Essay The present papers have been prepared for the role of microcredit as a tool in the fight against poverty and gender inequality. This paper aims to create increased awareness of gender and poverty through the microcredit programme. Microcredit has proven its potential to generate results. However‚ these results are generally short-term and vary significantly among borrowers. In general‚ studies suggest the poorest seldom benefit from microcredit‚ Women in particular. This paper identifies three
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Elasticity of Labour Demand A firm always incurs a change in labour or capital. It is important for a firm to know the effects on the wage or capital increase since it would help the firm make accurate decisions. A change in wage would make an impact on the firms employment. When there is a wage cut‚ it reduces the price of labour relative to that of capital‚ and now labour is cheaper. However‚ when the wage increase the price of labour increases and the firm would substitute away from labour toward capital
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“Explain how far the views of Source C differ from those in Source A in relation to the creation and development of the LRC/Labour Party.” Source A states that the creation of the LRC came from 70 organisation coming together to form a coalition in order to create “a new movement of protest in parliament.” It essentially says that the LRC was formed on the bases of several organisations all sharing the same idea and goal. Source C however does not mention this – it does not tell us that the LRC was
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1. What is Labour Economics? Labour Economics may be defined as a study of wages and employment in the labour market‚ and the distribution of income among individuals and households. Labour Economics looks at * Labour market processes * Size of the labour force * Trade Unionism * Labour Legislation * Factors affecting employment/ unemployment/underemployment * The demand and supply of labour 2. Law of Derived Demand. Explain Marshall’s law of derived demand states
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Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the research The aim of this research is to get a brief overview of the labour law governing aviation workers in Ethiopia. It will look into the labour law‚ the commercial code‚ the Collective Agreement( between Ethiopian Airlines and the Ethiopian Airlines Basic Trade Union)‚ and also directives and regulations issued by the Civil Aviation Authority. It will try to highlight the specific laws that govern the aviation workers. This paper will also‚ through a very brief
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BACKGROUND TO THE FORMATION OF NLC Labour organization in Nigeria dates back to 1912 when the workers in the Civil Service under the then Colonial administration organized themselves into workers representatives. This then became known as the Nigeria Civil Service Union. This led the way for workers in other sectors to agitate for the formation of Trade Unions before and after independence in 1960. By 1975 during the Military regime of General Murtala Mohammed‚ Trade Unions in the country had
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(Bryman‚ 2004) under chapter 5 performative labour‚ emotional labour can be defined as state of affairs between employees as part of their working roles needing to express feelings and emotions preferably to seem as though their emotions are deeply held within their job requirements. The type of emotions delivered can be encouraging or undesirable emotions or in other words‚ positive or negative emotions. All though there can be negative or positive emotional labour‚ in this chapter the author focuses more
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Sources and institutions of labour law in Kenya. Sources of labour law are both international and national (the latter including the regulations established through the social partners themselves). Employment relations in Kenya are regulated by a number of sources: constitutional rights‚ statutory rights‚ as set out in statutes and regulations; rights set by collective agreements and extension orders of collective agreements; and individual labor contracts. These legal sources are interpreted
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Save the Children works to end exploitative Child labour. Many children all over the world do some kind of work. You might have an after-school job‚ or maybe you help out with chores around the house. This kind of work can be great: you build skills and earn extra cash. It’s not child labour. Only work that’s harmful to a child’s physical and mental development is considered to be child labour. One in seven children is exposed to this kind of labour‚ kept from school and the chance to improve the
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species of animal kept for research purposes‚ explore why good animal welfare is important. Your answer should consider both the animal itself and the implications of good or bad welfare on the research being carried out. You might like to think about the effect that welfare has on the animal’s response to certain research treatments for example. The use of mice is a common practice in research and for this reason along with the fact that concern for animal welfare in research settings by the public
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