the same drug. The only ingredient that separated them is banking soda. Even though these two drug are virtually the same, crack gets a much harsher sentencing than cocaine (Kurtzleben, 2010). Another examples can be seen through employment and poverty. Black men make seventy-two cents to every dollar a white man makes. This gap is even smaller than the seventy-eight cents that white women make compared to the dollar that white men make (Hill, 2014). This directly intersects with the wealth racial
microfinance projects (Rogaly, 1996). The term micro-finance has over the years generated a lot of definitions by various authors. Armendáriz and Morduch (2010) have documented that despite several claims as to the origin of microfinance, the best known story is that of Muhammad Yunus and the founding of the Grameen Bank. Traditionally, microfinance was narrowly directed towards the delivery of project oriented, subsidised and supply driven small lending (micro-credit) products. Going by the United Nations’
sadness that I watched the documentary. I saw Kenyan children from a small village living in extreme poverty. These children must live with the two most devastating factors to children: poverty and lack of education. If a child’s environment is not nurturing, the child can suffer both mentally and physically. Therefore, poverty and lack of education are both factors that most negatively affect a child. Poverty is the harshest factor for children as it encompasses hunger, lack of access to medical facilities
professional and create a business plan for them to see. 5. Beyond personal resources, what are other funding options for small businesses? Why don’t more entrepreneurs tap into these resources? There are many other funding options such as bank loans, angel investors, and venture capital firms. Entrepreneurs don’t tap into those resources because it causes more stress for them and they constantly have to worry about paying them back with/without interest and in the long run, they may lose more
the middle and lower classes of society. The urban markets are buzzing with many women entrepreneurs who have won market space and mind space, recognition and awards. Any understanding of Indian women, their identity, their role-playing, and breaking the glass ceiling by blazing new paths, will be incomplete without a walk down the corridors of Indian history where women have donned multiple roles and responsibilities. The paper analyzes the status of women entrepreneurs and the problems faced
nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences. Food security can be affected by; • Availability or access to arable lands for agriculture • Technology used • Climatic conditions • Conflicts • Ability to import food • Poverty FOOD SECURITY = ADEQUATE FOOD SUPPLY + ACCESS TO FOOD BY ALL Employment Agriculture is a major source of employment in the rural areas of most Caribbean countries. Therefore, agriculture is the primary means of promoting rural development
characteristics which allowed for such industrialisation: – Large populations – Well educated populations – Culture – work ethic – Less rigid laws on health and safety – Government support through loans and grants • Rely less on foreign support and set up their own businesses such as the Chaebols in South Korea, comprising of companies such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai • This has now become a multinational and located in several different
close destination to all women of Karnataka. She said that Karnataka should be proud to have a lady governor. Earlier, the president of the conference and Association, Sarojini Shintri said that women should become sensitive to the problems such as poverty, ecological degradation, war, famine, violence etc and strive towards peace No light yet at the end of tunnel By Radha Sharma AHMEDABAD: On the Occasion of International Women's Day, The Times of India posed the question 'Is the socio-economic
the clients. AIBL investment process should become easier and should increase their investment ratio by reducing lengthy time process of investment and reducing required return on investment. It should also increase their modern facilities like SME loan, credit card facilities and ATM booths services etc. 1.2. Origin of the report For any business school student only curriculum activity is not enough for handling the real business situation, therefore it is an opportunity for the students to know
have hindered globalization strategies in the past, has become less relevant and probably no longer applies at all. At the same time, other constraints that prevented firms from implementing globalization strategies have disappeared. Thanks to the micro-electronics revolution, communication technologies have undergone a dramatic change during the last decade, and new production and organization technologies such as CAD (computer-aided design) and CIM (computer-integrated manufacturing) have evolved