Leapfrogging involves the technical aspects of implementing new technologies in the existing technological environment. It may be the process by which the development gap is reduced because it is the richer‚ more technologically advanced nations which have paid the costs to develop the new technology and the poorer‚ developing countries who can adopt these technologies and not pay the cost of researching and developing them. Mobile phones are frequently held up as a good example of technology’s ability
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Is Marriage an Outdated Tradition? In this essay I will be explaining whether marriage is an outdated tradition along with my opinion and the ones of Christians. In my opinion I believe that No‚ marriage is the same strong‚ important connection it was 100 years ago. The difference is the people who enter into it‚ and the way society no longer supports the couples who choose it. We’ve become a “need it now” society and are ready to discard whatever doesn’t give us instant happiness. Divorce
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To what extent has the government made progress in reducing education and health inequalities? In South Africa‚ clear evidence of progress can be seen in the matriculation. In 1994 less that 50% BSA passed their finl exam. This had improved a fair bit as in 2003 70% passed. However‚ by 2010 it had fallen back to about 60%. Again significant inequalities remain between the richest and poorest provinces in WC. In Western Cape the pass rate in 2009 was over 75%. In comparison Limpopo was less than
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True Change Social change refers to any significant alteration over time of behavior patterns‚ cultural values‚ and norms. By “significant” alteration‚ sociologists mean change that will bring profound social consequences. Social change starts with what the people are willing to do and how far they are willing to go in order to find the difference they want in their communities. Change can and will be attained by those who are persistent and focus on what they plan on developing. Several ideas of
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“When prices are volatile it is in the best interests of both consumers and producers for governments to control and moderate that volatility.” Examine and illustrate why the prices of some goods are more volatile than the prices of others. (10) Given their role in resource allocation‚ is it best for the government to accept whatever volatility of prices may occur in a free market? “Monopolistic competition is the worst of all possible worlds‚ failing to achieve either the pricing efficiency
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The previous thing told about there being less children in the world‚ and less children mean less people. Less people means less resources needed to keep the people comfortable. Of course‚ less people is not enough‚ you also educate the poorer on using less. Educating the poor actually has little effect‚ though. What’s more important is educating the wealthy (relative to the rest of the world) on the dangers of pollution. (Source Here) Go with the same approach we currently take with wars
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their financial tools‚ even though those tools were not always reliable. Diary households in both the urban and rural areas of all three countries are often characterized by frequent small-scale transactions. The primary goal is managing cash flow. Richer people’s objectives‚ like maximizing the returns on assets or minimizing the cost of debt are secondary. 1.2Triple whammy Multiple occupations lead to low incomes‚ patched from uncertain parts‚ result in a “triple whammy of income. Triple whammy
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better. They surrendered civil liberties and personal freedoms to authoritarian regimes in a national quest for economic development. This kind of phenomenon can be found in all of Asia. Eventually‚ it successful and transform their country from a poorer country than Zimbabwe and Iraq into a member of the OECD. 8. Why does Schuman argue that the rapid economic growth in East Asian nations since 1960 is “the single most important trend in world history since the end of World War II—with a longer
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attribute to the despicable acts of traders. Their only motive is to get maximum profit and so they try to charge lots of money from the customers as much as possible. This has created a class of people who are becoming richer day by day and the other class is becoming poorer. Hoarding is also playing a bad role in escalation of prices in the commodities
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Question 1: The Rich and the Poor The term poor refers to the people who do not have enough wealth to feed and cloth their families‚ on the contrary the term rich refers to the people who possess wealth and are capable of buying the luxuries for them. Poverty exists everywhere‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ in the third world countries its magnitude is substantial. Every year‚ millions of people in underdeveloped countries die because of starvation or various diseases. (Sen and Foster‚ 2007) It is common
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