CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Our country is an ideal area for economic growth. Its mild climate‚ rich natural resources‚ and fertile soil suited for plant growth are some of many reasons to justify why our country could be developed economically. It is to be noted; however that increase production means economic growth and a way to raise the living standard of families. As economic growth improves the average citizen’s standard of living a smaller portion of the population
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crude averages meaning they do not reflect the geographical inequalities in wealth within the countries borders. The human development index (HDI) uses three development indices to assess development: real capita income‚ measures of adult literacy and life expectancy at birth. Countries are placed on a scale from 0 1; the nearer to 1 the more developed the country is. The HDI would be used as a social measure of development‚ but has its problems. Firstly they do not reflect inequalities in income distribution
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Measuring well being of the people living in Slums of Islamabad by Wealth Index and by household deprivations as an application to Human Development Index (HDI) Nadeem Akhtar Abstract In Pakistan and across the world‚ slums have been the characteristics of urban setting. Almost every slum setting exits across the boundaries of cities but in Islamabad‚ slums are right at the center of urban sectors and they are inhabited particularly on banks of riverine nullas. Notwithstanding‚ CDA has approved
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‘‘WITH THE REFERENCE TO THE UK AND A COUNTRY OF YOUR CHOICE‚ DISCUSS THE LIMITATIONS OF ‘GDP PER CAPITA’ AS A BASIS FOR COMPARING LIVING STANDARDS BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME’’ • INTRODUCTION From the late ‘40s a lot of countries started to develop very quickly‚ despite the wars. Every country realised its strong points of growing economically‚ and this was their resources. Some countries have more land‚ some countries have more water‚ some have more oil and some have more gold. Knowing
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introduced by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia‚ Mahathir bin Mohamad during the tabling of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1991. The vision calls for the nation to achieve a self-sufficient industrialized nation by the year 2020‚ encompasses all aspects of life‚ from economic prosperity‚ social well-being‚ educational worldclass‚ political stability‚ as well as psychological balance. In order to achieve Vision 2020‚ Mahathir lamented that the nation required an annual growth of 7% (in real terms) over the
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responsible for sadhu‚ it would have to be the person who found him first‚ which was one of the New Zealanders. 2. How are the problems here similar to problems that arise in organizations every day? What kinds of sadhus do people confront in everyday life? Organizations face issues like this everyday‚ where they are met with obstacles that would take them longer to make it to their ultimate goal. For instance‚ while working on a large project‚ they notice something wrong. Instead of stopping to figure
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Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a summary composite index that measures a country’s average achievements in terms of three basic aspects of human development: longevity‚ knowledge‚ and decent standard of living. Longevity is measured through life expectancy at birth Knowledge is measured by a combination of the adult literacy rate and the combined primary ‚ secondary and tertiary gross enrollment ratio and Standard of living is measured through GDP per capita (PPP US$) The value of HDI is
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feelings towards them‚ their sleep schedule‚ and amount of usage for each certain social medias (i.e.‚ computer‚ cell phone‚ video use‚ etc.). The survey consisted of five sections‚ which first asked about general questions about the girl’s friends and life. Secondly‚ the average daily use of social media and how they interacted with friends whether it is face to face or through social media. Thirdly‚ asked about their general social outlook. Then they were asked to compare their online friends with their
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would not be able to afford it since the GDP is only $1‚390 per person‚ per year. Overall Uganda has women with little education‚ because they stay at home‚ taking care of the children. Germany is a developed country‚ with a pretty high standard of life. Intern meaning that health care is in Germany‚ and most people do spend money on it. Overall Germany has women with an education‚ meaning more people have money to spend on things. As a whole Germany and Uganda are very different counties‚ and have
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Unit 320 – Support individuals to live at home 1.1 Living at home can benefit an individual as it helps to promote independence. Promoting independence is important as it means that they are more willing to help themselves if they are able to. Also if they are able to become more independent‚ they are more likely to become more confident‚ which means they may be able to do more things for themselves‚ therefore making them more independent‚ which therefore benefits the individual as they are in a
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