largest and fastest growing sectors for contributing to economic development (United Nations World Tourism Organisation [UNWTO], 2011). In many countries, tourism has an important role in creating direct and indirect employment and contributes to income generation. Tourism in developing and least developed countries is one of the main sources of foreign exchange earnings, and one of the significant tool for reducing poverty (UNWTO, 2013) and achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goal
Over the last few decades, tourism and its impacts to poverty and income distribution has been the interesting subject of many organizations, institutions, practitioners, and scholars. As mentioned earlier, UNWTO (2011) perceived tourism as a significant contributor to economic development and the achievement of the UN MDGs. One of the outcome of this approach was the emergence of the pro-poor tourism (PPT) concept in the late 1990s. PPT aims to ‘increase the net benefits for the poor from tourism’
Poverty & inequality on Economic Growth Introduction: In present scenario: People who per capita income is less than one dollar fall in criteria of poverty , along with inequality is also on other issue which contain limited number of household had lion share in GNP which large number of people had limited share in GNP. These limited number of people (Richest) increased their share in GNP day by day. These both issue create so many other issue and indicators like limited personal income, which leads
Understanding Social Inequality: Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in Canada Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Class Instructor’s Name Date Understanding Social Inequality: Class, Gender, and Ethnicity in Canada Introduction This paper will explore the link between social inequality, class, gender, and ethnicity in Canada. In addition, the study will emphasize their mutually natures to uncover previously unknown health inequalities. I will encompass the intersection principles that
1. Introduction The issue of economic inequalities has become more and more important nowadays and is expected to be an even more important topic in the future. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2014) economic inequality is described by the gap between rich and poor and the unequal distribution of income. However it does not only deal with the distribution of income. During the time the distribution of for instance education opportunities became also
Minimum wages policies have always been controversial among economist while some supporters of minimum wages justify them as improving the living conditions of the poor, unskilled, unorganized workers (card and Krueger, 1992) and also reducing income inequality between men and women, between black and white workers. Some analyst pay attention to the fact that the introduction of minimum wages increases the labour market earnings of those employed, while others emphasize that the introduction of minimum
still give an idea of the functioning of any economic system. KUZNETS RATIO Kuznets ratio measures the income that goes to the highest-earning households, which usually constitutes the top 20%, and the income that goes to the lowest-earning households, which is usually measured from the bottom 20% or the lowest 40% income earners. When we compare the first 20% to the next 20%, the perfect inequality is expressed as 1. But a comparison of 20% to the 40%, the value is being changes to 0.5. Kuznets had
can have outstretching effects on undergone of money and goods growth and development, and condition of being poor copies of smaller size. ( Osinubi 2005 : 250 ) This theory has been supported by number, order, group, line of based on experience studies on undergone growth and the newly making great industries interests, money, goods of societies, which let be seen an unchanging say no to of the statement of part-owner of work in farming part,
can happen depending on your social class, and if it still exists. The argument goes, even though there is some disparity between the upper and lower class, as long as there is equal opportunity the chance of moving up still exists. If that was the case there will be more success
We may have moved past segregation and slavery, but people of color and low social standings face many problems today. Economic inequality functions almost like a barrier, unjustly separating minorities from the rest. Facing nearly 40% more exposure to toxic air pollution, low income families, mainly, poor people and communities of color are forced to live in undesirable areas, close to landfills, toxic waste sites, and congested highways. Even though these