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    Introduction Following colonisation and later independence from the British in 1947 India has continued to struggle with extreme poverty. According to Nelson (2013), “India now has a greater share of the world’s poorest than it did thirty years ago.” Statistics from this research have shown that the proportion of the world’s poorest in India has increased from one fifth to one third, approximately 400 million people. This negatively declining trend, however, has not been characterised by every…

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    Humanitarian relief organizations were established to help countries in crises. India has over a hundred not for profit organizations working toward bettering their country. The National AIDS Control Organization and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are two government programs dedicated towards improving the lives of its citizens. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is an Indian social security development act created in 2005 to ensure people…

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    \section{Provincial Unemployment Rate, Employment Rate and Mobility} In our research we focus on two economic indicators that may trigger the provincial mobility among individuals. One is provincial unemployment rate and another one is weighted employment growth, which is known as Bartik instrument \citep{bartik1991boon}. From 1993 to 2011, Canadian provinces have experienced large and persistent differences in unemployment and employment rates. To estimate the cross provincial differences we…

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    Net Migration In Canada

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    To identify who is moving out of provinces based on demographic, industrial, occupational and employment characteristics for each province, we estimate the net migration rate \footnote{net migration rate is the difference between in-migration and out-migration, divided by total population}. In our analysis, we divide the Canadian regions into three parts: Eastern or Atlantic region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), Central region (Quebec and…

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    Poverty and human suffering has always been in the world. The Salvation Army has been one of the organization that has made a difference in social welfare, urban poverty, and teaching better lifestyles. Significant information collected through Salvation Army’s annual reports, scholarly journal articles and other articles is to provide a current review on how this organization have become successful and maintain its ‘success. A historical background expresses the beginning of the Salvation…

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    The Salvation Army Essay

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    corporation authorized to do business in Virginia), The Salvation Army World Service Office [SAWSO] (District of Columbia corporation authorized to do business in Virginia), Central Territory (Illinois corporation), Eastern Territory (New York corporation), Southern Territory (Georgia corporation), and Western Territory (California corporation)”. The revenue for the salvation army is broken up into 7 different parts according to The Salvation Army website. $1,811,351 or 62% of the revenue comes…

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    Pros and Cons of American Imperialism America is one of the most powerful nations of the world. Its sheer size, economy, territories, and technological advancements make it so influential that many smaller nations or cultures look up to America as if it were a god. Many decades ago, America established its dominance over other nations, particularly during the two world wars by showing off its military prowess and interfering with what are supposedly local affairs of other governments.…

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    In the early nineteenth century the United States started to expand. Many areas in the expansion wanted to become territories to later become states. Arkansas was no different. As part of the Missouri territory, Arkansas wanted to break off and become its own territory. Being in the southern part of the United States, Arkansas was great for agriculture and slavery. Slavery and its legality in the United States was an issue that started when the country was being formed. It became an even larger…

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    Territory In Desmond Morris’s story, “Territorial Behavior,” holds a lot of interesting information inside his story. Furthermore, the one idea that stood out to the most in Morris’s story would be over his topic of tribal territory, and family territory. Also, on how humans almost act the same way about their territory the same way animals do. Furthermore, tribal territory is consisted around where people live with their family and friends and the land that surrounds the home. As Morris puts…

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    Louisiana Purchase Dbq

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    argue that when Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, he altered the shape of a nation and the course of history. However, there is considerable evidence that shows that the Louisiana Purchase influenced the United States Ideas and policies of citizenship by challenging the social hierarchy, bringing groups together, and establishing a democracy over all of the United States. The addition of the Louisiana territory led to conflicts in the United States. The government…

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