NBA Development League

The failure of mainstream development forced many people to think of development more holistically. An alternative approach is used to enhance development in the Turkana County and Burkina Faso. The USADF’s emphasis on the participatory approach has allowed the citizens to work with local organizations to find sustainable ways to meet their social and economic needs and to improve the quality of their lives. This approach allows the powerless to become empowered, and allows men/women to become…

This literature review will address the idea of World Bank’s Anti-Corruption policy in order to address whether it can be improved through the adoption of a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) framework. In 1996, the President of the World Bank, John Wolfensohn addressed the ‘cancer of corruption’ as a major impediment to growth. Since then the World Bank has had a mounting concern over corruption. Today, the Bank’s anti-corruption strategies incorporate concerns over ‘good governance’,…

=----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------= How hard would it be for you, if you had to leave your school and everyone you knew, to go to a place where you were different and stood out. In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Arnold a 9th grader stands up for his culture and takes on a higher academic education. But for him to do this, he needs to leave the reservation and go to a rich white…

Both sides of the capitalism rift often express disdain for the other, each side firm in their beliefs on what is best for the global economy with the focus being primarily on developing economies. Pro-capitalists have gone so far as calling capitalist critics a “ragtag army of save-the-world crusaders” (Meredith and Hoppough), and pro-capitalist economists have been accused of being guided by “badly flawed models” and missing real-world problems by anti-capitalists (Tverberg). This…

The Calvin Knights football team has been undefeated since 1879. How is this spectacular feat possible? It has to do with the fact that Calvin does not actually have a football team. And I for one, believe it should stay that way. Despite the many sports fans at Calvin who crave one of America’s favorite past times, the school has yet to assemble a team. Both the Calvin board and others, including me, worry that creating a football team is not in the school’s best interest. The main reason…

competitive as they could be. In effect, this would mean that the teams will not be able to have the best players they could simply because a percentage of the positions is for domestic players, who are not necessarily the best. This could cause sports leagues to lose prestige and money. The Italian league’s case illustrates this point. It permitted only two foreigners in each team as a measure to give more…

Under the current bylaws of the NFL, no team can sell stock or public ownership in their franchise. Unless you are the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are the only team permitted to sell stock, because they were already selling stock before the NFL implemented the rule against it. This creates an enormous unfair advantage to the Packers over their competition in the NFL, and rule change needs to occur (Lariviere, 2011). The Packers have only publically sold shares of stock five times in the…

like to be a Mentor RA because it would allow me to give back to the community by developing RAs into being the leaders of the future. It will also allow me to develop my skills and become a leader of the community. 1) Programming and Community Development 2) Training and On-Going Staff…

Discussion Community development can be defined as “working with people at a local level to promote active participation in identifying local needs, and organizing those needs” (Wright, 2004, pp.36). Community development is an active process, and values local participation, while promoting self-reliance. Community development is important in all communities, as it empowers community members, as well as creates authentic partnerships. There are many forms of community development such as asset…

true? In reality, athletes earn what they deserve because they bring billions of dollars to their respective league, work hard in matters not involving their sport, find a way to manage all their money that they receive in a short time, and they work hard away from games to become better. First of all, athletes are not overpaid because of all the revenue they bring to the different leagues. The SIRS database says that the argument could be made that athletes are just playing a simple game and…