The 2007-2008 Kenyan Crisis: Identity Politics and Disorder in Africa Thousands of Kenyan people were brutally‚ relentlessly‚ and mercilessly murdered because of the presidential candidate that they supported. How can such an electoral system exist and even further‚ how is it possible that such a system can be looked upon as a democracy? A country cannot be deemed legitimate‚ or function properly and in the best interest of the people‚ if the people’s voice cannot be heard and enacted through elections
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devaluation of the peso by 15% sent the currency into a downward spiral over the succeeding months in what became known as the Mexican Peso Crisis. A currency crisis is defined by a sharp and unexpected decrease in the value of the currency. This was precisely the case in Mexico‚ losing over 60% of its value in less than four months. The drastic nature of the crisis came as a surprise to many because of the unprecedented success of the Mexican economy in the years before. Mexico had curbed its inflation
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: Everyone including Moody’s played a large role in the financial crisis. The less qualified home buyers were told to lie in order to qualify for the mortgage loans and no one would verify their income or assets. Those home-buyers irresponsibly purchased houses that they couldn’t afford. The mortgage lenders produced more loans to people‚ then packaged them altogether to sell to investment banks. As a result‚ the mortgage lenders had more positive cash flow for producing more loans. This process
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In the years leading up to the crisis‚ high consumption and low savings rates in the U.S. contributed to significant amounts of foreign money flowing into the U.S. from fast-growing economies in Asia and oil-producing countries. This inflow of funds combined with low U.S. interest rates from 2002-2004 resulted in easy credit conditions‚ which fueled both housing and credit bubbles. Loans of various types (e.g.‚ mortgage‚ credit card‚ and auto) were easy to obtain and consumers assumed an unprecedented
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This cartoon was published on October 30‚ 1962 immediately after the thirteen days of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Edmund Valtmun. After 13 days of being on the brink of war‚ Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. This cartoon depicts Khrushchev doing just that by way of dentistry in the mouth of Cuban leader Castro‚ saying “This Hurts Me More Than it Hurts You‚” revealing that the removal of missiles in Cuba ultimately meant that Khrushchev had lost the non-combat
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Hybrid Model of Crisis Intervention The video clip that our team reviewed was about a counselor whom had a session with a client after she lost custody of her child. This paper will discuss the hybrid model of crisis intervention‚ examples of how each facet of the hybrid model of crisis intervention is illustrated and the listening skills the counselor exhibited. The hybrid model consists of seven tasks. The counselor displayed great listening skills. The hybrid model of crisis intervention consists
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How trade restrictions lead to food crisis? According to World Bank‚ they blame that the food crisis in Africa are causing by trade barrier. A lot of countries in Africa are restricted importing food from the border. Due to unfertilized land in a lot of parts in Africa‚ it causes people to discourage to be a farmer‚ so the food supply is less. However‚ African population is increasing rapidly. Therefore‚ the demand for food will just keep increasing. As a result‚ the demand
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Iran Hostage Crisis The Iran Hostage Crisis lasted for 444 days and went from 4 November 1979 to 20 January 1981. This crisis happened only after a long time friend and ally‚ the Shah of Iran‚ was ousted from power and left Iran in January 1979. A revolutionary leader named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power in Iran when he returned in February 1979. Khomeini started rhetoric against the United States as the "Great Satan" that provided young Iranian students a reason to storm the U.S
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Imminent Water Crisis in India Nina Brooks‚ August 2007 "There will be constant competition over water‚ between farming families and urban dwellers‚ environmental conservationists and industrialists‚ minorities living off natural resources and entrepreneurs seeking to commodify the resources base for commercial gain" -UNICEF report on Indian water.[1] Intro More than two billion people worldwide live in regions facing water scarcity[2] and in India this is a particularly acute crisis. Millions of
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MANAGEMENT OF DISASTERS AND CRISIS SITUATIONS IN INDIA WITH FOCUS ON THE POOR Katar Singh and Vishwa Ballabh1‚2‚3 1. Introduction and Background Natural and man-made disasters have been a bane of India’s economy since time immemorial. In ancient Indian literature‚ there are references to natural disasters such as prolonged droughts‚ flash floods‚ hail storms‚ land slides‚ cyclones and forest fires. All those disasters were generally then attributed to planetary factors and evil spirits (Kanwar
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