accounts and feminist theories, I aim to problematize the credibility of migration as an effective development strategy, revealing how widely found opinions, which tend to polarize the implications of migration as either good or bad, are supported by a narrow frame of reference, namely economic growth or neoliberalism. I believe that a more representative evaluation requires adopting a human development paradigm, which, as per its distinctive attention to enhancing people’s capabilities, offers a conceptual
eight children, which evidently unfolds the transformative power of media. In fact, most media content are no longer merely artistic and informational – they are meant to engage the masses thus to exert profound influence not only on individual development but also on social advancement. No one can deny that in the contemporary world, media, composed of dynamic and various platforms, is widely perceived to be the predominant means of communication. Noticeably, the term media is first used with the
billion are economic losses — some 120 percent of the 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) of Haiti • 60 percent of government, administrative and economic infrastructure has been destroyed, as well as parliament and the judicial sector Source: The United Nations’ Special Envoy to Haiti reported October 1, 2010 Haiti: A government with very little power and resources The Haitian government’s lack of preparedness for earthquakes despite the fact that earthquakes are common to the region is indicative
This essay seeks to investigate the positive and negative impacts of migration in Mumbai. The essay will begin with consideration of city’s economy and finish with research of social inequality. Economy. The positive factor of migration is development economy. Mumbai is considered as an industrial, financial and commercial center. In the city there are industries such as the textile, petroleum, automotive, food, machinery, metals and electronics. In this city the largest industrial conglomerates
Conflict- Sensitive Development Initiatives: Collier (2007, p. 33) argues that the economic growth is the best way for fragile societies to avoid the conflict trap. UNDP (2003, P.31) notices that the identification of the conflicts’ negative effects on development, the international community did not develop tools to address the civic conflicts factors similar to the tools that addressed the wars between countries. According to UNDP (2003, p. 43) efforts for extreme poverty reduction should be integrated
The Human Development Index is a method of measuring long-term progress in three areas of human development. These areas are health and length of life, access to education and standard of living. In 2013 Canada’s HDI was 0.902 which placed Canada in 8th position out of 187 countries. Between 1980 and 2013 Canada’s HDI has increased 11.5%. This puts Canada in the “very high human development” group. Within this group the average HDI is 0.890 and therefore Canada is above the average. However once
efficiency in urban development. Working within the United Nations Environmental Programme and the United Nations Development Programme framework, The Federative Republic of Brazil is dedicated to establishing collaborative multilateral approaches ensuring the efficient use of natural resources and sustainable urban development. Brazil would like to promulgate comprehensive policy regarding natural resources with consideration to sustainable consumption and production, sustainable development goals, the Green
Wetlands are mechanisms for treatment of wastewater are extremely efficient because they absorb chemicals and filter pollutants and sediments. Half the world's wetlands have disappeared due to urbanization and industrial development. The only way to achieve sustainable development and poverty reduction will be through better management of rivers and wetlands, and the land they drain and drain as well as through increased investment in them.
“Development “and “human development”, although go hand in hand they are two different concepts. In simple words Development refers to the process of developing. In broader terms it is an event that constitutes a new change in a changing situation. In contrast to this, Human Development largely includes the development of the human brain, their ability to think, and to be able to take rational decisions based on what they think. Development comes through the process of human development and therefore
Inter – Governmental Organization What is UNESCO ? The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations ( UN ) . Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms in order to increase universal respect for justice , the rule of law , and human rights . Vision of UNESCO : The vision of UNESCO is to contribute to building peaceful
Failure to Help Everyone Towards the end of World War Two, the Allies powers, especially Britain and United States, saw the world in need of a new economic system to help prevent future conflicts and prevent trading restrictions between nations. The end of the war was fast approaching and the world would need to rebuild and loans would be needed for this. In 1944, the US would invite forty-four nations to come together and agree upon the creation of international banking entities such as the International
Topic: The United Nations is a success. Thesis Statement: “Jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. “— Winston Churchill, and that’s what the United Nations purpose is. The United Nations is an organization created after World War 2 on October 24, 1945. Throughout the years United Nations has grown there are currently with 193 countries involved. They provide security, helps with economic development and develop health care systems around the world. “Humanity will not enjoy security
inequality. UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices. All UNICEF water and sanitation programmes are designed to contribute to the Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation: to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation. Key strategies for meeting the water, sanitation and hygiene challenges are to:
As quoted by United Nations Environment Programme, “A green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities (UNEP 2010). Grounded in the Rio+20 outcome, the United Nations system views green economy as a means for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty. The World Bank, also promoting the green economy, says, “Natural capital accounting would add to our national GDPs the wealth
education and is increasingly gaining recognition as a human right in itself. Knowledge of rights and freedoms is considered as a fundamental tool to guarantee respect for the rights of all. UNESCO’s work in human rights education is guided by the World Programme for Human Rights Education .Education should encompass values such as peace, non-discrimination, equality, justice, non-violence, tolerance and respect for human dignity. Quality education based on a human rights approach means that rights are implemented
denied that many people living in certain regions of the world still practice open defecation. Around 2.5 billion people in the world are still without access to improved sanitation and 75% of these people are living in rural area4. Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Report 2012 points out that the two thirds of people practicing open defecation are living in Southern Asia. The report also indicates that 45% of the population living in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to basic sanitation. It is essential
With industrialization comes corruption within big businesses that benefits the upper class and exploited the working middle class and lower class. Latin America and the Caribbean have been influenced by its neighbor, the United States, and Britain to undergo industrialization and modernization of its major cities in the 20th century; however, the same positive and negative effects of industrialization still apply to Latin America and the Caribbean. Although modernization
2.6 Poverty in Ghana There has been an uneven distribution of poverty incidence and poverty gap in Ghana over the past decades. A proportion of the population of Ghana enjoys fair outcome of the national development whiles others lumber in poverty. In fact, poverty level would have reduced in Ghana if there is a decreasing inequality. The disparities in the distri-bution of welfare between the rural poor and the urban population in Ghana may be attributed to several factors. According to a survey
Sustainable Development and Population Control A nineteen year old pregnant Chinese girl is forced to abort because she is "too young" to have a child. Iran, an Islamic nation, instructs religious leaders to promote contraception as a social duty. A Norwegian international banker worries about "migratory tensions" that would engulf his nation with waves of third world immigrants. A Los Angles Times article decries the lack of an official United States population policy. What do these statements
suffer from this are Haiti, Anglo, and Guatemala (vii). In Haiti, 53 people out of 100,000 die of undernourishment (vii). Poverty is the biggest factor in malnutrition; in some nations, economic and political power is handled by the wealth minority who could care less about the rest of the citizens’ well-being. In developing nations, 773 million people go without access to clean water (viii). The only access some communities have is from a river that’s miles away ... ... middle of paper ... ...Hunger