Session M1.1: Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts Note: For further detail definitions and concepts clarity‚ please visit United Nation International Strategy (UNISDR) website http://www.unisdr.org/eng/terminology/terminology-2009-eng.html Crisis A crisis is any event that is‚ or is expected to lead to‚ an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual‚ group‚ community‚ or whole society. Management often requires decisions to be made within a short timeframe & often an event
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Cycle Time Reduction - An Inter - organizational Supply Chain Perspective TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … (Page 3 - 4) ISSUE IDENTIFICATION … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … (Page 4) ENVIRONMENTAL & ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …. (Page 5 – 8) RECOMMENDATION (S) AND IMPLEMENTATION… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … (Page 9) MONITOR & CONTROL … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
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Introduction to the Economics of Uncertainty and Information Timothy Van Zandt INSEAD November 2004 Copyright 2004 Preliminary and incomplete: Use only with the permission of the author. Author’s address: Voice: +33 1 6072 4981 INSEAD Boulevard de Constance Fax: +33 1 6074 6192 77305 Fontainebleau CEDEX Email: tvz@insead.edu FRANCE WWW: faculty.insead.edu/vanzandt Table of Contents 1 Choosing among Uncertain Prospects 1.1 Introduction to decision theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Titus‚ Godley and White‚ 2006; Dennis‚ et al.‚ 2007) thus an alternative method to preventing further problems is the concept of harm reduction. This essay will thereby explore the strategies of harm reduction including its potential negative and positive aspects for injecting drug users and its relation to crime. Furthermore‚ it will explore extended harm reduction services specifically for drug users in Austria. Injecting drug use is acknowledged in 135 countries (UNODC‚ 2004) and is associated
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9a2 Age of Uncertainty Paper During the aftermath of WWI‚ the world was recovering from massive attacks and damages through out the war years. During this time things started changing for the better‚ advancements in certain fields such as technology and science‚ and for the worse‚ events and leaders (Hitler‚ Mussolini) leading to World War II. People were experiencing new ideas that revolutionaries such as Einstein’s theories‚ Picasso’s art and Gandhi’s peace movements
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MICROFINANCE AS A STRATEGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION INTRODUCTION Microfinance is not something new in Malaysia. It has been operated by credit unions‚ co-operative banks and specialised credit windows of banks. Microfinance services of financial credit range for about RM10‚000 (USD2‚631) and mostly to finance small businesses‚ agricultural loans and loans for poverty reduction. Microfinance program in Malaysia has been implemented since 1987 as one of the poverty eradication strategies in the country
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Name: Nguyen‚ Thi Hai Yen Student ID: 2012470037 Subject: Special topic in international development: African economics and politic Topic: Uganda – The bright in poverty reduction for other Sub – Saharan African countries Uganda is a landlocked and relative small country in East Africa. After independence in 1962‚ Uganda experienced a decade of relative political and economic stability before 15 years struggling under the power of Idi Amin who lead the country to conflict and reduced country
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REDUCTION GEARBOX DESIGN PROJECT DESCRIPTION You are the designer and you have been asked to design a speed reducer that will take power from the shaft of an electric motor rotating at 1500 rpm and deliver it to a machine that is to operate at approximately 750 rpm. Assume that you have decided to use spur gears to transmit the power and you are proposing to use a single-reduction speed reducer. The power to be transmitted by the shaft is 20 KW and the input shaft is coupled to
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or they may work as hired labour on large farms. Low incomes and rural poverty are often the result. Taking into consideration by the world’s standard the average person in the world lives on less than a dollar a day. In recent years‚ poverty reduction continues to be a challenge in Nigeria. 69 million people‚ or 54% of the population‚ lived below the poverty line in 2004. the Nigerian government has promoted agricultural growth through several policies noting that agriculture “outperforms all
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chronic illnesses have on a person’s life with particular reference to the illness Myalgic encephalomyelitis’ (M.E.) sometimes known as ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ (C.F.S). I will explore the role that hypnotherapy can have in pain relief and stress reduction. M.E. is an illness about which there is currently much disagreement among medical professionals regarding its classification‚ aetiology and recommended treatment. Estimates of it’s prevalence in the UK
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