...Good Governance 1. INTRODUCTION: Governance implies control, direction, and rule with authority or administers laws to govern a system to achieve certain objectives. Good Governance implies running administration according to the defined laws to achieve the objective of promoting the welfare of the people in a democratic oriented order. Bad governance means departing from the norms of laws and subjecting system of administration to whims, idiosyncrasies of the rulers to achieve certain ulterior motives at the cost of national interests. The hallmark of great nations is that they learn from their past experience to become wiser in conducting their current and future affairs. Another distinctive feature of such nations is that they try to understand the emerging long-term trends to identify new challenges, and plan for the future so as to take maximum advantage of the opportunities and avoid the pitfalls that may lie ahead. On the other hand, the nations on the trajectory of decay and ultimate oblivion neither learn from the past nor have the inclination to look ahead into the future to plan for their security, progress and welfare. All it lacks in the context of Pakistan; socially, economically and politically as well. In the words of Mahbbub-ul-Haq, ‘Crisis in Governance’, “Human Development Report in South Asia”: “Governance is the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage the resources of a country. It is always based upon certain rules...
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...Low Employee Productivity Course Project Outline GM 591 Leadership and Organizational Low Employee Productivity Course Project Outline I. Introduction The Housing Authority was created to provide safe and sanitary housing for low income families. The position of an area clerk is to provide administrative support to the property manager and maintenance staff so that their focus would be on the development and the residents. The lack of maintenance professions motivation and effort to complete work assignments efficiently has caused issues in our developments. Public housing was established through the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single family houses to high-rise apartments for elderly families. There are approximately 1.3 million households living in public housing units, managed by some 3,300 HAs. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers Federal aid to local housing agencies (HAs) that manage the housing for low-income residents at rents they can afford. HUD furnishes technical and professional assistance in planning, developing and managing these developments. II. How can we motivate our Maintenance professionals? Maintenance professionals are not completing their assignments efficiently. They are not organized and detailed when handing in work orders...
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...Poverty Reduction Strategy and Poverty Monitoring: Philippine Case Study By Celia M. Reyes and Lani E. Valencia* I. Introduction The overarching goal of development efforts is the improvement in the quality of life of the people. The Philippines is no exception. Being one of the nations who participated in the Millenium Summit in September 2000, it has committed to achieve 48 targets including eradication of poverty. In addition to international commitments, the Philippines has been working toward poverty reduction for decades. It has even included targets on human development and poverty reduction in its medium-term development plans. The growing consensus is towards a comprehensive approach to poverty reduction. Rapid and sustained economic growth is needed to improve the quality of life of the population; at the same time targeted interventions aimed at reducing poverty are needed to reach the very poor and marginalized sectors of the economy. With poverty reduction as main goal of the government, the demand for poverty statistics has become more important. Several poverty monitoring systems are being conducted both at the national and community level providing income and non-income based measures of poverty. These have become the basis for social and economic development plans and programs of national and local governments. The objectives of this paper are to examine the poverty situation in the Philippines and to assess the country’s poverty reduction strategy and policy...
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...provide a comprehensive framework through which the society can address pressing issues of poverty. The MDGs are made up of eight major objectives, which are all related to global development. In 2000, 189 world leaders signed a Millennium Declaration. The leaders set 2015 as the deadline for achieving the set MDGs. There has been a mixed result of the progress towards attaining these goals. One of the major achievements has been achieved is that there has been a major reduction of people living in extreme poverty. Accordingly, the proportion of poverty fell to less than one fifth from nearly a third between 1990 and 2004. However, the results are not consistent throughout the world. For instance, the sub-Saharan Africa has not been able to meet any of the set targets. On the contrary, there has been a significant economic growth in some parts of Asia, especially, the Eastern part. The following is a summary of the progress that has been made so far based on the 2007 Millennium Goals Report. Extreme Poverty The percentage of people living in extreme poverty fell to 19% in 2004 from nearly a third in 2004. If this trend can continue for a long time, there is likelihood that the MDG will meet its target of halving those living on less than 1 dollar per day. As already noted, the progress towards this goal has been inconsistent throughout the world. Indeed, most of the progress in poverty reduction is attributed to the economic gains in East and Southeast Asia. The sub-Saharan Africa...
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...livelihood of the parents 3.7. Monthly income of the parents 3. Is there a difference between the average of class attendance among pupils who are 4P’s recipients and the non- 4P’s recipients? 4. Is there a difference between the academic performance of the pupils who are recipients of 4P’s program and not recipients of the 4P’s program? 5. Is there a significant relationship between 4P’s recipients and not 4P’s recipients to their academic performance? Review of Related Literature Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) 4Ps is a poverty reduction strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14. It has dual objectives namely; Social Assistance – to provide cash assistance to the poor, to alleviate their needs (short term poverty alleviation) and Social Development – to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through investments in human capital (nutrition, health and education. 4Ps is patterned after the successful Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programs in Latin America and Africa. CCT has been cited as one of the key factors behind the positive socio-economic outcomes achieved by...
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...Why do Poverty Reduction Programmes tend not to work out as intended? Discuss in relation to either i) states or ii) civil society organisations (NGOs or social movements or both). Introduction Mass poverty is the single most important economic and social issue on our planet today (Downer, 1997). ‘Poverty’ is a multidimensional concept involving the inability of people to meet their economic, social and other standards of well-being (OECD, 2001). Over the years a number of institutional approaches have been used to ensure the eradication of poverty from the society (Sarker and Rahman, 2006). One of these efforts is through a poverty reduction strategy. According to Barder (2009) ‘Poverty reduction’ is often described as the promotion of economic growth that will permanently lift as many people as possible over the poverty line. This line is defined as ‘the income levels below which people are defined as poor’ (World Banks, 2004). However, making poverty reduction strategies work has proven a much bigger challenge regardless of the fact that many efforts have been made towards alleviating it. Downer (1997) argues that the provision of opportunity for people to meet their basic needs has become the greatest challenge to most countries. Why then do poverty reduction programmes tend not to work out as intended? Pellissery (2005) points out that in developing economies, public authorities who are responsible for designing and implementing anti-poverty interventions are not sufficiently...
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...TERESKA KARRAN Coursework Feedback & Assessment Module Code Student Name: Student ID Number: Submission Date: 20 January 2012 Assignment 1 Research Title: Microcredit and Poverty Eradication; a further investigation in Village Tajpur, Bangladesh: A case study approach. Background of the research: Microfinance has emerged in 70s and officially displayed in 1981 through the establishment of Grameen Bank (GB) by noble laureate Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, a south-east Asian country (Grameen-info, 2011). In last three decades, more than 100 countries have adopted microfinance for socio-economic development through reducing poverty (Money, 2011). Microfinance is the combination of three domains of financial support—micro-insurance, micro-savings and microcredit where the third one is initially provided to poor for poverty reduction. In recent years, the theory has been controversial tremendously. The prime minister of Bangladesh, sheikh Hasina viewed that Microcredit has been proved completely unable to reduce poverty even it is sucking the blood of the poor (NY times, 2011). Another scholar, the professor of Manchester University Hulme, (2007) viewed that microcredit even could not scratch the surface of the poverty. The report of World Bank, (2005) also supports the view of above scholars that 124 million people in the world live under $1.25 each day where group of poor is defined as extreme poor. In Bangladesh, the founder...
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...unpredictable and largely unpreventable tragedy. Other tragedies are less visible, monotonously predictable and readily preventable. Every hour more than 1,200 children die away from the glare of media attention. This is equivalent to three tsunamis a month, every month, hitting the world’s most vulnerable citizens—its children. The causes of death will vary, but the overwhelming majority can be traced to a single pathology: poverty. Unlike the tsunami, that pathology is preventable. With today’s technology, financial resources and accumulated knowledge, the world has the capacity to overcome extreme deprivation. Yet as an international community we allow poverty to destroy lives on a scale that dwarfs the impact of the tsunami. Five years ago, at the start of the new millennium, the world’s governments united to make a remarkable promise to the victims of global poverty. Meeting at the United Nations, they signed the Millennium Declaration—a solemn pledge “to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty”. The declaration provides a bold vision rooted in a shared commitment to universal...
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...International (UK) Effective Website Vanansio Samson PA 572 Keller Graduate School of Management Professor James Bridges January 27, 2013 CARE International (UK). Table of Content I. INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------3 II. NAME AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WEBSITES------------------------------------3 III. THE FOUR P’S OF MARKETING-----------------------------------------------------5 IV. FINAL THOUGHTS------------------------------------------------------------------------9 REFERENCES----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 I. Introduction CARE fights poverty and injustice in 87 countries around the world to help the world’s poorest people find routes out of poverty. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives in the aftermath. CARE’s mission is to create lasting change in poor communities and put money where it is needed most. II. Name and Effectiveness of Websites Care International (UK) Website is www.careinternational.org.uk CARE International ranks seventh among 100 non-government organisations, according to the Top 100 NGOs list of the Global Journal. CARE was also globally ranked second among NGOs involved in humanitarian relief work. A) Accountability is about ensuring and improving the quality of their work, by being honest about what has worked and what has...
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...reducing pov- erty and the Millennium Development Goals. (Thomas, 2004: 1, 2) The vision of the liberation of people and peoples, which animated development practice in the 1950s and 1960s has thus been replaced by a vision of the liberaliza- tion of economies. The goal of structural transformation has been replaced with the goal of spatial integration.... ... The dynamics of long-term transformations of econ- omies and societies [has] slipped from view and attention was placed on short-term growth and re-establishing fi nancial balances. The shift to ahistorical performance assessment can be interpreted as a form of the post-modernization of development policy analysis. (Gore, 2000: 794–5) Post-modern approaches... see [poverty and development] as socially constructed and embedded within certain economic epistemes which value some assets over others. By revealing the situatedness of such interpretations of economy and pov- erty, post-modern approaches look for alternative value systems so that the poor are not stigmatized and their spiritual and cultural ‘assets’ are recognized. (Hickey and Mohan, 2003: 38) One of the confusions, common through development literature is between devel- opment as immanent and unintentional process... ... and development as an inten- tional activity. (Cowen and Shenton, 1998: 50) If development means good change, questions arise about what is good and what sort of change matters... Any development agenda is value-laden...
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...Millennium Development Goal #1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Millennium Development Goal #1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger History has shown poverty and hunger has been an ongoing issue all over the world. Wars have been fought not only because of persecution, freedom, and inequality but also due to starvation affecting a great number of populations who are less fortunate. Although peace and unity has taken place in some parts of the world, research shows that the challenge in poverty and hunger continues. Today, approximately 870 million people are undernourished with over 100 million undernourished and underweight being children under the age of five. (WHO, 2011) UNICEF says that even in the world’s richest countries, one in every six children still lives below the national poverty line. Local and international organizations working hand in hand to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger have made great progress since 2000. Along with undernourishment; however, about 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and about 30% of these are children. During the Millennium Summit in 2000, the United Nations gathered together with several other members such as UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, and UNESCO just to name a few. During this summit they established 8 goals to attend the world’s need. These goals are to be monitored regularly by all the UN members and accomplished by 2015. To conclude whether these are being met or not, they are using statistics...
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...Cite : "Why Water Is Key to Beating Poverty (Opinion) - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. Summary : "Why water is key to beating poverty" According to an April 16, 2015 news article in the CNN, "Why water is key to beating poverty," discusses about extreme poverty is caused by lack of access to sanitation. Poverty is one of the results of human inequality. As the matter of fact, the article shows that, "748 million people around the world do not have access to clean water. And 2.5 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation."(CNN) CNN found that one of the most ideal approaches to address global issue specifically extreme poverty is to provide access to clean water and sanitation to the poor. Furthermore, access to clean water and sanitation will protect people from diseases such as Ebola and Cholera. United States, which the key global leader in funding for water and sanitation programs, participates in an investment project to end poverty. By increasing funding for water and sanitation programs, United States believe that they can help people to stay healthy and decrease the chance of having Ebola and Cholera diseases. In addition, by expanding interest in critical water and sanitation programs, the United States can keep on exhibiting its leadership abroad. Website : http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/opinions/durbin-wentz-water-key-solving-poverty/index.html The article "Why water is key to beating poverty" was published in a website named...
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...Faculty of Philosophy Chair of Political Science Prof. Dr. Winand Gellner The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Poverty Reduction in Uganda Term Paper for Advanced Academic Writing Techniques for PPGG Graduate Students WS 2015/2016 Name: Kwerit Alice Matriculation no: 75842 Programme: MA Governance and Public Policy Course Number: 41764 Email: kwert5@yahoo.com Address: Am dobldobl 2, Passau Lecturer: Judith Schatzl Date: March 2016 Acronyms BAI Budget Advocacy Initiative CBO Community Based Organisations CSO Civil Society Organisations DHSP District Health Support Programme DRT Development Research and Training ESIP Education Strategic Investment Plan FBOs Faith Based Organisations GOU Government of Uganda HIV Human Immune Virus HSSP Health Sector Strategic Plan IMs Individual Members INGO International Non-government Organisations LNGO Local Non-government Organisations MFPED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NAWOU National Association for Women Organisations in Uganda NECDP ...
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...provide a comprehensive framework through which the society can address pressing issues of poverty. The MDGs are made up of eight major objectives, which are all related to global development. In 2000, 189 world leaders signed a Millennium Declaration. The leaders set 2015 as the deadline for achieving the set MDGs. There has been a mixed result of the progress towards attaining these goals. One of the major achievements has been achieved is that there has been a major reduction of people living in extreme poverty. Accordingly, the proportion of poverty fell to less than one fifth from nearly a third between 1990 and 2004. However, the results are not consistent throughout the world. For instance, the sub-Saharan Africa has not been able to meet any of the set targets. On the contrary, there has been a significant economic growth in some parts of Asia, especially, the Eastern part. The following is a summary of the progress that has been made so far based on the 2007 Millennium Goals Report. Extreme Poverty The percentage of people living in extreme poverty fell to 19% in 2004 from nearly a third in 2004. If this trend can continue for a long time, there is likelihood that the MDG will meet its target of halving those living on less than 1 dollar per day. As already noted, the progress towards this goal has been inconsistent throughout the world. Indeed, most of the progress in poverty reduction is attributed to the economic gains in East and Southeast Asia. The sub-Saharan Africa...
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...“The challenge of development: abject children disregarded by education.” It is ago. Now, we are haunted again. This has been proven for centuries; the key to address this horrible fact lies in our hands. According to a report by the World Poverty Statistics in 2012, 1 billion out 2.2 billion children worldwide is living in poverty. 22,000 children die each day because of hunger. An estimated 870 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat and 80 percent of the world population lives on less than 400 pesos a day. Because of this awful reality, the United Nations have listed them on the top priority and concerns of the world. Education for All (EPA) is seen to address this problem. As cited in the Millennium Development Goals which is to open the doors and expand the opportunities for education to all mankind. There are a lot of solutions for poverty but I believe that the main key is education. As we all know, education enriches the traits and identity of one individual, as well as his or her intellectual capabilities. It provides knowledge and enables any man and woman to put his or her potentials to optimal use. As a result, it raises a person from deep scarcity to finest job opportunity. However, do all populace have the right to education? Education is a fundamental human right. Every individual, irrespective of race, gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion or political preference, age or disability, is entitled to a free elementary education...
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