Growth Annotated Bibliographies Samples For Students

- Barro, R.J. (1997) Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.
This book gives a lot of information on the factors which determine economic growth. It can help in doing this research as an invaluable resource.
- Galor, O. (2005) From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory. Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier.
In this book, Galar explores the importance of economic progress in the society. It explains that people can only realize economic growth if right decisions are made to change the status quo. It can be great if used in this ...

CNN. (2013, May 8). Meet South Africa's economic pioneers. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx7-tWLcFE.

Summary: In this CNN news clip, Robyn Curnow reports about the growing popularity of smartphone use in South Africa, which is contributing to the country’s economic growth. In particular, the growth in the country’s telecommunications industry is bound to attract investors, especially since a 35-percent increase in consumer spending is expected by 2015.

This potential growth is helped by the fact that the country’s middle class is experiencing more progress and that about 70 percent of the country’s population is aged 30 years old or below. Because of this surge in the country’s economic growth, ...

Andersson, H.C., Hallstrom, H. and Kihlman, B.A. (2014). Intake of caffeine and other
methylxantines during pregnancy and risk for adverse effects in pregnant women and their fetuses. Denmark: Expressen Tryk and Kopicenter.
Birrittieri, C. (2012). What every woman should know about fertility and her biological clock.

New Jersey: Career Press.

The study further indicated that about 151 milligram or higher of caffeine consumption can also increase the risk of miscarriage that may occur either on the first or the second trimester of pregnancy. Caffeine intake in more than the moderated amount can cause a delay in conception, even ...

Population action international, why population matters to food security? 2011, Washington.

As the name of the article states, the entire article is meant to highlight the high impact that population growth has on the state of food security. According to the article, a rising population leads to a direct rise if the demand for food which in turn dictates the use of additional water and arable land especially in the absence of adequate food production technology and integrated programs. The projection by the Food and Agriculture organization that the population and economic growths could lead to a doubling effect on the demand for food by 2050 further ascertains significant effect of population growth ...

Alesina, Alberto, James Mirrlees and Manfred JM Neumann. "Politics and business cycles in industrial democracies." Economic Policy, (1989): 57--98. Online.

This particular article, while somewhat out-of-date for the current time period, compiles evidence to suggest that business cycles have a tendency to follow political cycles closely. Economic fluctuations are commonly consistent with political instability or perceived political instability, as postulated by the researchers. Alesina, Mirrlees and Neumann suggest that political cycles with economically-undesirable outcomes will have a negative effect on the economy in most sectors, while other political events will have a bolstering effect on an economy.

This article in reality, a discussion piece between the authors in which they accumulated, analyzed, and discussed the data regarding macroeconomic implications of political cycles in ...

Benson, Lisa and Mokhtari, Manouchehr 2011, ‘Parental employment, shared parent -child activities and childhood activities’, J Fam Econ, vol. 32, no. 5 pp. 233-234.

Summary:

The main point of discussion in this article is the impact of parental participation on the child’s health. This discussion is based on percentile body mass index toll of measurement. (pBMI).This index investigates the role of parents in the growth of their children. An axiom that parental care is reserved for mothers only is insufficient. Father’s contribution in parental care indicates positive impact.

This study indicates that time spent at work by parents influences a child’s health. Joint involvement in decision-making by parents positively affects child’s health as it reduces disagreements According to a study by ...

Product Transportation in Cairo

In business, a product entails something that has been /can be placed in the market for sale to meet the needs or wants of customers. Products can, therefore, imply merchandise or items sold by the retailers. The manufacturers buy products in the form of raw materials that they transform into finished products for sale. The Cairo economy is characterized by manufacturing and service industries whose products are diverse and produced in varied quantities and qualities. The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, GIFA, identifies transportation of products as the major economic pillar of Cairo.Major modes of product transport in ...

The political party chosen for the case has been named “social democratic workers party of America.” this name has been chosen because it associates with the key strong points of our manifesto and objectives as is the key requirements in many political parties (Shefter, 1993). These include social justice, economic growth, equality, opposition to racism, campaigning for workers rights, and concern for the elderly most notably the “baby boomers.”

Create a symbol for your political party and explain why you have chosen that symbol.

The symbol for the party above will be a Green rose. A green rose has been chosen because this flowers color represents harmony, opulence, and fertility. The green rose also ...

“Natural Disasters-Floods," Retrieved October 18, 2014 from http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/natural_disasters/floods/

This article mentioned the natural disasters like floods that may happen in poor as well as rich countries. As a matter of fact, these disaster are also linked with manmade activities. The change in land use, deforestation, landscape, and flood plains all contribute in the severity of floods. The article reported that global warming caused by man-made activities is one of the major factors contributing in this natural disaster. The human beings made changes in river basins that affect floods like in the case of Washington; concrete constructions developed to stop the flow of water prevented natural seepage that consequently ...

Introduction

This paper will explore existing literature on the topic of eco-tourism as a form of sustainable business. It is argued that eco-tourism has been around for 20 years however during this time it has been hard to define, this is due to the complex nature of eco-tourism. This paper will provide annotated bibliography based on the form of eco-tourism to discuss the link between eco-tourism and business. The annotated bibliography will look at cultural variations and different eco-tourism products to identify any common patterns.

The research identified the use of a holistic approach to eco-tourism which is in alignment with the ...

The main focus of the article is analysis of anthropometric measurements, which were made in order to understand peculiarities of smoking effects on the development of the fetus and nutrition. This issue attracts attention of researchers, because at the same time there are many studies with controversial research results. At the time when some researchers stress on nutritional peculiarities of smoking and non-smoking mothers, the others are convinced in negative toxic effect of smoking on the fetus.

In a result of thorough studies, conducted by the authors of the article, it was proved that maternal smoking can lead to such ...

Hyman, Jeff, and Juliette Summers. "Lacking balance?: Work-life employment practices in the modern economy." Personnel Review 33.4 (2004): 418-429.

The article indicates that the United Kingdom has had light regulation to assist employees balance their work as well as domestic obligations. The employees find the approach appealing and the government finds it successful. Through empirical studies, the article has been able to challenge these assumptions and outcomes. Seven main problems linked to the current UK practice over work-life balance have been identified. One of the problems is related to the disproportion of adoption in different sectors as ...

Christine Holtam

Liberty University
- Bray, I (2013). Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies That Work. NY: Nolo Publishers.
Raising funds for nonprofits organizations can be a hectic process without an appropriate strategy by the board. This book outlines some of the successful methods such as approaching individual donors, government grants, company sales and fundraising and channels that nonprofits can use to sensitize well-wishers to raise funds such as the use of internet, media and social events. The book also provides guidelines for developing a successful funding plan that will attract donors and well-wishers.
- Brown, W. & lverson, J. (September ...

Abir, L. M. (2013, March 11 ). Impact of tourism in coastal areas: Need of sustainable tourism strategy. Retrieved October 20, 2013, from http://www.marbef.org/wiki/Impact_of_tourism_in_coastal_areas:_Need_of_sustainable_tourism_strategy

This article provides a discussion on the issues and impacts of coastal tourism evaluating the current environmental related affairs and issues regarding the future of tourism. In the conclusion, the article provides suggestions for the management of coastal tourism in the future. The article begins with the recognition of the increased awareness for improving sustainable forms of tourism. The coastal regions provide transition points between the land and the sea featuring high biodiversity and the most volatile and fragile ecosystem on earth. For example, the coral reefs and mangroves present a very fragile environment. Rapid urbanization has also led to increased ...

Burros, Marian. “McDonald’s France Puts its Mouth Where Its Money Is”. The New York Times. October 30, 2000. Web.

The four paragraph article of Burros had explained how food companies such as McDonald’s become profit-driven and fail to provide healthy meals to their customers. The growing obesity problem is a kind of success belonging to the American food industry since “food companies sell food which contains massive calories at cheaper price and easily available to the consumers” (Burros 2). This article is useful for the study since it explains how food advertisements promote unhealthy foods with ...

Annotated Bibliography

Introduction
For the research project on food production, social justice, and globalization, I will investigate the impacts of genetically modified maize crops on

South Africa’s environment and economy. I am interested in both the environmental implications of GM maize (such as decrease in biodiversity, chemical application, etc) but also the economic significance for subsistence farmers because of its potential increase in crop yields which could address hunger issues in the region. I chose maize rather than rice, corn, or soybean because it is one of the most researched GM crops in Africa, specifically southern Africa, and it ...

The History of the Evolution of the Cell Phone

Goggin, Gerard. Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life. Routledge, 2012. Print.

As one of the secondary sources, this book offers viable information of the history of the cell phone which happens to be part of the research. According to Goggin, the cell phone has been in development for about fifty years(23).This book is going to be very resourceful as it offers the social and cultural dimensions that were created with its introduction. Since the research is majorly concerned with the social effects of the cell phone, the book will come in very handy in ...

Sexism and Classism were seen majorly in the communist China during the period lasting from the year 1949 to the year 1979. Sexism which refers to discrimination and prejudices that is not based on race but on the sex of the individual. This usually is channeled towards the female sex due to some ancient cultural, religious or social beliefs. This can surprisingly be seen till date in our present day society. Classism on the other hand refers to this same practice but with the tendency of being based on the race and ...

Introduction

I understand advertising as a major tool that companies use to communicate messages concerning their products. However, some of the advertisements are not regulated making them ignorant of the various principles that control the ethics of an advert. Following improper regulation of the advertisements in the media, the issue of alcohol advertisement has become common. The number of advertisements directly impacts the level of consumption of alcohol in the society.

It is evident that the media are being driven by the amount of income they fetch from such advertisements. Therefore, the media find it extremely difficult to ignore the income ...

Canadian Feed the Children. Education: the basic building block of every society. 2014. Web. http://www.canadianfeedthechildren.ca/what/education

In this article, the importance of education in economic and social growth in any country is discussed. The Canadian Feed the Children Organization, which is the writer of the article, helped the readers to understand how the education helps people. It shows how the education can improve the economic stability of the nation. It also suggests that education has a large factor for the food security of every family. The article also focused on what are the main problems in education and how could everyone help in ensuring proper education for every children.

In this website, the main issues for ...

Introduction

I understand advertising to be a major tool that companies use to communicate messages concerning their products. However, some of the advertisements are not regulated making them ignorant of the various principles that control the ethics of an advert. Following improper regulation of the advertisements in the media, the issue of alcohol advertisement has become common. The number of advertisements directly impacts the level of consumption of alcohol in the society.

It is evident that the media are being driven by the amount of income they fetch from such advertisements. Therefore, the media find it extremely difficult to ignore the ...

THEME 1: Culture, Gender and Social Norms

Haught, John. Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and the Drama of Life. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. Print.

This work traces the origin of humankind and the underlying values that have often informed behavior of man. Ever since the emergence of evolution theory, many questions have been posed in regards to its viability and especially on how it impacted human behavior over time. Evolution gives a scientific account of the development of man and it is often at loggerheads with the theological account of creation. The author of this work has a similar professional background with the author in the previous entry. Both authors have strong theological backgrounds in the Catholic Church and they are accomplished historians. This book gives ...

Frozen yoghurt has over time gained popularity with the population. This has largely been attributed to the shift in focus to healthy foods as well as new marketing strategies by the producers. In the contemporary society, people have become more conscious about their own health and this has had its own impact on the eating lifestyles and hence the choices. Obese rates and other health complications have been mainly attributed to poor eating habits and in the need to combat these, the younger generation in particular have turned to seeking health foods. On the other hand, the trendy culture ...

Summary

Obesity has been an eminent health problem for the people in the modern times. The modern life has provided us many things that make the life easy for us, however, we face new issues with it such as a fast life, rush, higher competition in the job market and work, psychological problems, not enough time for exercising, and obesity. Nowadays, people are consuming more calories than they burn and as a result of this we are having obesity problem. This paper explains how we face obesity problem by providing some information of background of obesity.

Each part will give ideas of ...

Zhenhua Liu (2003) Sustainable Tourism Development: A Critique, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 11:6, 459-475

This paper presents a critique of the weaknesses evident in past literature on sustainable tourism. The paper explores six crucial issues; forms of sustainable development, the role of tourism demand, the imperative of intra-generational equity, the measurement of sustainability, the role of tourism in promoting socio-cultural progress and the nature of tourism resources. The paper concludes by stating that a systems perspective and application of an interdisciplinary approach are necessary in order to transform research on sustainable tourism to a more scientific level. This source is very relevant and crucial to the topic because it presents a critique on previous literature which sets ...

Bradley, Erica. "Modern Technology the Internet Demise Newspapers the Rocky Mountain News." By Erica Bradley. 10 Mar. 2009. Inside technology 360. 27 Oct. 2013 <http://www.insidetechnology360.com/index.php/modern-technology-the-internet-demise-newspapers-the-rocky-mountain-news-26204/>.

Erica brandley tries to bring set back on those days when development in technology is not as it is now. In the article he outline the days when one had to go for a newspaper to get information or buy stamps to send information. He continues to compare this situation with the present day. He explains that according to another blogger cited in the text, there is even no need to leave the bed. All the world lies beside the bed with only a click away. This explains how although technology has brought improvements in many fields, it is a source of ...

John F. Kennedy: Annotated Bibliography

Dallek, R. (2003). An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
In this book written by renowned biographer Robert Dallek, he takes another look at what kind of person President Kennedy was, tackling issues such as his health, love life, presidential appointments and even his policies. Dallek had also expounded in an excellent narrative how JFK grew as a person people have admired even at the present day. The scope Dallek provided in the book would be used in two different ways. One, it would be used to provide insight as to what was ...

Statement of the Problem

Varieties of studies on leadership have been studied, but not many of them have concentrated on the field of servant leadership. The main aim of this study is to investigate the various ways in which the servant leadership is affected by various attributes of the people in the society. The problem to be investigated in this study is how the concept of servant leadership came to be. The historical origins of the servant leadership will also be put through the microscope. To enable the study to be successfully examined, various works will be looked and critical examination of the ...

American Literature

James Stobaugh (2012). American Literature

Dr. James Stobauth is experienced in teaching and known in homeschooling having been a Merrill fellow in Harvard University, he holds from Rutgers and Vanderbilt universities in addition to Geordon-Conwell and Princeton seminaries. Dr. James Vanderbilt published various books. He depicts that American Literature is a rhetoric for learning and distinct in that it is content driven and presume higher-level thinking.

Reuben Post Halleck (Mar 24, 2011).History of American Literature

The writing considers the greatest achievements in the history of America. The writer makes his work more suggestive and interesting as he involved a self-investigative case ...

It is quite amazing that when the primary issues of health and the priorities of funding in Yemen are discussed, HIV/AIDs is in most cases put last on the list. This has been indicated by the recent happenings where Yemen failed to get more funding on HIV/AIDS in the next round of Global Health Funds which would have been important funding for HIV/AIDS in Yemen.

However, this failure is not on the organizations that are more responsible like the UNDP, but the lack of enough prioritization by the organizations like the Global Health Fund. Because of not focusing on ...

What is backpacker tourism and is it a good form of tourism for the host community?

Backpacker tourism
The term backpacker tourism refers to a form of independent low cost international travel in which the tourists carry backpack bags. They are characterized by cheap lifestyles, use of public transport and extensive interactions with the local community. Of course, it is a very important form of tourism that should be promoted because of its benefits to the host nations. The following is my annotated bibliography for this topic:

Elizabeth, S. & Demand, M. (2012) European Backpacking Tours. Travel Tips Index.

In this article, Elizabeth and Demand report on the emerging trends of backpacking tours amongst the Europeans. In their opinion, this form of tourism is gaining prominence because of ...

How it is produced, maintained and challenged by particular people in a hospital.

An Annotated Bibliography

Anderson, Cameron & Brown, Courtney E. (2010). The functions and dysfunctions of hierarchy. Research in Organizational Behavior. Retrieved from www.ScienceDirect.com with doi: 10.1016/j.riob.2010.08.002. (Published online but not yet in print)

This paper used a literature review methodology to address the hierarchy in power of many organizations with respect to functionalist organization. It offers a better understanding of five variables that determine the effectiveness of moderation on the strength of hierarchal-powerful obstacles: (a) the type of a group’s work, (b) if the choice of group leader is appropriate, (c) how a leader’s ...

Campos, David. Sex, Youth, and Sex Education: A Reference Handbook. California: ABC- CLIO. 2002. Print.

Campos, an outspoken educator and associate professor of education at the University of the Incarnate Word claims that abstinence is not all about avoiding sex but rather about a voluntary non involvement in sex and other sexual activities. It is a decision that he thinks should come from an individual person and therefore a person needs not to be coerced into not being party in sexual activities. According to him, abstinence and sex education is a very important aspect of growth which needs not to be ignored. In ...

Legionella is one of the conditions that for a long time has been researched on. Several authors and researchers have come up with their views concerning this condition and present their views in books, journals, and even websites. In the annotated bibliography below, a clear indication of the contribution of each author is given. The relevance of the reference is also shown, giving readers the reason why they should take the references.
Annotated bibliography
Bartram, J., Chartier, Y., Lee, J. V., Pond, K., & Surman Lee, S. (Eds.). (n.d.). Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis. (Original work published World ...