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    Can Technology End Poverty? Kentaro Toyama (http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.6/toyama.php) This is the lead article of a forum on the role of information and communication technology in global development. A ten-year-old boy named Dhyaneshwar looked up for approval after carefully typing the word “Alaska” into a PC. “Bahut acchaa!” I cheered—“very good.” It was April‚ 2004‚ and I was visiting a “telecenter” in the tiny village of Retawadi‚ three hours from Mumbai. The small‚ dirt-floored

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    Poverty in Rural Georgia: The Working Poor Introduction Pictures of rural America portray a quaint‚ friendly‚ family oriented towns where fields are green‚ everyone is happy and life is easy going. At first sight Cedartown‚ Georgia completely fits the picture. Cedartown is a rural town in northwest Georgia with a population of just under 10‚000. The community origins were farming and mining iron ore in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. In the mid 1900’s industries began coming into the area

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    Lewcock/Filice World Core 3/4 11 March 2013 War to End All Wars In history‚ World War I was one of the most important wars; it has historically been referred to as the “War to end all Wars.” It exposed the good and bad a war can create. Gandhi’s quote about violence says‚ “the good is only temporary‚” but “the evil it does is permanent.” Historically‚ the “good” is shown throughout World War I‚ as when people initially believed the war was beneficial‚ enabling people to demonstrate

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    In the documentary entitled “End of poverty” they conveyed numerous people who lived in various countries such as Africa‚ Bolivia‚ Brazil and many others that live in treacherous conditions. Majority of the people who live in this slave like conditions work for very little money or no money at all. In exchange for their labor they receive food or shelter in return. To begin‚ in the beginning of the documentary a man named Luciana along with his family were first introduced. Luciana has been unemployed

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    nuclear explosion‚ are we going to war with America today?" This is what it was like for many people living in the Soviet Union‚ a.k.a the USSR‚ or present day Russia‚ around 1985 during the Cold War. The Cold War was a period of tension and‚ on many occasions‚ near-war conflicts mostly between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was basically started after so-called diplomatic relations between the USA and the USSR started to dissolve after World War II. The war ended in 1991‚leading to the downfall

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    Chapter 1: 8. A recent bill reforming the government’s anti- poverty programs limited many welfare recipients to only two years of benefits. A. How does this change affect the incentives for working? Answer: Well‚ simply put‚ if the bill is enforced and a person becomes ineligible for welfare - not working won’t be an option. But I have my doubts that America’s social service or welfare programs will ever be truly efficient. There are just too much red tape‚ administration‚ fraud and loop holes

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    Welfare Programs Combat Poverty? | Dr. Lewis US NATIONAL GOVERNMENT | | By David Chijioke | 11/8/2012 | Can Welfare Programs Combat Poverty? The welfare system was intended to help aid families in need‚ that is‚ families who have no food‚ clothing or shelter. However‚ after decades of welfare recipients being passed through the system‚ it can only be concluded that welfare has only hurt the economy and nation. Welfare programs can not completely fight against poverty. Poverty has not

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    Being Poor In America At one point or another‚ whether we grew up poor or are living as poor college students now‚ many Americans live paycheck to paycheck‚ and the vast majority of us think we know very well what it means to be poor. And while many of us are fortunate never to know true poverty‚ we are rarely so fortunate to know true financial security. Many Americans are only a small medical emergency or moderate natural disasters away from extreme

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    in office‚ notably the costly war on terror‚ opens up a discourse surrounding an alternative approach of using wealth‚ technology‚ and global awareness to fight disease and poverty; underlying factors that lead to radicalization‚ terrorism‚ and violence. In this essay‚ chapter 11 of “The End of Poverty” acts as a base in linking Sachs ideas and discussion of these “weapons of mass salvation‚” and his exploration of the immense economic shortcomings brought on by war. In September 2000‚ world leaders

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    Francis Fukuyama. Introduction. The specifics of the international situation after the Cold War. Since 1985‚ the world is going through an amazing evolution. The interdependence emerged and has become a reality of understanding of all processes in the world. Peace‚ freedom‚ human rights‚ social security‚ democracy have taken place of those values‚ because of which the major battles were unfold in the international arena and within countries. Overnight concepts collapsed that before seemed

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