In Mexico, when this program was first popularized nationwide and achieve similar success in the eradication of poverty Brazil, we've set for it the name “Opportunidades” (Opportunities) The common feature of this program is the cash transfer to the poor with particular condition. The poor households will be received money if they can achieve several criteria. For example
Brazil, the largest country in Latin America gained its independence from Portugal in 1822. Unlike most of the Latin American countries, Brazil did not fight a war of independence. Therefore, this country did not suffer the horrors of the liberation war but it was still ruled by a monarchical system of government. In 1889 Brazil became a republic and was ruled by a military government; this was preceded by the abolition of slavery in 1888. Brazilian coffee exporters ruled the country until 1930 when
this chapter to bring the reader up to date with current literature on the topic and forms the basis for another goal which is to determine where future research may be needed in the area. It should be established that literature on this specific subject of crime in upper and lower class residential areas in Accra is sparse since this area of research has been tackled by few researchers. (Owusu, Oteng-Ababio, et.al 2016) Literature Review Many criminologists
During the time economists began to do research on methods how to assess economic inequalities by taking the level of income as a basis of their calculations. One of the two methods of measuring inequalities is the Gini coefficient. “The Gini coefficient (Gini, 1909, Gini, 1912) is one of the
Introduction 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
Do conditional cash transfers to low income families lead to better education outcomes? Conditional cash transfer programs (CCT) have been adopted by governments of many low and middle income countries worldwide to help alleviate poverty and increase human capital. According to the World Bank, conditional cash transfers are: “…programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make prespecified investments in the human capital of their children.”
countries, which are primarily in Africa and Central Asia but also exist in other world regions, are subject to four traps that perpetuate poverty and are inherently difficult to overcome: the conflict trap, natural resources trap, landlocked with bad neighbors trap, and the bad governance trap. Development traps are not impossible to overcome,
business opportunities while creating value for society." Now, taking the perspective of Goldman Sachs, they very beautifully state that the social responsibilities of a company is not just about reducing environmental footprint. They emphasize on a research at both the corporate and university level that we are at the doorstep of this next generation of employees and consumers that have specific needs at work and which are significantly different from the previous generations. Amongst these is a desire
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Dengue is an arbovirus disease complex which includes dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and its subsequent dengue shock syndrome (DSS). It is caused by four serotypes of dengue virus. A dengue virus infection may be asymptomatic or it may lead to undifferentiated viral fever syndrome, dengue fever, fever hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. (World Health Organization 2003) The disease is often, though not exclusively