Lesson 5 The concept of national interest can be defined as the goals that states pursue to maximize what is selfishly best for their country. It is a very central issue in international relations. National interest could also be defined as the principles‚ perceptions and practicalities that together shape a state’s foreign policies. Basically‚ a state’s sovereignty is its most important asset and it seeks to preserve and promote it at all costs. In his book National Interest‚ Joseph Frankel says
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INDIA’S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY: A CRITIQUE Ramesh Chand∗ ∗ Agriculture is described as the backbone of Indian economy‚ mainly because of three reasons. One‚ agriculture constitutes largest share of country ’s national income though the share has declined from 55 percent in early 1950s to about 25 percent by the turn of the Century. Two‚ more than half of India’s workforce is employed in its agriculture sector. Three‚ growth of other sectors and overall economy depends on performance of agriculture
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In Germany on the other hand‚ the creation of the policy does not only involves the Federal Government‚ but also the municipal authorities and voluntary child and youth service organisations as well. The Federal Government viewed this policy as a general responsibility of the society‚ thus it must create spaces for the youngsters to develop their personality and talents through the parental education‚ school and vocational training. This policy is actually aiming for the creation of fair and balanced
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The government bodies that influence national fiscal policies include the Housing Finance Board‚ Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‚ and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The Housing Finance Board is responsible for setting mortgage rates for home and property‚ and regulates banks that supply money to local lenders‚ ensuring that they are lending money to suitable persons at appropriate rates. Housing and Urban Development is responsible for working with the community to encourage more people
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Year Publish: 1999 Place of Publication: NDCP (National Defense College of the Philppines) Author: SALINDONG‚ CORAZON G Title: The Role of Local Government Units in National Security Administration ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to determine the extent of awareness of Local Chief Executives (LCEs) concerning their tasks and responsibilities in promoting the welfare and well being of their people and in preserving territorial integrity. Actual situations and constraints were studied
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SOCIAL POLICY Social Policy and the Welfare System Leigh-Ann Hancock Kaplan University HN300-01 Human Services and Social Policy Professor Lorena Lashway May 1‚ 2012 Social Policy and the Welfare System Over one hundred years ago poverty-stricken Americans’ means of assistance was met through families‚ local communities‚ and charities‚ typically religious. Following industrialization in the 1870s‚ the nation’s adult workforce was flooded by employers who were dependent on a continuing flow
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POLICY PROPOSAL TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN LOCAL FISCAL CAPABILITIES Optimal Revenue Administration Over the decades‚ the Philippines has suffered from persistent fiscal imbalances‚ resulting in consistently low delivery of public services such as infrastructure‚ education and health among others and up to this time we continue to borrow money from other countries just to compensate with a very low revenue collection. Our foreign debts continue to eat up our budget (comprising 19% or ___ billion pesos)
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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION POLICY Department of Water Supply and Quality Control FIRST EDITION - JANUARY‚ 2000 NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY POLICY FIRST EDITION -JANUARY‚ 2000 1. 2. INTRODUCTION: General: Water‚ next to air‚ is the most important need of man. In spite of the considerable investment of Governments in Nigeria over the years in this essential human requirement‚ a large population still
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(Barnett & Whiteside‚ 2006‚ p. 213) Having been declared a national disaster Botswana’s National Policy on HIV/AIDS was instituted in a bid to curtail the pandemic. Years on the country still faces mounting infections with mammoth implications on the country’s development. This writing is an analysis of Botswana’s HIV/AIDS policy‚ it examines the objectives of the policy; the rationale behind policy objectives. It also focuses on the policy actors; politicians‚ parliamentarians and civil society and
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strengthening of sub-national government on their development policy agenda. Decentralization is an important part of the transition strategy for many former socialist countries. Some industrialized countries are retuning their fiscal decentralization (Canada) while others have introduced major new initiatives in recent years (Japan‚ Spain). In this paper‚ we consider the costs and benefits of fiscal decentralization‚ trends in the practice of decentralizing budgets‚ and the policy interventions
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