money. This would be a huge expense for the government however it is a step in the process to achieving economic development. Another way to reduce poverty is to provide clean water‚ food sources and protection to the whole economy. In countries like Zambia and Kenya‚ this would be such a huge project that the governments don’t have enough finance to fund these projects. However‚ reducing absolute poverty isn’t enough to achieve economic development. Economic development is aimed at everyone and it
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Bushmen The oldest inhabitants of southern Africa are the Bushmen‚ they have lived there for over 20‚000 years. Their home is in the area of the Kalahari desert which covers part of South Africa‚ Namibia‚ Angola‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe and Botswana. They are called Bushman‚ Basarwa (in Botswana)‚ San (in Namibia and South Africa)‚ Khoikhoi‚ Khoisan and Bantu. The Bushmen are worhispers of the moon. They believe that when people and animals die they come back in the form of stars. They believe if you
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19th Century England During the 19th Century‚ England was transformed by the industrial revolution. It was also a period of social and political unrest. Levels of sanitation were improved‚ as was the quality of housing. During this period‚ living standards were raised and it was a relatively peaceful period. It was a period of prosperity and expansion for the British Empire‚ but it also saw the decline of England’s power. England was the first nation to industrialise. It had a dense population
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by Sub-Saharan Africa (39 per- cent) Countries in which more than half the population lives below the international poverty line include; – Guatemala‚ – Guinea-Bissau‚ – India‚ – Kenya‚ – Lesotho‚ – Madagascar‚ – Nepal‚ – Niger‚ – Senegal‚ – and Zambia • Analysts have found a strong positive relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction. • For example‚ East Asia (excluding China)‚which contains the world’s fastest-growing economies‚ reduced the share of its population living in poverty
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influence by making several claims. He talks about‚ (what is a good chief in life?) In Rhodes case by asking that question‚ Rhodes wants to do something useful for his country. He was controlling the diamond production. He had parlayed his territories Zambia and Zimbabwe. Rhodes argued about the way the English children are brought into this world‚ saying that the English people are limiting their children. Rhodes says that there should be more English children in his country so they can retain America
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Grassland (Savanna) The Grassland (Savanna) is nothing but grass‚ shrubs and isolated trees. The grasslands can be located between a tropical rain forest and a desert. Unlike the rainforest‚ the Savanna Grassland happens to not have enough rainfall to support a forest. Savanna’s especially are known to be tropical grasslands and are found on either side of the equator‚ right on the edges of the more tropical rainforests
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Hunger is a serious question that affects many countries in the world‚ especially in developing countries. A recent report states that “925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries.”(FAO‚2010) “Hunger is not just the need to eat; but can be defined as “the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite‚ [or] the exhausted condition caused by want of food” (Oxford English Dictionary)‚ which means a continuing deprivation in
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A slum‚ as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat‚ is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing‚ squalor‚ and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations‚ the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between 1990 and 2005.[1] However‚ due to rising population‚ and the rise especially in urban populations‚ the number of slum dwellers is rising. One billion people worldwide live in slums[2]
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According to Center for Ethical Business Cultures‚ the term Corporate Social (CSR) has a long history. The history of CSR began approximately at the end of 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century when some leading companies got acquainted with the issues about business giving in community. However‚ the term began spreading globally only during the last couple of decades‚ when the expectation of NGOs‚ local communities‚ the media and other stakeholders‚ that the corporations should
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Malaria parasite in pregnancy causes serious problems like jeopardising the health of pregnant women‚ compromising the health of the foetus and increasing the likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth‚ spontaneous abortion and low birth weight (NDHS‚ 2013). Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy (IPTp) is one of the strategies where pregnant women in malaria – endemic countries receive complete doses of Sulfadoxine – Pyrimethamine (SP)‚ whether or not have symptom
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