Intercultural Communication Studies XVII: 2 2008 War and Peace of Languages and Cultures? Svetlana Ter-Minasova‚ Moscow State University Ter-Minasova The future of mankind depends largely on its ability to communicate. Technical progress provides mankind with an ever-increasing variety of more and more powerful devices and forms of communication: tele-conferences‚ multi-media bridges‚ His or Her Majesty – the Internet! However‚ “the human factor” presents a number of problems hampering
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Summary on Financial Literacy Financial inclusion in rural communities has become the focus of increased attention in recent years. There have been a number of financial literacy training programs and efforts to enhance participation in the formal financial sector by rural households. In this paper we describe the simply design process‚ result and general observation i.e. Financial Literacy for community based micro-finance institution in rural India. Financial stability and financial inclusion is
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4 PLANNING FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Olivier Toutain and S. Gopiprasad URBAN PLANNING: THE ISSUES INVOLVED U rban India today‚ faces serious challenges of growth and its management. Across geographies‚ the issues of urbanization manifest in the form of overcrowding‚ congestion‚ insufficient infrastructure‚ inadequate service provisioning—mainly in terms of drinking water‚ sanitation‚ energy‚ transport‚ solid waste management‚ environmental degradation‚ and pollution‚ etc. These‚ along with the
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in Sustainable Urban Systems and the development of sustainable cities and urban contexts is one of the most important challenges of humans’ future. Within the field of IE a specific branch of research is dedicated to Urban Industrial Ecology (UIE) [57]‚ but it is very difficult to exactly determine the birth of the interest in urban research by the IE scholars: Huang et al. [58] argue that a first idea of “urban symbiosis” was already present in Jacob 1961‚ while the term “urban metabolism” was
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Social Aspects of the 1920s The 1920’s were the time in American history where there was rapid change in culture‚ artistic innovations were happening‚ rebellious behavior occurred‚ and a huge economic boom. After being exhausted with trying to be noble and having proper behavior‚ America‚ in the 1920’s had a decade of this social outbreak from the moral restrictions of the past generations. In the 1920’s‚ on top of the social status were the upper class‚ or Fitzgerald referred to
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Accelerating Rural Growth and Empowering the Rural Poor TOPIC: The efficiency of the Samurdhi program in accelerating rural growth. By Fathima Shazana Magdon Ismail (Department of Economics‚ University of Colombo‚ Colombo 3‚ Sri Lanka) Background paper for the 5th South Asian Economics Students Meet‚ 28th January to 3rd February 2008‚ New Delhi‚ India Accelerating Rural Growth and Empowering the Rural Poor The efficiency of the Samurdhi program in accelerating rural growth in Sri
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How have three of the texts you have studied provided insight into the individual’s relationships to the urban landscape? The three texts; T.S Eliot’s The Preludes poem‚ Jennifer Strauss’ Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram poem and the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ provide an insight into each individual’s relationship with the urban landscape through the underlying motif of urban alienation. The writers explore the alienating effect of city life as people are forced to suppress and
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discussing the Philippine urban poor I have used the guide questions provided by the invitation committee. I will proceed by defining the Philippine urban poor and then discuss its issues as well as my government ’s responses to these issues. Towards the end of my talk‚ I will discuss a proposed agenda of engagement in the present administration. A Close Look At the Urban Poor Situation The Philippine urban poor as officially defined by Republic Act 7279 which is also known as the Urban Development and
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Rural Tourism and Rural Development. Introduction: Rural tourism in India: Prospects for rural tourism in India: Role in Rural development: Conclusion: Introduction: Indians believe in holidays: The country has among the largest number of public holidays in the world. Yet the most common reason for getting away is to "visit a native place." Migrant workers return to their family farms at harvest time. Others return to their villages for an annual pilgrimage. The concept of a holiday where you
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Impact of modern media in rural society and culture: A study in the village. New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example‚ new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time‚ anywhere‚ on any digital device‚ as well as interactive user feedback‚ creative participation and community formation around the media content. Another important promise of new media is the "democratization" of the creation‚ publishing‚ distribution
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