Growing Inequality Gap

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    Gender Discrimination

    Gender Discrimination: Abstract: Gender discrimination is a non-tradition security threat to Pakistan and it has implications for Pakistan security. Pakistani women are more than half of the total population, but women are treated inhumanly within their homes by their husbands or dominant males through different ways like Domestic Violence, Sawara, Vani, Karo Kari, Honour Killing, Acid Throwing, Forced Marriages etc. Gender discrimination is also deeply rooted in Pakistani society in education

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    Basel

    capital equal to at least 8% of its risk-weighted assets. I mean, if a bank has risk-weighted assets of $100 million, it is required to maintain capital of at least $8 million. History of the Basel Committee The Basel Committee first grew out of the "growing globalization of financial intermediation" in the 1960s. Two significant events in the early 1970s directly affect the creation of the Basel Committee. During the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War in October 1973, Arab states significantly cut oil production

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    Macroeconomics Diagrams and References

    MacroEconomics Diagrams and Definitions What is macroeconomics? • Macroeconomics is the study of a national economy. Macroeconomic Goals Income Distribution Growth External Stability Employment Price Stability Two Sector Circular Flow of Income Monetary Flow Households Expenditure on Goods and Services (E) Real Flow Good and Services = Output (O) Factors of Production Wages, Rent and Profits (Y) E=O=Y Firms 4 Four Sector Circular Flow of Income

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    Poverty

    or community is deprived of or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and life. Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present. Today most nations are facing “Inequality”—the gap between the rich and the poor—. Poverty in Pakistan is a growing concern. Although the middle-class has grown in Pakistan to 35 million, nearly one-quarter of the population is classified as “Poor”. BACKGROUND Economically, Pakistan was a very poor and predominantly agricultural

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    Islamic Political Revival

    The Iranian Revolution and its contribution to Islamic Political Revival Sisy M. Orobitg INR3274: International Relations of the Middle East Professor Alla Mirzoyan December 8, 2008 The Iranian Revolution and its contribution to Islamic Political Revival The Pahlavi Dynasty was for many Iranians a constitutional monarchy turned corrupt that plagued them with economic frustrations, rising unemployment and an overwhelming

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    Hunger

    Thematic Paper on MDG 1 ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND HUNGER 2000 2010 2005 FOREWORD I am extremely pleased to introduce this set of analytical papers on the Millennium Development Goals1. The papers were produced by the member agencies of the UN Development Group Task Force on the MDGs, working in clusters. Each paper had one or more lead agencies and a set of member agencies in support. The Task Force was also able to draw on the ideas, experience and advice of a considerable

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    Emerging Standards of Care

    Emerging Standards of Care NUR 531 Emerging Standards of Care The impact of the varying demographics and the emergent multicultural humanity emphasizes the significance of cultural competence for the provision of quality care in this diverse society. Identifying and comprehending the beliefs, customs, practices, and values of a culture is essential for nurses and health care providers. Beyond the racial and ethnic group, classification that usually comes to mind with discussion of cultural

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    Women Rights

    countries. In reading skills, for example, men lag behind girls at the end of compulsory education to the equivalent of a year’s schooling, on average, and are far less likely to spend time reading for pleasure. Men are ahead in mathematics but the gender gap is small compared to reading. But yet the women are still less likely to choose scientific and technological fields of study, and even when they do, they are less likely to take up a career in these fields – a concern given skills shortages in the workplace

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    Latvia

    to make ends meet. Although Latvia is struggling with their depopulating state there are still many who claim Latvia as their home. Many battles are faced, many lives are lost, but through it all Latvia is still standing. Many people have faced inequalities daily, discrimination, while others suffer and have suffered by living poor lifestyles within and around the poverty line. Through it all Latvia is still standing and slowly gaining back their economic efficiency. The age and sex distribution

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    Operationalizing Sustainability in Toyota

    Operationalizing Sustainability in Toyota By Nancy Vahidi August 2012 Brandman University CSR 650 Operationalizing Sustainability in Toyota Toyota is famous for making quality cars at reasonable prices. Recently, while some American auto-makers concentrated on making large, luxury vehicles, Toyota was focusing on building small, fuel-efficient vehicles that would grow to dominate the automotive industry. Although quality and efficiency are two important features of economic sustainability

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