Infrastructure and Economic Development in Africa Infrastructure and Economic Development in Africa 2014 Mohamed Salah Abdel Rehim 10200210 12/21/2014 2014 Mohamed Salah Abdel Rehim 10200210 12/21/2014 Presented to: Dr. Azza El Sharabasy Course: Economic Development Presented to: Dr. Azza El Sharabasy Course: Economic Development Table of contents * Introduction * Literature review * Africa’s infrastructure endowment * Ways of financing
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Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Concerns Gender equality is a global concern in the community, women, in particular, have been vulnerable to abuse by their male counterparts. Gender equality cannot be achieved until each woman has control over their sexual and reproductive health decisions, this includes the risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. This decision is important to determine the spacing of children and also avoidance of early pregnancies, for achievement of equality
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this principle? The World Bank chief economist and other researchers in development economics demonstrate that sustained economic growth leads to significant long-term poverty alleviation and, on the other hand, that direct pro-poor programs are inefficient and unsustainable. It means we should stop the method of “fish” giving and improve the “fishing skills training” business. 72. What is Millennium Development Goals or MDGs? Pooling together the resources of all sectors to meet these challenges
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ASSESSMENT OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which had been earlier discussed in the previous chapters are objectives set out by the United Nations (UN) in the year 2000 to upgrade its member states especially those that are classified as Third World Countries (TWCs) in the area of social and economic development. Nigeria is classified as a country in the Third World and therefore the MDGs were created to address the socio-economic
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Gender and development- historical background ‹ Definitions up Mainstreaming gender throughout the Project Cycle Management (PCM) › Gender and development- historical background The United Nations Charter of 1945 and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 established the first official worldwide recognition of women’s equality and non-discrimination on the basis on sex. However up until the late 1960’s the focus was on women’s reproductive roles, as women were seen as wives and
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Adeyemi College of Education E-mail: mikeboyede@yahoo.com IDOWU Funmilayo Taiwo Department of Chemistry Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State, Nigeria ABSTRACT The Millennium Development Goal No.1 in Nigeria says that “Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger away from Nigeria between, 1990 and 2015”. Hence, in the light of the above goal, this paper investigated the present influence of students’ feeding habits on their academic achievement in Chemistry in Nigeria. The study employed a survey research
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1.0 Background to the Study It is the goal of every institution to attract the best workforce for enhanced productivity and profitability. Employees, when employed should be monitored to ensure that they are working as required and meeting organizational goals. If workers are left unattended, there is the tendency for them to use working hours for personal and other things which are unrelated to the work for which they have been employed. It is therefore imperative for employers to measure the
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health care (art. 24) and education (art. 28), but perhaps most significantly under Article 6 which recognizes that every child has the inherent right to life and that States parties must ensure “to the maximum extent possible” the survival and development of the child. In other words, Article 6, which is to be read in conjunction with Article 4 and Article 27 on the right to an adequate standard of living, obligates States parties to commit the maximum available resources to enable children to fully
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income, smaller capacities and even lesser bargaining turf, globalisation has thrown up a host of challenges with great rapidity. And yet we continually strive to integrate into a globalised world whilst balancing our national agenda of democracy, development and trade. While speaking on Bangladesh, since coming here as Bangladesh’s High Commissioner I have come to realize, increasingly and sadly as time has gone by, that Bangladesh is often bypassed and when discussed or referred to in the South
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FIRST CIRCULAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION, BHU International Conference on “Education For Achieving Millennium Development Goals” 16-18 November, 2013. Subthemes Achieving universal primary education: Where do we stand Quality versus quantity Issues in education for disadvantaged group Role of govt. schemes, strategies and NGOs Proceeding ahead from universal primary education Education for promoting gender equality and empowering women: Gender biases in curriculum
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