The quest for social reform in rural Canada during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reveals a deep connection between educational movements and reform. Many studies and primary sources allow us to explore the history of our nation and ways in which key actors used education to encourage reform in rural Canada. In doing so‚ many of these key thinkers hoped to use education as a solution‚ or as an alternative‚ to a variety of problems in the rural world. Therefore‚ some educational reforms resulted
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Cancer Patients that reside in rural areas face many challenges when it comes to high quality health care. The top 5 cancer research centers are in some of the biggest cities in America. They are in Houston‚ New York‚ Boston‚ Seattle‚ and Baltimore. Cancer patients in rural areas have to spend thousands of more dollars to see more experienced doctors and visit better hospitals. They spend extra money on apartments‚ hotels‚ car rentals‚ food‚ gas‚ and out of pocket medical expenses. For example
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Strike as a social problem can first be traced to the disfunctioning of the society when looking at it from the functionalist perspective. Functionalism which is one of the perspectives of studying the society was developed in the 19th century‚ it’s a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation‚ which is a broad focus on the social structures that
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Rural sanitation programme in India • 10% of the Rural Sanitation Programme in India is now being spent on IEC projects. • This puts $US 1.9m each year into increasing awareness and understanding of water and sanitation issues at every level from state decision makers to rural villagers. • The action was taken after a survey showed huge gaps in what the sector thought and ordinary people did. • Fundamental changes in the practice by water engineers and planners are being brought about by this
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falling tariffs and rising incomes are bringing mobile phones within the reach of millions of new customers‚ according to Emerging Rural Mobile Market in India. Mobile industry players are eyeing rural India as their new area of opportunity. The companies are encouraged by the fact that mobile users are expected to cross 230 million by 2007 end and 500 million by 2010. Rural areas are expected to drive the next wave of telecom growth in the country‚ and they have a potential of adding at least 150
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states have. To provide a base for analysis‚ this essay is going to use the central theory of realism to explain the civil war that occurred in Nigeria in between 1967 to 1970. This essay will seek to explain the events and how Realism can elaborate on the outcomes and the causes of the war. It will do it by firstly providing a historical background of Nigeria/Biafra war; it will then give the history of the development of realism as a theory of international relations. It then will seek to explain
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Discussion of findings CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDING‚ CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 5.1 Summary of findings 5.2 Conclusion 5.3 Recommendation References CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Monetary policy in Nigeria over the past three decades has intended to attain price and exchange rate stability. Despite the apparent continuity in this objective‚ Nigeria’s inflation experience since 1970 has been mix. The oil boom of the 1970s according to Olubusoye and Oyaromde
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There has always been a sharp distinction between urban and rural living‚ with each having its particular advantages and disadvantages. From a personal perspective‚ I am more inclined to live in a small town rather than a big city. To me‚ it boils down to more peace and quiet; a better environment to live in; and family safety. To begin with‚ small towns are usually quiet and relatively calm. The pace of life is relaxed and the low number of cars and people makes for a peaceful setting without
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Rural health problems and measures :- Health is an asset to man and to his community and has come to be regarded as a prerequisite to socio-economic development. India is the second most populous country of the world and has changing socio-political demographic and morbidity patterns that have been drawing global attention in recent years. Despite several growth orientated policies adopted by the government‚ the widening economic‚ regional and gender disparities are posing challenges for the health
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a path out of poverty Developing rural and women entrepreneurship UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION economy environment employment a path out of poverty Developing rural and women entrepreneurship UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna‚ 2003 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development
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