SEARCA Agriculture & Development Discussion Paper Series No. 2007-1 Why Does Poverty Persist in the Philippines? Facts, Fancies, and Policies Arsenio M. Balisacan SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGIONAL CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE Science and education for agriculture and development Arsenio M. Balisacan SEARCA College, Los Baños, Laguna Tel/Fax: (63) 495362290 E-mail: post@agri.searca.org The SEARCA Agriculture and Development Discussion Paper Series aims to disseminate
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responsible for a big part of world’s total GDP. If we look at India, there is a huge number of people living below poverty line and also the basic needs are not available for the whole population, it is surprising that it still occupies its place in the world’s top five economies. It is the same case with China where excluding the big cities; most of the population suffers from poverty. The infrastructure is better than that of India but the problem of sufficient basic needs supply still lies beneath
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Human overpopulations is a huge environmental issue all over the world. It is a problem for many countries because the significant increase in the number of individuals being born compared to those who die far exceeds the amount of resources available and the carrying capacity of the country’s environment to sustain ongoing human activities. Overpopulation has a tremendous effect on our quality of life by ways of pollution and global warming, poverty, and the destruction of habitants. Significant
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than half to 70% worldwide nursery gas outflow are necessary to permit our atmosphere to re-balance out. Indeed, the government should make a way and give full effort to reduce the greenhouse effect. In particular, I trust you to act to address the issues, and I request that you furnish me with data on what the legislature is doing to lessen gas outflow in these area: 1. Removal of sponsorship for fossil fuel sources 2. Incentives for the uptake of renewable energy 3. Funding incentives
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If you were to look at a history of global economics over the years, you would find that many countries achieve (and sometimes fall from) economic superpower status. Examples of such countries include the U.S, the U.K, and Japan. The most current countries to join that list are India and China. However, whether they stay that way has yet to be seen. The Elephant and the Dragon written by Robyn Meredith takes a look at both countries’ rise to economic superpower status, and how it affects us now as
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It can be recognized that an economy is the hub of an effective country. To determine if an element is effective one would need to replace that word with successful. With that being said, an established economy is the reason behind a successful country. Of course the levels of success will vary depending upon the history and resources of a region. If a method of production has been proven successful for a country, is it necessary to change it? What if you factor in that it is a third world country
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Global Organization and Cultural Perspective (Nike) Once an organization, like Nike, becomes a global organization, and the business goes to other countries to gain more profits, it will encounter challenges and ethical issues. Some of the challenges for a global organization are child labor laws, wages, and outsourcing. An example is a Nike sweatshop labor case that stirred up a big controversy over ethical business practices. Because of this issue the organization has to deal with the negative
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and terrorist acts in a way to make it a legitimate reasoning to perform such acts. For example, the global jihad was contributed by the government appearing to fail and not meet the needs of its people; therefore, coalitions and alliances were formed to oppose leadership and institutionalized Islam activism. Furthermore, when the government does not fully address the needs of its people, poverty and unemployment increases; therefore, making opposition against the government and crime increase (Esposito
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world. Thus, nurturing the children in a positive manner will help in the betterment of the world in the future. The organization was established with the purpose of working with others in order to overcome problems faced by social and economic issues like poverty, violence, ill health discrimination among the children based on race, ethnicity etc. I - UNICEF span and work focus The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) takes a large number of measures to provide the best start for a child’s life
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The Solution to Poverty – Socially Responsible Parents My parents arrived in America 29 years ago, five years before I was born, with nothing but the lint in their pockets. Their story is not one of fulfilling the “Great American Dream” or going from “Rags to Riches”. They weren't heir to some hidden family fortune, nor did they miraculously win the lottery. Actually, my father still steals paper towels from work to make sure we have napkins for the dinner table. And two days ago, we stuffed
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