billion people globally live in households with per capita incomes of under one dollar per day’‚ with ‘policymakers and practitioners who have been trying to improve the live of that billion facing an uphill battle.’(Murdoch‚1999‚p.1569); microfinance‚ and in particular micro-credit‚ has been key in the gradual alleviation of world poverty. This has been most apparent in the developing part of the world in countries such as Bangladesh (where Muhammed Yusuf founded the Grameen Bank)‚ Bolivia‚ Indonesia
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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Surfing has been around for many years‚ in fact since 400 A.D and people are still going hard at it today and will for many more years to come. The very first surfers were the Island folk who would use the waves to get over the coral reefs and back to shore after their hard days of fishing. They found that this was the easiest and quickest way of transport over the reefs so they continued to do it for many years. As time went on the art of riding waves then developed into more of a ¡§leisure sport¡¨
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read about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. I found James L. Swanson’s book enjoyable because of its descriptive words‚ and the author’s deep knowledge and love for the subject. Another book by Mr. Swanson I find very good is “The President Has Been Shot.” Swanson writes about the gruesome events in Dallas on November 22‚ 1963. The book is thrilling‚ suspenseful and sometimes even a little bit ironic‚ as it tells two sides of the story. Peter Ackroyd’s
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"good?" If something is good‚ is it helpful? Profitable? Satisfactory? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ when something is good‚ it can be relied on‚ it’s loyal‚ and it’s true. Communism is misunderstood by many Americans. This is mainly due to a lack of knowledge of what it truly is. Before one can decide whether Communism fits the definition of good‚ one must first understand what this type of government is. Communism is a theory that was proposed by a German philosopher named Karl Marx
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Due Process Vs. Crime Control The “crime control” model is defined as a process that uses every effort to repress and reduce crime. It has emphasis on speed‚ efficiency‚ and finality. This gives it the ability to apprehend‚ try‚ and convict a high number of offenders.(Cole‚ Smith‚ & DeJong‚ 2013‚ p. 13) Anyone familiar with “Judge Dredd” is also familiar with the crime control model. Due process is defined as a model where every effort must be made ensuring that decisions are made on reliable information
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This summary has been prepared to explore the different costs and funding options within InterContinental Hotels group (IHG) recognising which of these help towards reducing said costs and controlling expenditure. Sixty years down the line and IHG are a fast growing business with over 60‚000rooms globally‚ spread across 180 hotels and 51 future developments (IHGplc 2014). “We’re also expanding our brands into new markets – and in 2013‚ we opened the first Hotel Indigo in Israel‚ Spain and Hong
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1)illegal mining has been done for so many years.analyse the effect on humans and ecology.? Suggest the remedies? Ans-Environmental Damages of Mining Open pit mining Open pit mining‚ where material is excavated from an open pit‚ is one of the most common forms of mining for strategic minerals. This type of mining is particularly damaging to the environment because strategic minerals are often only available in small concentrations‚ which increases the amount of ore needed to be mined. Environmental
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often face large fines and other penalties. E.g.:" McDonald’s legislation" A typical case of influencing the lawmakers to enact legislation in order to serve their own selfish and harm society. In 1972‚ the company founder‚ Ray Kroc‚ made a rare donation of 250‚000 in exchange for the legislation of paying teenager employee 20% less than federal minimum wages. Later‚ it was classified as McDonald’s most disastrous cases of bad business ethics. Moreover‚ the crisis of Mattel manufacturing hazardous dolls
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Criminology has been Gender-blind’ rather than Gender neutral’. Discuss It has been argued that the gaze of criminology has been primarily focused on male offenders‚ Cain (1989) argues that criminology is in fact incapable of speaking in gender neutral terms (cited in Walklate 2001: 19). A reason for this includes that history has been prepared to offer universal explanations of crime achieved by the study of the male offender. Feminists such as (Naffine 1997: 18) believe that criminology has been
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