Socio Economic Issues Essay

The study of development is so often focused primarily on the economic sector of growth or lack thereof. In that, while we frequently discuss notions of power, the labour market, and various economic theorists - it is seldom acknowledged how living in these economic conditions affects the citizens on a human rights level. I am of the opinion that human rights enforcement and economic development need to occur hand-in-hand, to avoid instances of international exploitation and rights infringements…

operations of the business as it actively deals with the employees (sing 2013). It can be conjectured that it is the external factors of human trends that affect the business environment the most which could be brought about by natural, political economic changes. Another big impact is due to technology, which is implemented at varying levels by different companies; the employees are effective users at varying levels (Abebe). Technology also impacts the production processes in companies thus…

the family is that within countries, nuclear family forms predominate in urban areas, while extended family forms are more prevalent in rural areas (Burch 1967). To a very large extent, this so-called residence hypothesis is an extension of the socio-economic argument, since there is nothing intrinsic about urban living that engenders this supposed transformation in family and household…

“The Duties of Man” was written by Giuseppe Mazzini in 1860. His target audience was the Italian working-man who, despite his best efforts, was unable to support him and his family. “The Duties of Man” mainly discusses the importance of leaving individuality behind and thinking in terms of Humanity as a whole. Doing things for the betterment of Humanity keeps egoism from getting the better of men and they are able to make more rational decisions. When men think of not just their children and…

second largest producer of gold in Africa. They are also the world’s second largest producer of cocoa beans. Roughly 69% of the land in Ghana is being used for agricultural purposes. Agricultural productivity contributes substantially to an overall economic development of a country. They have a population of about 28 million people with majority of them under the age of 25. Ghana’s official language is English making them a great choice for organizations in the United States to do business with.…

or hear news related to tourism and the scope that is achieving. As described by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (2015, p.2) it has experienced continued expansion and diversification, to become one of the largest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the world. In 2014 the international tourist arrivals raised by 4.3% in 2014, coming to 1,133 million arrivals, even though the fastest growing of tourism is known, UNWTO predicts that international tourist arrivals worldwide will…

Human Capital theory conceptualises the economic value of an individual’s knowledge, skills and dispositions. It is an extension on Adam Smiths work investigating differences in wages that suggests how much money a person makes is largely influenced by the degree to which that individual possesses skills, knowledge and dispositions that are valued by employers (Oxford University Press, 2014). Indeed there is a strong relationship between education and economic benefits to individuals which in…

other macro-economic issues that can have a deep impact on the performance of a company. In precise circumstances such as start-ups or product inauguration ideas, these factors must be cautiously evaluated in order to control how immense their character is in the establishment’s accomplishment would be. One of the utmost commonly used methodical tools for evaluating exterior macro-economic factors connected to specific condition is PEST Analysis PEST is an abbreviation for Political, Economic,…

strategies as a key element for economic success. Between 2004 and 2013 the corporate social responsibility investments of the 261 world leading companies increased from US$7,6 billion to US$25 billion, roughly a growth of 328% (CECP, 2005 and 2014). Such a sum not only is important in terms of its size, which is above the annual GDP of at least 82 developing countries but also, and probably more significant, such increase occurred during and after the 2008 financial and economic crisis. Instead…

Introduction The project on which I have chosen to conduct research is the case of Ghana where in 2009 it sought financial aid from the global economic doctor the IMF for its economic ailments. All the findings on the IMF-Ghana case in this essay are based on a report carried out by ActionAid Ghana (Addo et al, 2010). I cite all the following ideas, information and claims made in the following paragraphs related to the IMF –Ghana case as being from (Addo et al, 2010) in order to prevent…