IMPACT ON LABOUR STANDARDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTRODUCTION Globalization has increased the economic power of the multinational corporations (MNCs)‚ especially in developing countries where MNCs have shaped the economy through foreign direct investment (FDI)‚ knowledge transfer‚ influence on employment rates and strong competition within the domestic market. Additionally‚ MNCs have a direct impact on the economic‚ political‚ and social landscape of developing countries; their business activities
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what is the rationale for development planning in developing countries? by Vincent Siwawa on Thursday‚ April 5‚ 2012 at 6:48pm · Among the various purposes oor reasons for developmemt planning in developing countries include‚ market failures‚ foriegn aid‚ resource mobilisationand allocation‚ attittudianl or psychological impact‚ the need to get direction‚ to measure progress‚ nation building through public participation‚ to avoid conflicts and prevent resource from being wasted
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As globalization uplifts the world economy‚ developing countries find themselves standing at the crossroads. Joining the world economy seems to be a great opportunity for a poor country to boost its economic growth rate and eradicate poverty. This idea is strongly promoted by globalist organizations such as the World Bank‚ the International Monetary Fund‚ and the World Trade Organization. However‚ during the past two decades poor nations addressed this issue in different ways. Some of them followed
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proposal focuses on teenage pregnancy in developing countries. It also focuses on the factors contributing to early pregnancies‚ how to prevent early pregnancies and the adverse effects of early pregnancies on economic development of a country as well as the impacts on young mothers. PROBLEM STATEMENT Adolescent pregnancy has long been a worldwide social and educational concern for the developed‚ developing and underdeveloped countries. Many developing countries continue to experience high incidence
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Enhancing Education in Developing Countries: Findings from an Evaluation of The Intel Teach Essentials Course in India‚ Turkey‚ and Chile Daniel Light Education Development Center This paper presents findings from case studies of the introduction of the Intel® Teach Essentials Course—a professional development program focused on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) into project-based learning—into six schools in Chile‚ India‚ and Turkey. We describe four common dimensions of change
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fail to identify verbal forms of abuse. Instead they limit definitions of abuse to rape and other violent forms of interference. The impact is to further minimize and conceal the everyday experiences of violence in the life of the girl child. The various challenges that face these essential members of our society are discussed below‚ and the appropriate recommendations provide thereafter. It is important to note that all the factors in discussion end up intertwining one to another in different degrees
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Parameters: Funding investments: There are many cases where poor households in developing countries might like to borrow money to make "win-win" investments that improve their own economic well-being and the environment. However‚ no one is willing to loan them enough money to enable them to do so‚ and they often pay high interest rates for whatever money that they can borrow. These households face borrowing constraints. Lenders tend to require some collateral in order for them to obtain
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local substitutes rather than imported resources‚ and is aimed at improving technologies that already exist in the Third World. By making small adjustments to existing technologies the developing countries only has to create variations of technologies they are familiar with. This ensures that developing countries work within their capabilities. Appropriate technology is the idea that lower level technologies‚ using local resources are more appropriate than higher level technologies that require
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ideas between different countries around the world (Dickerson & Flanagan‚ 2006). In their article‚ “The Globalization Backlash‚” Micklethwait and Wooldridge (2001) addresses many of the concerns with globalization. They present their approval for this phenomenon by rejecting various arguments against it‚ stating that‚ in general‚ globalization is beneficial for everyone. This paper‚ on the other hand‚ will argue that as we become globally interconnected‚ developed countries‚ with the help of international
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The actual knowledge would not be sufficient to generalize the effect of population growth in developing areas‚ at least that is what some researchers believe. They agree that rapid growth in today’s less developed countries have favorable effects such as economies of scale and specialization‚ better capacities‚ and motivations of younger people compared with older ones. However‚ rapid population growth creates high pressures on elemental resources that compromises our actual model of development
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