Palmer Drought Index

Well-Being Assessment Task 1. Explain why GDP/capita is thought to be a suitable measure for comparing human well-being across countries. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product which means, "the total value of goods produced, and services provided in a country during one year". GDP per capita is a suitable measure for comparing human well-being across countries because the GDP indicates the society's standard of living. The higher the GDP the higher society's overall well-being will be. But this…

This letter is to confirm that Joseph Sadler will be employed full-time at Social Ordeals immediately upon receiving approval of being granted a US work permit. The reason Joseph needs a temporary work visa is to allow him to be legally employed during his training and development and to travel between our head office in California and our East Coast Office in Jacksonville Florida. During his training and development, Sadler’s role whilst training will be acting as a Sales Representative and…

Introduction PACS 311 Doing Development: Issues of Justice and Peace offers a unique, valuable learning experience from the educational content to the course structure and student involvement. Exploring topics through readings and presentations was effective throughout the term, however the unique learning aspect that PACS 311 also offers includes additional learning experiences through class discussion and group presentations. The valuable classroom experience allowed students to share and…

in its regions. It is considered to be the most unequal region in the world. It has been found that two in five people in Latin America live below the poverty line. The Gini index, which measure income inequality with a country, shows how all of Latin America has some sort of income inequality. The results of the Gini index show stagnation in the inequality trend between 2010 and 2012. Latin Americas income inequality has declined but slowly. In 2012 the income inequality declined only by .02%…

At least half of the global population live in poverty with half of this population living in complete destitution, living on a dollar a day and at risk of death by starvation or disease. One billion people live without access to safe drinking water and two billion people live with no sanitation. (Ukpere, 2014) Global poverty is an increasing problem in the world and the goal of ending poverty is elusive. Solutions to poverty cannot be based exclusively on economic policies as there are both…

Today’s society is ruled by a rigid ideal of how a woman should look, think, and act. This ideal is perpetuated and drilled into the malleable minds of girls from birth by both the people they are raised around and the things they watch, read, and listen to. The way women are represented in movies, television, literature, music, and magazines is drastically different than the representation of men in the same places. When young girls go to the store with their parents and are standing in line at…

We have talked a lot about political institutions as a way for a country to increase per capita income, and although that is very important, economic institutions are often as big of a factor. I’m a strong believe that in order to see sustained increase in development strong political institutions need to be in place. With that being said economic institutions play a huge role in the long-term success of sustained development. In Friedman’s Capitalism and Freedom, he argues that economic freedom…

An Index is a term for a set of variables used as a measure for a more abstract concept. Public Administrators will often find it helpful to use several indicators to form a single measure. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is classic example of this. It is…

Women and politics seem to have never gone together. This ultimatum is present in many societies throughout the world. However, the severity of such claim is seemingly dependent upon a country’s overall development. This paper will discuss the link between women participation in politics and a country’s overall economic success. This study investigates two African countries that each share a similar gross domestic product (GDP). These countries are Kenya and Ethiopia. A country with a high GDP…

Income inequality’s dictionary definition is an event in which income is distributed in an uneven manner amongst a population. Income inequality is a large problem in the United States. But the U.S. has the tools to fix this issue; it just needs to be addressed correctly. Currently an issue in the U.S. is the great wealth divide. A wealth divide is a barrier between the people seen as “poor” or less financially stable and the people seen as “rich” or those who have a better grasp on wealth and…