Organisation DFID Department for International Development FAO UN Food and Agricultural Organisation FBOs Faith Based Organisations FHI Family Health International GFATM Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria HDR Human Development Report HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ICTs Information and communication technologies IEC Information, Education and Communication MAP Multi-country AIDS Programme MDGs Millennium Development Goals NGO Non-governmental Organisation PLWHA
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solutions to its causes, poverty still claims 20,000 lives daily due to lack of food, safe water, medicine or other essentials. Dramatic improvement in economic conditions in much of Asia in the past 25 years shows that ending poverty is an attainable goal, according to Sachs. If donor nations would fulfill their promise to contribute about 0.7 percent of their gross national product to the effort, Sachs thinks famine, epidemics, regional conflicts and poverty could be successfully combated. Americans
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industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane. It includes all physical activity, considered harmful and dangerous to the development of the child and interferes with their education. Child labor reinforced intergenerational cycles of poverty, undermines national economies and impedes achieving progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. It violates a nation’s minimum age laws and uses children to undermine labor standards. 14 million child laborers (7%) live in Latin America
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Currently, Liberia is in transition from a dictatorship to democracy, in which the President is the dominant force in politics. Various politicians have formerly been involved with differing scandals of corruption. Flawed government hinders development in growing nations. A 2013 UN Human Rights Report
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ESSAY 3 HEALTH IN THE TROPICS STATE OF THE TROPICS causes of mortality. Improvements in quality of life through improved health are harder to quantify accurately at scale. Life Expectancy Life expectancy is covered in detail elsewhere in the State of the Tropics, and reports that between 1950 and 2010 the gap between life expectancy in the Tropics and the Rest of the World has narrowed. Over this period life expectancy in the Tropics increased by 22.8 years to 64.4 years and
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2012 IT Leadership at the United Nations William Bly IT Leadership 4/8/2012 IT Leadership at the United Nations Table of Contents 2012 An Inside Look a United Nations Information Technologies ................................................... 5 UN Structure ................................................................................................................................... 6 General Assembly ............................................................................
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Introduction The world is standing at the threshold of a new millennium. We expect it to be full of successes, discoveries, developments and happiness and this will be possible due to globalization, technological advancements (changes) and the dramatic economic changes. Whenever we talk about economy, we mean financial performance of a country, company or a firm. So in this case the most used and the important term is technology. The term technology is the most crucial part of the business world
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INTERNET AND OTHER ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES B. PRESENT STATE IN THE PHILIPPINES Telecommunications in the Philippines are well-developed due to the presence of modern infrastructure facilities. In a country where change comes slowly, The Philippines is one of many developing nations that have turned to information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool to improve teaching and learning. Today two large and two smaller companies are active in the local telecommunications market
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nation's GDP comes from the service industry; more specifically tourism, light manufacturing industries, and fisheries. Cape Verde's economy has been steadily growing since the late 1990s, and it is now officially considered a country of average development. Through an economic analysis of Cape Verde, we will see the connections between its economy, society, and government. The analysis will recognize not only the flaws and struggles of the country, but will pose possible solutions to its problems
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Unpaid care work and its correlation to other social, political, and economic forces Gender inequality in unpaid care work is the missing link in the analysis of related to gender gaps in labor outcomes in three areas: gender gaps in labor force participation rates, quality of employment, and wages [Esquivel, 2013]. Unpaid care work and female labor force participation Firstly, the amount of time devoted to unpaid care work is negatively correlated with female labor force participation. In countries
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