the resilience of local communities to disasters including climate change impacts; (b) Adhere to and adopt the universal norms‚ principles‚ and standards of humanitarian assistance and the global effort on risk reduction as concrete expression of the country’s commitment to overcome human sufferings due to recurring disasters; (c) Incorporate internationally accepted principles of disaster risk management in the creation and implementation of national‚ regional and local sustainable development
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Asia Research Centre Working Paper 19 Challenges for Urban Local Governments in India Written by Rumi Aijaz Rumi Aijaz was Visiting Research Fellow at Asia Research Centre in 2006. E-mail: rumi_pvg@rediffmail.com A section of this working paper has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Asian and African Studies‚ by Sage Publications Ltd. Copyright © Rumi Aijaz‚ 2007 All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of research
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ON ANKOLE CATTLE IN UGANDA BY DR BAMEKA‚ RONALD Abstract The study set out to assess the extent to which indigenous knowledge is used in selection of the productive characteristics of Ankole cattle. The diversity of indigenous Ankole cattle breed is being reduced through replacement by indiscriminate importation of exotic breeds of higher economic potential or crossbreeding with exotic breeds. Moreover‚ such exotic breeds have been selected on the basis of a limited
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this week‚ consider the case of Samir Moussa. After reading his story please share how his life illustrates both the tension between local culture and globalization‚ and the Opportunities afforded by globalization. Please provide examples from the story and compare with your own experience. Answer to question 1a (Tension between local culture and globalization) Local culture advocates for every individual‚ state or nations to preserve their cultural identities‚ belief systems‚ values‚ languages‚ and
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Local Exchange The online gaming industry has increased dramatically since technology’s capabilities have increased. The current protocol for online gaming is UDP because of less latency. If it were an FTP protocol it would have more latency because FTP headers are larger in size and the retransferring of files would populate the bandwidth too much and it would make the online gaming experience less enjoyable. Basically‚ the company who made the game has a server that all the players connect
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Unit 1 Describe the different size businesses‚ local‚ national +international – with examples A business is an organization that trades goods and services to customers. However local business is a business that trades in its limited area e.g. the town. Local businesses vary in size as not all are the same some are big some are small. An example of local business is fisheries‚ engineers and newsagents. A national business is when it’s based in one country but can also ships all over the world
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period. With so many products imported by the Americans‚ Filipinos were influenced and brainstormed that local products are no match compared those made in other countries. And that‚ majority of Ilocanos at present‚ because of their colonial mentality‚ always prefers or imports foreign products to local ones. Thinking that foreign products are always good‚ the better‚ the best‚ and the local ones are of poor or no quality at all. (Royeca 2009) Indeed‚ Filipinos are the only ones in Asia who prefer
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DISCOVERY EXERCISE 12 THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION POLICY. In England the borough councils are the local authorities responsible for education. Local Education Authorities (LEA) has responsibilities towards schools in their areas. Some of their responsibilities are as follows: 1. They are responsible for distribution and monitoring of funding for the schools – the method of calculation of school’s budgets is called Fair Funding. Most maintained schools receive
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ABSTRACT This report analyses the Botanic to Bridge fun run‚ a local fundraising event in the city of Gladstone. This analysis will help highlight the inner workings of local events and how they are implemented. Both the Communications and Media Specialist and the Communications and Public Relations Manager for the event were contacted‚ with both supplying great amounts of information about the event‚ including the logistics of the event‚ the use of an Event Management Plan to minimise associated
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1.1. Explain the legal status and principles of the relevant early years framework/s‚ and how national and local guidance materials are used in settings. (Relevant early years framework: This refers to the frameworks for early years provision used within the relevant UK Home Nation.) The early years framework in England is the EYFS. The early year’s foundation stage consists of a statutory curriculum for children from birth to 5years. All child care providers must use the early year’s foundation
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