According to Measure of America website human development is the process of increasing people’s freedom to decide who to be, what to do, and how to live, as well as increasing opportunities and improving their well-being. (Measure of America, 2015) GDP is an estimate of market quantity, adding together the value of all final goods and services that are produced and traded for money, within a given period of time normally quarterly basis or annually. It is typically measured by adding together a
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dramatic socio-economic and environmental changes around the globe. This has affected phenomena such as growth of the population, rapid urban development, and increased levels of poverty (D’Ambrosio, Deutsch and Silber, 2011). It has also influenced the changes in climatic conditions, increased natural calamities which impact the socio-economic development in different parts of the world. As a result, more people have been exposed to the negative effects of the occurrence of different hazards (D’Ambrosio
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THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEWS Wednesday, 12 April 2005 Other Environment News • Pollution "problématique" sur le périphérique parisien (Reuters) • La pollution contribuerait à faire grossir (RTL) Environmental News from the UNEP Regions • ROA • ROWA Other UN News • UN Daily News of 12 April 2005 • S.G.’s Spokesman Daily Press Briefing of 12 April 2005 BBC: UN names Earth's green champions The United Nations Environment Programme
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Hemisphere have become concerned with the notion of "development," or lack thereof, in the relatively poor, industrially-undeveloped nations primarily located in Africa, Central and South America and various regions throughout Asia. Unfortunately for those concerned with effecting some change, no one is quite sure what it is exactly that separates a "developed" country from an "undeveloped" country. Partly due to the inability to properly define "development," those concerned with the affairs and quality
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India is the largest democracy in the world with a population of 1.21 billion (census of India, 2011). The country comprises of 29 states and 7 UTs with diverse social and cultural contexts. Various national development programs are being planned and implemented under a federal structure whereby both the Centre and the State share the responsibility and the resources. One amongst them is the Education, which was not always a shared responsibility rather was a State subject where the Centre played
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Health Promotion is the provision of information and/or education to individuals, families, and communities that-encourage family unity, community commitment, and traditional spirituality that make positive contributions to their health status. Health Promotion is also the promotion of healthy ideas and concepts to motivate individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. According to the World Health Organization, Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve
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Micro enterprise is a low level or small business unit run on the basis of single or group ownership. Micro entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurial potential among women. It reduces economic dependency and encourages all round development of a community. Empowerment means the process of change by which a person or a group acquire power or capability over their existence such as prosperity availability of resources, increased self-confidence and decision making power. Women empowerment refers
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waterrelated education, supply and sanitation: Your attitudes Your behaviour How you make decisions How you relate to others How you carry out your responsibilities How you plan for the future The overall purpose of this workshop What if… the goal of “water, sanitation, and hygiene for all” is achieved?... What would that mean to the people in your country, and your local region? “Human values emphasize the responsibilities that enable the aspiration of ‘water, sanitation and hygiene for
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faced by CEO due to organizational change after merger. Third case study is about Millennium Dome, one of the controversial projects in the history of construction projects because of number of reasons. With the help of case study we will be able to learn the causes of failure of this project. Further recommendations to ail failure are given. Key Words Project Failure, British Petroleum, Chrysler and Fiat, Millennium Dome, Success. embark upon more initiatives than they probably should, causing over
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Program on Immunization (EPI). “We are introducing the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) to the Philippine vaccination program for infants,” Ona said on the DOH's Facebook page. “This is part of our goal to achieve better health outcomes and meet our health-related Millennium Development Goals by strengthening existing public health programs, such as expanding immunization interventions,” he added. Ona said the vaccine would have cost P2,050 per child, including three doses of the PCV. He
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