Causes of Poverty: The basic causes of poverty in India are as follows: (1) Colonial Exploitation: During the British administration‚ the industrial sector of the economy was completely destroyed. The people were bound to depend on agriculture. The man-land ratio declined giving rise to widespread underemployment and disguised unemployment. Further the Britishers compelled the poor farmers to sell their product at a lower price and sold the British industrial product at a higher price in Indian
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is able and willing to work yet is unable to find a job. Unemployment rate is the number of people officially unemployed divided by the labor force. Official unemployment measures those over the age of 16 who are able for employment‚ but are unable to obtain a job. The labor force is the number of people over the age of 16 who are either employed or unemployed. In year 2005‚ unemployment rate in Malaysia (3.0%) higher than unemployment rate in Cambodia (2.5%). Malaysia is a heaven for job seekers
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MSc in Security and Risk Management: Module 1- Crime and Crime Prevention 2767 Words No single theory when considered in isolation has the capacity to fully explain criminal behaviour in contemporary society. To what extent do you agree/disagree? INTRODUCTION The causes of criminal behaviour have been intensively researched over many decades but there is still considerable debate about what it is that makes a person
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Poverty in America Poverty‚ the state of being extremely poor‚ exists all over America! There are several different types of poverty‚ and the causes of poverty. Most people think of poverty as just somebody who is homeless and has no job‚ somebody who has no money to support the basic needs of life‚ and wears ragged clothing and lives under a bridge. What people don’t know is there are people living in poverty that have jobs and make money but live so poorly that they are categorized with people
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Undisputedly poverty has been one of the major persistent social problems in the United States for hundreds of years. Poverty does not discriminate against Caucasians‚ African-Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Jews‚ homosexuals‚ heterosexuals‚ age‚ gender‚ or persons with disabilities. Poverty can strike any population‚ community‚ ethnic group‚ and family. According to the U.S Census Bureau‚ 43.6 million people were in poverty in 2009 which was an increase from 2008. (Insert citation for website). There are
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population of 154‚ 729‚000 citizens. Our nominal GDP is $207. 116 billion and we have a nominal per capita income of $1‚4011. Nigeria also has the second largest economy in Africa . If I may ask‚ is this country not blessed? Yet‚ it is still plagued by youth unemployment which had been one of our major problems in recent years. Both government and the private sector had discussed this issue at forums and conferences but have not found a solution to it. Its continued existence had been linked to lack of
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Global Poverty Around the world‚ in rich or poor countries‚ poverty has always been present. In most nations today‚ inequality--the gap between the rich and the poor--is quite high and often widening. The causes are numerous‚ including a lack of individual responsibility‚ bad government policy‚ exploitation by people‚ and business with power and influence or some combination of these and other factors. Many feel that high levels of inequality will affect some social cohesion and lead to problems
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Three main points to think about issues of poverty in the future Poverty is a complex problem that is easily understood but hard to solve. We understand that on the global scale‚ poverty rate is on a decline as a result of economic development that lifts millions of people out of the poverty trap. In fact‚ the World Bank estimated that people living on less than $1.25 a day dropped by from 1.8 billion to 1.4 billion between 1995 and 2005. Although this is a remarkable gain‚ it shall not understate
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The Psychological Impact of Unemployment Jackson Lee Kok Onn B1103110 HELP University Outline I. Introduction A. Opener: B. Thesis Statement: Unemployment not only affects the country’s economic status but also leads to various psychological impacts on the unemployed group. II. People who are unemployed have a higher risk to suffer from depression. A. Depressed most of the day as indicated by subjective reports or observation B. Occurs when people lose their jobs
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ON THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME By Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas Department of Economics University of California‚ Irvine Irvine‚ CA 92697 Revised: February 13‚ 2008 Prepared for inclusion in: Garoupa‚ Nuno (ed.)‚ Criminal Law and Economics ABSTRACT: The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real‚ against third-party crime‚ or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control‚ because
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