...INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FACULTY SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COURSE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS LECTURER Mr. CHIPAIKE DUE DATE 03 MARCH 2014 QUESTION CHINESE RESOURCE DIPLOMACY IS DETRIMENTAL TO LONG TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA.DISCUSS COMMENTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......................................................................................................................................... Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese activity in Africa has been seen and has grown exponentially in the past decade. China’s enhanced role within the global economy has profound political implications across the world, but takes a particular form in Africa. Recently, there has been an ongoing move by the Chinese to tap in and secure natural resources in Africa through the Chinese-African trade and diplomatic relations. Though its growing interest in Africa has resulted in huge capital flows into the continent and increased exports of natural resources from Africa, it is the purpose of this paper to determine if this relationship is creating shared prosperity for both countries. It is also vital to outline the contexts of African crisis and Chinese expansionisms. The paper also tries to explain how Chinese renewed interest in the continent has been manifested and provides an analysis of its main effects. However...
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...of natural resources and significant economic opportunities in Africa made it the perfect prototype for new imperialism (Document 6). European explorers were more than eager to trek through uncharted territories and claim it for their monarchs. Meanwhile, priests believed that they carried the responsibility to educate these "savages" and spread Christianity, all in the name of the Lord. Through direct and indirect rule, European imperialism brought an...
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...get a job as a washerwoman. His mother Matilda was very supportive of Paul’s literacy interest. She encouraged her kids to read and learn about poetry. Inspired by his mother Paul began reciting and writing poetry by the age of 6. In high school he was the only African American in his class. His writing skills opened up ideas for him to be class president, editor of the high school newspaper, class poet and president of the literary society. While establishing his self nationally he also had a job temporarily as an elevator operator. He also gained ideas from the slavery stories that his mother and father occasionally told him. He first published his literature when he was 16 years old. He also created a newspaper based on the black community. After finishing high school he could not go right into college due to his lack of tuition funds. However, some of his work were seen by his teachers other college professors. He also gained friendship from Fredrick Douglass who found him a job and set him up to read some of his work. A lot of his work explained a lot about how he felt about the life of African Americans. The poem “We wear the mask” uses “the mask” to conceal what he says in the poem about the struggle of African Americans for equality. This poem if understood correctly can relate to any type of frustration or hurt. There are three things that help exemplify the...
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...reduction@undp.org Website: www.undp.org/poverty disclaimer the views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily representthose of the united nations, including undp, or their Member States. taBle of contents Content Page 2 3 7 9 9 9 12 13 14 14 15 15 18 20 24 25 27 27 31 31 31 36 36 38 38 41 43 46 48 48 49 53 55 57 59 60 63 68 84 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Executive Summary Introduction 1. regional economic integration and human development 1.1. conceptual linkages 1.1.1 Income 1.1.2 Access to services 1.1.3 Empowerment 1.1.4 Sustainability 1.2. contextual factors 2. the context for African regional integration 2.1. Geographical fragmentation 2.2. capacities, institutions and domestic policies 2.3. climate, nutrition and health 2.5. the environment and common resources 2.6. Should Africa look outward, inward, or both? 3. Estimating the impact of regional integration in Africa 3.1 Estimating the scope and benefits of integration 3.2 the modeling of integration 3.2.1 the regional, continental and global integration paths i) regional and continental integration paths ii) Global integration paths 3.2.2 the impact on human development i) the impact on poverty ii) the impact on employment iii) the impact on the sector composition of production iv) the impact on factors of production v) the impact on GHG emissions 4. the experience of developing countries with regional integration and human development 4.1 An exploration...
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...people just weren’t ordinary people but people with developed interest in the history of Asheville and what took place in the African American community. By 2:10pm the room seemed full to the point where people were sitting and standing on the outer parts of the room. It took Dr. Waters roughly forty-five minutes to share his research but was fairly condensed it seemed, due to his nervous and fast pace of his presentation. After listening to Dr. Waters lecture on the up come of African Americans in Asheville, it really helped open my eyes on how important the YMI building represents the African Americans community as a whole. During this time (1892-1906) African Americans were viewed by the white society to be “unfit” in the community and incapable to succeed. In order to keep the African Americans in place (ignorant) they were often presented with violence such as lynching’s during this time. Dr. Waters covered material that caught my attention and that was new to me. In North Carolina there were forty-three documented lynchings and in our hometown (Asheville or nearby) there were four. The first lynching in Asheville occurred in 1891, the second and third in 1893 and the fourth in 1906; African Americans were not the only ones that were targeted by lynch mobs but the whites as well that were trying to uplift the “negro” through educational efforts. African Americans in Asheville were looking for new tactics to defeat this suppression of race; one of the tactics they used was black...
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...Description of the target population Diabetes is a disorder where a person’s body cannot produce or respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that the body uses to absorb and use glucose as fuel for the cells in the body. Diabetes Mellitus is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes Mellitus can lower the life expectancy by up to 15 years and is the leading cause of kidney failure, lower limb amputations and adult onset blindness. In 2007 Diabetes Mellitus cost the citizens of the United States $174 billion dollars including the cost of treatments, disability, and premature death. In 2010 1.052,000 people were diagnosed with Diabetes. The targeted population that is affected by Diabetes is adults over 20 and African Americans. African Americans in 2010 consisted of 18.7% of the population diagnosed and undiagnosed cases of Diabetes or 4.9 million people. In 2010; 11.3% of people or 25.6 million of the citizens of America were diagnosed with Diabetes. People over 65...
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...have created a new type of strategic partnership based on political equality and mutual trust, economic cooperation and cultural exchanges. China has demonstrated respect for African countries by actively encouraging cooperation and providing aid between Chinese and African businesses. With china being the largest developing country and Africa being the continent with the most number of developing countries, their trade and economic relations have not only played a significant role in promoting their respective progress, but has also helped to win the attention and support of the international community to Africa's development. Currently, China is one of Africa’s most important trade partners. In this essay, I will endorse the understanding of China and Africa’s relationship. When the founding of the People’s Republic of China occurred in 1949, it also marked the initiation of China-Africa trade and economic relations. While African countries fought for national liberation and China worked to safeguard its own sovereignty and territorial integrity, they both supported one another by friendship and mutual trust. They laid a good political foundation for their future growth of trade and economic relationship. In 1955, Egypt ushered a new era of China-Africa cooperation when it became the first African country to establish diplomatic relations with China. In a condition where Egypt needed help resisting economic sanctions imposed by western countries, China purchased 13,000...
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...Running Head: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 1 African American Women Are More Likely To Die From Breast Cancer Denise Blanchard Student ID: 000239612 Western Governors University August 20, 2012 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 2 Research suggests African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer because of their lack of health insurance, late stage diagnosis, and their rate of obesity. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER 3 Outline I. Introduction A. African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than any other race of the same gender. B. African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer because of the lack of health insurance, late stage diagnosis, and their rate of obesity. 1. In 2009 it was reported that 1 in every 6 Americans was without health insurance (News-Medical.net, 2009). 2. African American women are often diagnosed with later stage breast cancer. 3. African American women are 26 percent more likely to be obese. II. The absence of health insurance is barrier for African American women. A. The absence of insurance leaves low-income women open to a higher rate of mortality since regular breast cancer screenings are almost...
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...regarding incarceration 2. Statistics regarding race (Kennedy, 1997) 3. Racial disparity in prison sentence 4. Racial disparity in duration of sentence (Kennedy, 1997) This explains and illustrates the various incidents and statistics of African American, Hispanic and the white people. This elaborates that ethical discrimination occurs is the entire criminal justice process. The minorities and ethnic groups are given more harsh punishments as compared to white. B. Causes 1. Reasons behind African American in jail 2. Disparities in ways African American communities are policed (Huffing Post). 3. In adequate allocation of resources 4. Racial profiling (Wall Street Journal). This section describes the various reasons and causes due to which most of the African Americans have to go to jails once in their life time. It will also show how lack of resources contributes to the problem. C. Consequences 1. The impact on individual families( www.urbanportal.com) 2. The effects on the social economic system (NPR) 3. Higher rate of infectious diseases (final call). This section highlights the decreasing value of the African American family due to high rate of incarceration. The lack of resources and rehabilitation centers once they are release from jail. This explains that the black community is highly...
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...The Motives of Imperialism in the Early 1700’s Sharon House Professor Rokitski HUM 202 O01C February 21, 2015 The Motives of Imperialism in the Early 1700’s The beginning of the 18th century was an exciting time for people in the western countries such as England and much of Europe, yet it was a time of sadness and shame for other countries that would come under the West’s imperial rule. As explorers from Western countries traveled to faraway lands such as India and Africa, they realized there was much to be gained in the way of natural resources that their own countries could not produce. While the conquests had many economic motives (such as gold, silver, silk, spices and access to new trade routes), there were also non-economic motives. What were these non-economic motives of imperialism? Which motives were of primary importance: economic or non-economic and why? Of course it is easy to think of all the economic reasons a country would have to expand, however, when it comes to non-economic motives, one has to think a little bit harder. In the beginning of the 1700’s, politics was one of the main ideas behind most decisions that were made. Imperialism is defined as “…the forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that are not its colonies (“Imperialism”). The rulers of Europe and Britain had much political power to gain through the dominance and annexation of larger territories...
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..._________South Africa________ VAN EN VOORLETTERS SURNAME & INITIALS :__________Murray R_________ STUD NR/ STUD NO :__________ MODULE KODE/ MODULE CODE :__________SOC 120_________ DOSENT/LECTURER :______Ms Vangile Bingma______ INHANDIGINGSDATUM DATE OF SUBMISSION :______16 September 2013_____ Table of Contents Introduction 2 Question 1 2 Question 2 4 Question 3 5 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 Plagiarism Declaration 8 Introduction Post-apartheid South Africa was intended to bring together people of all races and ethnicities; however, black South African citizens are discriminating against and showing prejudice towards African migrants. Research has shown that the main causes of xenophobic attitudes are a result of politics of access and the struggle for political and socio-economic resources (Adjai & Lazaridis 2013:192). Question 1 Old racism is discrimination based on race which is a group that is different biologically to one’s own group. New racism is discrimination based on someone else’s national origin or ethnicity (Adjai & Lazaridis 2013:192). Old racism is exclusion based on biological features whereas new racism is exclusion based on cultural and national features. New racism claims to be moving away from prejudice views and judgements but as simple pointing out the differences between different groups. Although by pointing out these differences it encourages concerns that they are a threat...
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...predicted in last year’s African Economic Outlook, as the global economy remained weaker and some African countries saw severe domestic problems of various natures. But the world economy is improving and if the AEO 2015 predictions are right, Africa will soon be closing in on the impressive growth levels seen before the 2008/09 global economic crisis. Figure 1. Africa’s economic growth, 2002-16 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014(e) 2015(p) 2016(p) Africa Africa excluding Libya Growth rate (%) Note: (e) estimates; (p) projections. Source: Statistics Department, African Development Bank. West Africa achieved relatively high growth of 6% in 2014 despite its battle with the Ebola virus (Box 1). Nigeria’s growth of 6.3% came mainly from non-oil sectors showing that the economy is diversifying. But Southern Africa’s growth fell below 3% as the key South African economy only grew by 1.5%. Overview ii African Economic Outlook © AfDB, OECD, UNDP 2015 iii Table 1. Africa’s growth by region, 2013-16 (Real GDP growth in percent) 2013 2014 (e) 2015 (p) 2016 (p) Africa 3.5 3.9 4.5 5.0 Central Africa 4.1 5.6 5.5 5.8 East Africa 4.7 7.1 5.6 6.7 North Africa 1.6 1.7 4.5 4.4 Southern Africa 3.6 2.7 3.1 3.5 West Africa 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.1 Memorandum items: Africa excl. Libya 4.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 4.7 5.2 4.6 5.4 SSA excl. South Africa 5.4 6.2 5.2 6.2 Note: (e) estimates; (p) projections. Source: Statistics Department, African Development Bank...
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...In 2008 African Command began conducting formal operations and from that time to the present much work has been done. However, could we accomplish more lasting results that would benefit Africans by adjusting the method in which we approach the problem? By 10 September 2011 Word count 1885 United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), while unique in nature and mission design, is best suited today to meet the opportunities and challenges it currently is faces with in Africa than any other time in its short four year history. AFRICOM is designed to promote United States national security objectives by working with African Nations and regional organizations in an effort to strengthen stability and ensure security within the continent of Africa. Since becoming operational in 2008, AFRICOM now sits in a prime position from which lasting results can be achieved. After four years of forging relationships and developing trust among its associated partners and working with leading Intergovernmental organizations (IGO) and Non-governmental organizations (NGO), AFRICOM should now adjust its approach to achieving security and stability by taking a new concentrated approach in terms of “One Nation One Year”. Security and stability are directly linked to development. Underdeveloped nations create safe haven areas where terrorist organizations can flourish which is a major concern as it directly has the potential to threaten United States national security and world prosperity...
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...Africa has progressed since early civilization. Learning about African empire and civilization before 1800, I was able to see Africa’s foundation before European influences. The common denominator among each rising empire was the accessibility of natural resources. In the article, “Climate change hits Niger hard, bringing famine, floods, droughts, and big spikes in temperature”, shows how African people still rely on natural resources as mean of livelihood. However, the impacts of global warming around the Niger River is forcing African farmers to relocate to urban cities. The article bring awareness to climate change, as well as enlighten its reader on Africa native people. The Niger River flows and provide resources and economic stability...
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... Part B……………………………………………………………………………………...5 a. Situational Analysis……………………………………………………………….5 b. Internal Analysis…………………………………………………………………..5 i. Resources………………………………………………………………….5 ii. Capabilities………………………………………………………………..7 iii. Core Competencies………………………………………………………..8 iv. Competitive Advantage…………………………………………………...9 c. Strengths and Weaknesses……………………………………………………….10 d. Internal Opportunities……………………………………………………………11 3. Part C…………………………………………………………………………………….11 a. Situational Analysis with regard to Information and Communication Technology………………………………………………………………………11 4. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….12 References………………………………………………………………………………………..14 Executive Summary This is a marketing strategic report, which is divided into three parts. Part A describes about the mission, current value strategies and the market definition of the Commonwealth Bank. This bank is the second largest bank in Australia which is providing financial services. The study identifies numerous strategic variables which significantly influence the performance and the profitability of the bank. Part B, describes the vital strategic variables that form the part of internal analysis like: Resources, Capabilities, Core competencies and Competitive...
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