Monitoring And Disaster Reduction EM-DAT It’s a global database on natural disasters that contains essential data on the occurrence and effects of more than 17‚000 disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources‚ including UN agencies‚ non-governmental organisations‚ insurance companies‚ research institutes and press agencies. It’s data is primarily used by governments and agencies in charge of relief and recovery after a disaster. In addition
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i NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED STATISTICS ACADEMIC YEAR: 2011-2012 THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF NGOs ON POVERTY REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN tt RWANDA Case study: Caritas Diocese Gikongoro‚ Nyamagabe District (2000-2011) Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Economics and Management as a partial fulfillment for the award of the Bachelor ’s Degree in Applied Statistics by the National
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SUBJECT UTILIZATION OF LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND (LDRRMF) Background Republic Act No. 10121 otherwise known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010‚ shifted the focus from disaster response and recovery towards disaster risk reduction‚ preparedness and mitigation It also modified the use and appropriation ofthe Local Calamity Fund‚ or what is now known to be as the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund. Pursuant to Section 21 of
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Analysis of the Uncertainty Reduction theory on interpersonal communication Through this paper I will conduct an analysis of the uncertainty reduction theory and will then apply it to my own experience here in Colorado university. This theory has been subject to many articles and studies in the communication and social departments. Indeed‚ studying this theory can help us understanding human relations in interpersonal communication. Each of us has been one day confronted to uncertainty‚ whereas
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Uncertainty Reduction Theory “The Vow” and “Meet the Parents” Uncertainty reduction theory is “the point of view that uncertainty motivates communication and that certainty reduces the motivation to communicate” (Wood‚ definition). This theory was first developed by Charles Berger. He believed that when people are to meet for the first time they have a high level of uncertainty and the only way for them to reduce it is to communicate with one another. “They don’t know what each other likes
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to poverty reduction” 1 University of Manchester‚ Brooks World Poverty Institute Solava Ibrahim1 and David Hulme1 (March 2010) Solava.Ibrahim@manchester.ac.uk David.Hulme@manchester.ac.uk BWPI Working Paper 114 Creating and sharing knowledge to help end poverty Brooks World Poverty Institute ISBN : 978-1-907247-13-2 www.manchester.ac.uk/bwpi 1 Abstract This paper sets out to explore the achievements of civil society in the area of poverty reduction. The focus
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