Introduction: The role of culture in the economic development of countries is often overlooked by economists‚ yet it can significantly affect a country’s economic development. Culture generates assets‚ such as skills‚ products‚ expression‚ and insight that contribute to the social and economic well being of the community. I will show the benefit of culture’s impact on economic development through tourism‚ social capital‚ and corporate governance. In contrast‚ culture can produce negative outcomes
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set out‚ through an investigation into the Zimbabwean experience‚ to examine the role local Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can play to uphold human rights in a repressive environment‚ in response to state-induced internal displacement situations. The debate about NGOs and their role in the triadic development process (state‚ markets and NGOs) is explored. While NGOs have been projected as the development ombudsman‚ questions about their effectiveness‚ transparency accountability‚ and being
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Role of Student in Development of Our Nation Our national development agenda has its focus on rural development. Most of India dwells in rural areas and therefore the national development agenda rightly seeks justice for those who often live in poverty‚ in the state of hunger and malnutrition and deprived of clean environment‚ sanitation and medical facilities. Rural scenarios are generally represented by agriculture‚ which involves all the land-related activities‚ such as cropping‚ forestry‚ agroforestry
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Course work Title: Evaluate the role of transportation in the development of tourism Coursework Due Date: 2nd MARCH 2012 Word count: 1‚568 Tourism is one of the words used all over the world nowadays. According to WTO (world tourism organisation) tourism is “traveling to and staying in places outside usual environment for not more than 1 consecutive year for business‚ leisure and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within
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the six key factors influencing homers overall health and physical activity play a big part in his life. Homer’s Heredity factors influencing his overall health and level of physical activity are hard to determine as he is a cartoon character and no real evidence of his family’s history has been shown in the popular TV series. But for example if his father had suffered from a heredity disease he might possibly have taken or take his health more seriously. Signs of unhealthy hereditary aspects in
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How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.js... ADVERTISEMENT Ed Catmull is a cofounder of Pixar and the president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. FEATURE How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity Behind Pixar’s string of hit movies‚ says the studio’s president‚ is a peer-driven process for solving problems. by Ed Catmull ♦ Listen to Ed Catmull discuss managing creativity. A few years ago‚ I had lunch with the
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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development The entrepreneurs with their ability to scan‚ analyze and identify opportunities in the environment transform them into business proposition through creation of economic entities. Entrepreneurship and economic development are intimately related. So‚ that entrepreneurial process is a major factor in economic development and the entrepreneur is the key to economic growth. Whatever be the form of economic and political set-up of the country‚ entrepreneurship
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Role of Information Technology in Curriculum Development Information (Definition) The concept of information is closely related to notions of constraint‚ communication‚ control‚ form‚ instruction‚ knowledge‚ meaning‚ mental stimulus‚ pattern‚ perception and representation (Or) In general‚ raw data that: Has been verified to be accurate and timely Is specific and organized for a purpose Is presented within a context that gives it meaning and relevance and which Leads to increase
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trace the development of the concept of intelligence and the various different ways of measuring it. I will discuss‚ starting from the early twentieth century‚ how intelligence first became of so much importance and of how the knowledge and understanding of the concept of intelligence has increased throughout the century. I will briefly describe the origins of the concept of intelligence and I will also mention the most recent developments in the subject such as those of multiple intelligences and artificial
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Critique of Artificial Intelligence Journalist John Markoff wrote the article “Computer Wins On ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial‚ It’s Not”. He discusses how the super computer “Watson” defeated the all time champion of “Jeopardy!” Ken Jennings. The author‚ throughout the article‚ agrees that the supercomputer “Watson” was a fair match against Ken Jennings. I disagree with Markoff for multiple reasons. This was in no way a fair match because the computer had a remarkable ability to answer questions at
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