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  • The World Bank on Sustainable Development

    The World Bank on Sustainable Development

    MacDonald 1 As a core fundamental and central organization, it is essential to recognize the World Bank’s unwavering commitment and contribution to international environmental and developmental programs. As the top funding agency to international organizations, NGO’s, independent countries, and other societal groups the World Bank plays a marquee role in international funding in an increasingly industrializing world and changing market economy. It might be presumptuous to label the World Bank as an elitist organization

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    Essay Length: 1,578 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Max
  • Sustainable Development

    Sustainable Development

    Sustainable Development Securing food for the millions in poverty is arguably the world’s most pressing issue today. Countries should do all they can to wipe out the horrible presence of poverty in African nations most prominently. Access to drinkable water is another haunting issue that many impoverished countries face. Instant relief does no good on the long run. If you feed a man once he will be hungry tomorrow, if you give you secure food

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    Essay Length: 356 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • Social Responsibility Accounting and Sustainable Development

    Social Responsibility Accounting and Sustainable Development

    Social Responsibility Accounting and Sustainable Development Introduction Social responsibility accounting is a concept that has gained an increasing amount of attention over the past thirty years. The concept refers to an enterprise’s responsibility for the resources it uses (even if those resources are not priced in the marketplace) and for the societal contributions it makes (Gordon - Enhancing, 2). It is usually referred to as social responsibility and sustainable development (SR/SD), but it can also

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    Essay Length: 774 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Essay - Sustainable Development Through Human Resources and Institutions Development: A Thai Perspective

    Essay - Sustainable Development Through Human Resources and Institutions Development: A Thai Perspective

    Sustainable development has been a topic of discussions and debates among government officials, business professionals and other members of the society since the beginning of globalization more than two decades ago. Numerous attempts around the world, including Good Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility, have been made to ensure sustainable development. In this essay, an alternative approach to sustainable development called the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy is introduced. Although the philosophy encompasses sustainable development in many fronts

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    Essay Length: 2,024 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Population Distribution and Sustainable Development

    Population Distribution and Sustainable Development

    Population distribution and sustainable development Basis for action ________________________________________ 9.1. In the early 1990s, approximately half of the Governments in the world, mostly those of developing countries, considered the patterns of population distribution in their territories to be unsatisfactory and wished to modify them. A key issue was the rapid growth of urban areas, which are expected to house more than half of the world population by 2005. Consequently, attention has mostly been paid to

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    Essay Length: 1,995 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Bred
  • Good Governance and Sustainable Human Development

    Good Governance and Sustainable Human Development

    GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been at the forefront of the growing international consensus that good governance and sustainable human development are indivisible. And we believe that developing the capacity for good governance can be - and should be - the primary way to eliminate poverty. Notions of good governance and the link between governance and sustainable human development vary greatly, however, both in academic literature and

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    Essay Length: 3,323 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Max
  • Analyse Those Factors Impacting on the Ecological Sustainability of a Large City in the Developed World?

    Analyse Those Factors Impacting on the Ecological Sustainability of a Large City in the Developed World?

    Question: Analyse those factors impacting on the ecological sustainability of a large city in the developed world? Answer: There are various factors affecting the ecological sustainability of Sydney. For Sydney to be containable and sustainable it means growing within resource limits & improving on natural & biodiversity endowments when and where we can. Careful planning of new areas & the revitalisation of existing communities is needed to increase the diversity of housing choices to achieve

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    Essay Length: 1,442 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Vika
  • Sustainable Charcoal Production for Developing Nations

    Sustainable Charcoal Production for Developing Nations

    1.0 Introduction The majority of African households will continue depending on traditional fuels to meet their daily energy needs for many decades to come. In particular, the demand for charcoal in most countries in the region continues to grow at high rates owing to the ever-increasing rural-urban migration. These trends, coupled with inefficient charcoal production and consumption practices, and inaccessibility by most households to reliable and affordable commercial energy forms puts in deep uncertainty the

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    Essay Length: 1,998 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Cassie
  • The Relationships to Sustain Violence. Disjunction Between Port and Social Development

    The Relationships to Sustain Violence. Disjunction Between Port and Social Development

    The relationships to sustain violence. Disjunction Between Port and Social Development. “the bad guys took advantage of him, they played with his body, and there it goes another one that fall in the port”[1] Port cities have typically been identified as places for creativity, innovation, and economic development. This may give a general perception of a prosperous relationship between the port and the city when they are connected to global trade, but this is not

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    Essay Length: 2,483 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: June 5, 2018 By: Aida Constanza Gomez Valderrama
  • Impact of Prematurity on Development

    Impact of Prematurity on Development

    Impact of Premature Birth on Development Years ago, premature birth almost always meant death for the baby. Today, however, we have the technology to nurture these infants' development, and many of them survive to lead normal, healthy lives. Although, very premature infants (that is, those born before about the fifth month) are still not likely to survive, many born at five months and older will thrive. Some preterm babies, however, do have many obstacles to

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    Essay Length: 1,434 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Development of Ancient Medicine

    Development of Ancient Medicine

    Many different cultures have tried different methods as to find out about the causes of disease and how to treat different kinds of diseases. Various countries have come up with alternate cures and treatments for various diseases. These ancient societies compromise of China, Greece, Egypt and South America. They practiced a wide range of cures for their patients, and they specialize in different fields. For example, meditation and acupuncture were practices in China. Dissection, operations

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    Essay Length: 1,821 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2009 By: Anna
  • Development of Popular Operating Systems

    Development of Popular Operating Systems

    Technology of a computer fully relies on its operating System. I believe that the operating system pushes the companies to develop better hardware to catch up to the advances in the Kernel itself. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary Online, an Operating System is "Software that controls the operation of a computer and directs the processing of programs (as by assigning storage space in memory and controlling input and output functions)" In other words an Operating System

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    Essay Length: 1,987 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Developments in It - 2000-2008

    Developments in It - 2000-2008

    DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2000-2008 The epochs in the sphere of Information Technology for this past decade are notable to say the least. While some of them where ground breaking and changed the very direction of technological evolution, others are ticking along like time bombs, showing promise for future revolutions. This is a peripheral study into some of the technologies that created a stir during this period. 2000 The Millennium change that crashed the myth

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    Essay Length: 1,794 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Japan's Economic Development

    Japan's Economic Development

    JAPAN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In the following paper I will be examining the process of economic development in Japan. I begin with their history in the Meiji period and how that effected their great success in the postwar development. Then I will go through the different economic stages of economic development in postwar Japan. I will examine the high periods and low period in Japan economics, and the factors behind these shifts in development. Last I

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    Essay Length: 2,874 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs: A Closer Look at U.S. Policies and How They Affect the Developing World PSC- 410 Political Economy November 15, 2001 With the beginning of a seemingly endless war on terrorism, and a shaky United States economy, now hardly seems the time to examine our general policy towards all other nations, and developing nations in particular. The wreckage of the World Trade Center is still smoldering, and our troops are marching on Kabul as

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Development of Slavery in America

    The Development of Slavery in America

    Slavery was the main resource used in the Chesapeake tobacco plantations. The conditions in the Chesapeake region were difficult, which lead to malnutrition, disease, and even death. Slaves were a cheap and an abundant resource, which could be easily replaced at any time. The Chesapeake region's tobacco industries grew and flourished on the intolerable and inhumane acts of slavery. Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland were settled in the early 17th century. It was a

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    Essay Length: 1,270 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization

    Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization

    Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization Introduction: As defined by Oxford Dictionary, Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances, how they react when combined or in contact with one another and how they behave under different conditions . In other words, Chemistry is the study of the materials and substances of the world in which we live. The materials, which make up the earth, sea and air, are

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    Essay Length: 847 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Personal Development Plan

    Personal Development Plan

    1. Introduction This paper seeks to prepare a personal development plan in my objective to become a leader in an organization. I will analyze the requirements of the targeted job in relation to my inventory of skills including my strengths and weaknesses in relation to the requirement of a goal in mind for which I am willing to know my deficiencies in terms of skills. I will therefore have to make an action plan on

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    Essay Length: 2,452 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector

    Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector

    Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector University of Phoenix CIS/319 Assignment #1 Introduction: The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is defined by dictionary.com as “Any logical process used by a systems analyst to develop an information system, including requirements, validation, training, and user ownership.” However this definition significantly simplifies the process involved in obtaining an ‘end’ product. The SDLC is so complicated that it can be compared to that of the development of

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    Essay Length: 539 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Web Application Development

    Web Application Development

    Introduction to Web Application Development Web Technology The growth of the World-Wide Web (WWW or simply Web) today is simply phenomenal. Each day, thousands more people gain access to the Internet (upwards of 6 million users at recent estimates). Easy retrieval of electronic information in conjunction with the multimedia capabilities of Web browsers (like Mosaic or Netscape) is what started this explosion. This document will provide some basic information behind some of this technology used

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    Essay Length: 3,516 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Aligning Organizational Development with Staff Development

    Aligning Organizational Development with Staff Development

    Aligning Organizational Development with Staff Development Is the organizational career dead? This course has made me contemplate my career with the company I've worked for for the last eight years. I was recently promoted, and I'm very excited about the opportunity, however, it does make me think there could be limits to the opportunities? What if there was to be a change in the senior leadership I directly report to; would the replacements see what

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    Essay Length: 274 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Economic and Political Development

    Economic and Political Development

    Economic and political developments in Virginia from 1607-1700 On the year of 1607, May 14th, a hundred men sent by the Virginia Company of London, landed at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay which also resulted in the first permanent English settlement. The settlement of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown) was the source of economy of the Chesapeake Bay region and Virginia, during the colonial period was always tied upon the accessibility of plantation and slavery. On

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Development of Iran

    Development of Iran

    Iran's economic growth in the past century clearly shows that it has not yet entered the path of sustained and expediential growth. For the last thirty years Iran has been experiencing boom and bust cycle rather than sustained growth. The close association between per capita income and per capita oil revenues suggests a reason for the fluctuating level of income. Both per capita GDP and non-oil GDP increased steadily during 1960-76 while oil income was

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    Essay Length: 2,811 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Good Leaders Are Made Not Born. If a Person Has the Desire and Willpower, He Can Become an Effective Leader. Good Leaders Develop Through a Never Ending Process of Self-Study, Education, Training, and Experience.

    Good Leaders Are Made Not Born. If a Person Has the Desire and Willpower, He Can Become an Effective Leader. Good Leaders Develop Through a Never Ending Process of Self-Study, Education, Training, and Experience.

    To inspire workers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things a leader must be, know, and, do. These do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills; they are NOT resting on their laurels. Definition Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes

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    Essay Length: 292 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Fatih
  • How a Language Develops

    How a Language Develops

    Universal Grammar is a speculation of linguistics hypothesizing principle of grammar that is shared by all the different languages. Universal Grammar is used to explain language acquisition, and shows that different human languages have different grammar. Universal Grammar can be explained by the process of language acquisition. Things like Chomsky’s theory, William syndrome, cutoff age, and other experiments would be used as evidence for Universal Grammar. Noam Chomsky argued that the human brain consists of

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    Essay Length: 1,219 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Kevin

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