Developing Countries Reports Samples For Students

The article by Robert Zoellick emphasizes on the importance of the World Bank as an instrument to “use finance to tackle global problems” and develop third world countries. Since its foundation the aim of the World Bank Group was to combat consequences of war and to provide assistance to the developing countries. Zoellick looks back at the history of the World Bank, mentioning challenges on the way of this institution. During the course of establishing of a free enterprise economy and the diffusion of private capital, the World Bank had not been only issuing loans, but fostering growth and overcoming ...

Abstract

Energy is one of the world’s most crucial crisis to date considering the growing demand for electricity and energy. However, using traditional sources such as fossil fuels is gradually siphoning the world supply and its prices are unbearable for developing countries. Several alternative energy and renewable sources have been cited to enable each country to sustain their demand, one of them being renewable energy from plants and wastes or biomass. Biomass appeals to many developing countries considering that sources for this type of energy is visible around the society and for Egypt, this alternative energy would be beneficial ...

Income Inequality between Countries

Introduction
This paper asserts that the income inequality between developed and developing countries increases over time. Developing countries will not be able to catch up with developed countries because of differences in technological advancement. Technology has a bearing on the nature of output and skills that a country has for its production. Therefore, developed countries will produce technologically advanced products such as computers because they have both the resource endowment of both physical and human capital in those sectors. On the contrary, developing countries that have abundant unskilled labor will supply unskilled labor intensive goods and agricultural goods that ...

Immigration from Asia, Africa and Latin America to Europe

The purpose of this paper is a complex study of migration processes from Asia, Latin America and Africa to European countries. Special attention will be paid to analyses of economical and other activities of immigrants, influence of their remittances on condition of payments balance of donor and recipient countries, questions of labor regulation and limitation of illegal migration due to criminal elements and shady economy. There are several research problems that we will tackle within this paper. We are interested in main reasons of migration from Africa, Asia and Latin America to European Union, estimation of its volume and dynamism. ...

Business, Society, and Policy

The Name of the School (University)
The City and State Where it is Located
Business, Society, and Policy

Introduction

Child labour is one of the biggest problems being faced by the industrial world in the current business environment. Despite the best efforts from governments around the world, it was very difficult to curb the menace effectively. The problem of child labour is severe in the developing countries like India, China, and many African countries. The practice of employing children has an adverse impact not only on the future lives of children but also on the society they live ...

Executive summary

The fast economic expansion that organization are achieving currently is through the technological advancement across the industrial upgrading and remodeling. In these steps, the IT transition have a fundamental function in the fast industrialization of UK. Government plans at offering infrastructure, education, investment motivation, as well as training rewards, and establishing an example through itself becoming a control applicant of IT, assisted UK to attain a top degree of IT penetration. This is certainly true within the public industry and in vast organizations; nevertheless, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as developing countries inclines to break nonetheless in their skills ...

Introduction

Nutritional status can be defined as the balance between the amount of nutrients taken in by a living organism and the amount of nutrients spent by these organisms in the process of growth, health maintenance. In order to analyze this aspect, we will take into consideration the following attributes; level of nutrients in the body, products of metabolism and the functional processes that they regulate. Nutritional status can be measured for both individuals and populations. For accurate measurements especially those used for clinical purposes, nutritional measurements are done for individuals whereas for research purposes, population measures are the most common. ...

Designing an Environmentally Sustainable Shipping Container in Kuwait

Introduction
Constructing a structure that is to be used for a specific purpose can be considered as a major process, and therefore it needs careful planning and design; otherwise, it will not be to carry out the functions for which it was made for in the first place. Hence, the design phase is one of the most crucial stages of the entire construction process. When designing a structure or structure, there are certain factors that should be taken into consideration such as the budget, the location, the purpose, and its effects on its immediate environment. The interaction of these ...

Social justice refers to the fair relationship between an individual and society, and it includes equality in the distribution of wealth, opportunities, rights and social privileges. However, in other societies, this phenomenon is not easily achievable, and there is apparent oppression, inequality, and deprivation of fundamental rights to some individuals by gender, class or social status. Gender inequality has been one of the topics of contention not only in developing countries but the whole world. Women have often been discriminated in issues concerning jobs, education, and even sports. Gender equality has been a far-fetched ideology in some parts of ...

Abstract

Electronic waste is a growing global problem and as the demand and supply of electronic products grow, so does the–e- waste. Consumerism is on a steady rise, and people want new mobiles and computers every few months. That means more and more landfills and incinerators to take care of discarded and obsoleted electronics and potentially seeping of toxic substances like lead and mercury into groundwater. This can lead to serious health hazards and create toxic footprints. The essay looks at new developing technologies for the recycling of computers and creates a report on the basis of the quadruple ...

Currency Hedging

Introduction
Currency risk is an intrinsic aspect in the foreign market. The enterprises that operate in this environment have a variety of derivative instruments that can be used in connection with these risks. Managing these risks requires enterprise wide coordination otherwise; these international exposures will affect the value of the currency. Therefore, global equity portfolio managers have resulted in a variety of methods to currency hedging to manage the uncertainties in the foreign market. This is so because currency hedging reduces the financial risk, which occurs in the foreign market. Therefore, the paper will evaluate the currency hedging and how ...

This is a division of the University of Melbourne in Australia that attempts to attain a brighter future through the developments and advancement in the global health. The mission of the institute is ‘to support improvements in health of vulnerable communities in partnership, through research, education and inclusive development practice’.
The institute is mostly geared towards ensuring that countries of the world are able to achieve the millennium development goal. This is guided by quite a number of principles which include partnerships, health equity, knowledge as well as sustainability of global resources.
The work of this institute in all the ...

Intergovernmental organizations affect the trade activities between United States and other countries. The organizations help to control the pollution activities by the United States. The organizations also determine whether US is to carry out any military activity in other countries. These organizations affect the policies of the United States but they generally help the people of the United States by ensuring that the rights of the citizens are protected and also pollution of the environment is avoided (Dana, 2011).

I would highlight that the developing countries need proper education in that the developed countries usually have benefited by tapping ...

The Name of the Class

In recent years, the Earth’s climate varies considerably: some countries suffer from heat waves, the others from too harsh and snowy winters, unusual for these places. Environmentalists talk about global climate change, which includes an increase in mean annual temperature, causing the melting of glaciers, and rising sea levels. In addition to warming, there is also imbalance of natural systems, which leads to changes in rainfall patterns, temperature anomalies and the increased frequency of extreme events such as hurricanes, floods and droughts (Biello, 2016). According to scientists, humanity cannot fully prevent climate change. But the international community is ...

Tourism is the source of multiple economic benefits to any locality or country that attracts a steady flow of travelers. Foreign visitors can become a valuable source of foreign currency. So, a developing country should use its chance and reach its peak by boosting its revenues and getting its place in the competitive industry. Jamaica is focused on developing sustainable tourism and is ready to cope with difficulties on its way in order to get the tourism benefits and not harm its unique nature.
But tourism has not only positive but also negative factors that can endanger the economy ...

Solving Social Problems: Solar Energy in Rural India

The developing world grapples with the lack of access to electricity. Third world countries have poor electrical infrastructure which is still in the nascent stages of development. As a result, majority of people, especially those living in rural areas, have no access to electricity. The reach of the electrical grid in countries is limited to towns, and the poor who have access to electrical power supply suffer frequent and prolonged power blackouts. As a result, people in such countries result to unclean and unhealthy means of lighting, such as kerosene and diesel generators. The kerosene lamps cause respiratory problems ...

The Birthright Lottery by Ayelet Shachar

The Canadian government has recently taken steps towards what they deem will make Canadian citizenship valuable. In 2009, a law was passed limiting or restricting people in obtaining Canadian citizenship. Children born abroad on the date 17 April 2009 and after would only obtain Canadian citizenship if at least one of the parents was a Canadian citizen by birth or by naturalisation. Canadian parents are therefore limited in passing citizenship to children born abroad after one generation. These restrictions have raised concern over which state children born abroad fall into and the implications one has to think of when they choose ...

Globalization is an integration process that occurs across the world and arises from interchange of products, world views, ideas and cultural aspects. The act of globalization can be traced from the old ages to present modern world (Stromquist M. P 2009). It begun with investments, trade, migration and dissemination of knowledge and was further linked with global climatic challenges, cross boundary pollution and sharing of socio-economic resources. Location of globalization begins at the local, national then regional continuum with economic and social relations organized at all stated levels. Modern forms of globalization can be said to have begun during ...

Quality and Project Management

SWOT analysis helps an individual or an organization to identify internal (Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W)) and external (Opportunities (O) and Threats (T)) factors for success. The analysis then enables the individual or organization to focus on exploiting strengths and opportunities while addressing weaknesses and threats to improve performance. There are also other factors that affect a person or organization’s performance, which include political, economic, social and technological (PEST) factors. A PEST analysis considers each of the external forces particularly how they affect a person or organization. This is followed by the development of a plan for dealing with these forces ...

Individual report

Introduction
The task of the following individual report is to discuss critically two questions using economic models and objectives. The first question is “The recent price wars in the supermarket and mobile phone industries have been beneficial to both consumers and their respective industries. The discussion of that topic is about the recent price wars between the UK supermarkets – the monopolists Tesco, Morrison, Sainsbury and Asda and the German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. German supermarket gain the half of the British market by low prices for their goods and it lay the beginning of the price war. The ...

I submit the following report, “Obesity: The Effects of Processed Food” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Technical Report Writing. This report discusses the problem of obesity and how it is affected by eating processed food. Its purpose is to identify the importance of reduced processed food consumption to prevent the risks that may transpire through overconsumption, namely becoming obese.

With the research that has been done, one of the most important pieces of information discovered was that overconsumption of processed food has increased the cases of men and women who have contracted heart complications, and diseases such ...

Each year, technological breakthroughs and gadgets have flocked the market to cater the adoring public. Many would even change their gadgets regularly to fit the trend, and would await the next releases from the top brands in the business. Every new item is improved to its optimum performance, and it is also the top of its competition in its unique way. This trend enables the market to keep up with the demand and find new ways to cater to the public’s needs for the period. Although not many would give enough interest with them, some are awaiting the ...

Abstract

This paper evaluates the argument that globalization has contributed to widening global inequity. It reviews economic factors that drive globalization. These factors include international migration, policies governing globalization, and international trade. Different countries experience different impact of globalization thus creating the discrepancies. Taking into account the historical development of the global economy, the paper analyzes how different historical events have significantly shaped the impact globalization has had to the both the global and national economies.

The economy of the world has continued to have disparities over the last century. Globalization is said to have increased inequality between different nations ...

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Introduction
The goal of the scholarly article, “Barriers to Emiratization and the Role of Policy Design and The Institutional Environment in Determining the Effectiveness of Emiratization” is to come to understand the overall effectiveness of the Emiratization policy since it has been implemented for over twenty years, but it has endured many challenges because the workforce has faced a significant shortage. The problem is that the United Arab Emirates adopted a liberal immigration policy which allowed many foreign workers into their country while experiencing a work shortage. The policy continued to rely on foreign workers ...

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Nokia’s Mobile Phone

Product Life Cycle of Nokia’s Mobile Phone
We buy products from the market. Our preference for products changes with time. New products with better facilities come into market replacing old products. Just like us, these products also exhibit a life cycle. Some products may have a longer life cycle and some shorter. Colgate toothpaste has remained popular over a long time whereas design for a dress loses popularity in one season. Product life cycle can be described as changes in consumer demand over time. It analyses the product evolution in four product life cycle stages. They are ...

Introduction

It is imperative to note that productivity growth is an aspect that is often used by economists to gauge the performance of an economy. In evaluating the living standards of a country in the long-term, the efficiency with which capital and labor are combined has a significant role to play. However, it is worth noting that productivity alone cannot be relied on to measure the performance of an economy as it is inefficient. The concept has made most analysts to focus on other features such as labor productivity, a figure that is often arrived at by dividing the total ...

Introduction

McDonalds is one of the largest fast food chains in the world and in the world. The company was founded in 1940 in San Bernardino, California by Maurice and Richard McDonald. The company which served about 68 million people daily, was renamed McDonald Corporation when it changed ownership to Ray Croc in 1955. McDonalds runs approximately 32,000 restaurants in 117 countries and has 1.5 million employees many of whom work for the franchisees (Downie, 2015). 75% of the restaurants are run by franchisees and besides obtaining revenues from sales, the company obtains massive profits from royalties, rents and ...

Haitian Desal-A-Nation (A solar powered water distiller)

Background
Small-scale desalination is a method that helps to desalinize cases of water scarcity. The salt water that is efficient and profitable. And, it is also life-saving and making the affected people live a healthy lifestyle. Several water desalination projects are in place to include the C- water, MIT solar powered desalination system and the Haitian Desal-A-Nation.
Figure 1 : the Haitian Desal-A-Nation [3]
This project is aimed at developing a distillation system which works solely on sunlight. The architecture is simple and hence can easily be reproduced for more consumers and additionally, the glass material is strengthened for ...

IKEA Company: Is the Company Success Sustainable?

Report

Abstract
IKEA today is more than a company, it is a community of highly motivated people who share the company’s values, mission, and goals. Being one of the global leaders in the sphere of household goods production, IKEA adheres to the proactive position in environmental and social issues justifying the branded idea of creating a more sustainable home life. In this paper, the sustainability factors affecting the success of the company on the international arena are analyzed. IKEA presented an unrivaled consistency in the realization of various ecological and social projects, in cooperation with suppliers and partners ...

Business report

Financial repression can be seen in many countries. The concept of financial repression was introduced in 1973 by Stanford economists Edward S. Shaw and Ronald I. McKinnon. The term financial repression means a government policy which aims at lowering interest rates and restricting capital movements. The goal of such government policy, which concerns monetary policy, is to reduce the government debt. Such government measurements can be defined as “stealth tax” (Polin 3). The long-term goal of such measurements is to reduce unemployment in the country and to spur the economic growth. It can be said, that such measurements can be ...

Statoil is a Global Energy Company which operates in 33 different countries. The company is ranked #39 on the FT Global 500 listing with annual revenues of $124.4B and profit of $11.8B in 2013. Statoil has been in operations for 40 years, with an employee base of 23,000 world-wide and has its corporate headquarters in Norway.

- Natural Gas
- New Energy
- Production Facilities (Oil and Gas)
- Procurement
- Trading
- Exploration & Production
Statoil takes Corporate Social Responsibility seriously. As evidenced by 2 of the 6 operations. The New Energy segment ...

Response Paper - ‘Made in USA’

The article ‘Made in the USA’ On The Rise As Manufacturing Costs Drop by Moodley (2012) is an interesting compilation of Boston Consulting Group and other empirical studies on the newest trends in manufacturing and production operations across the globe. The argument that the article is trying to make is that we are moving towards the new era, where previously clear and well established practices of labor outsourcing to less cost-intensive countries set the dynamics of the international business environment. The core of the author´s argument is the statistics that reflect current trends of international companies, such as ...

A product is whatever that can be presented to the market. It aims to satisfy a need or a want. It can also be called merchandise. They can be bought as raw materials and traded as finished goods. On the other hand, a service is an intangible commodity. The provision of a service is usually an economic activity where the purchaser does not, only by an exclusive contract, get the exclusive possession of the object being purchased. The objective of this paper is to know the importance of a product or service in the industry. It also aims to identify the differences between a product ...

(UNICEF) United Nations Children’s Fund is a program geared towards providing children and mothers living in developing countries with long-term developmental assistance and humanitarian aid. It works towards overcoming diseases, poverty, violence and discrimination.
Political factors impede UNICEF in carrying out its mandate of humanitarian efforts and activities. The organization operates in highly volatile locations; some embroiled in conflicts and others on the brink of civil wars. In places like Iraq, carrying out polio vaccinations becomes difficult especially with the presence Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS refuses entry for any international organization and government authority ...

Introduction

Monitoring one’s diet is important since it informs dietary choices that one should make in order to achieve and maintain healthy lifestyle and good health. Therefore, I took part in recording my food intake and exercise habits for three weeks. Nutrition determines many aspects of human beings. As the common adage goes, ‘we are what we eat.’ This adage implies that what we eat defines many of our aspects. Nutrition is indispensable to human health. Similarly, physical exercise plays a major role in promoting good health. For instance, it improves general health and helps achieve glycemic control among people ...

Introduction

The case study Nike the art of selling air, taken from 100 great businesses and minds behind them is in essence the story of an organization which changes the course of the sneakers industry and started a journey which is still ongoing with great success.
Nike Inc. has been the face of the sneakers industry for the last five decades, the story starting in 1962 by Phil Knight who in collaboration with his coach Bill Bowerman, laid the bricks for a revolution in the footwear industry.
Ever since the launch the achievements of Nike in terms of creating a brand ...

Abstract

This paper is on the topic of Emigration. The first section of this paper is on the topic of important people in the history of Emigration. The next section will compare how different countries are dealing with it and if it is an issue in the UAE. The following section will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Emigration. The final section will discuss the causes and solution to the issue of Emigration.

Part I

Heading: Meaning
- Emigration is leaving one nation or region for settling in another. .
http://immigration.about.com/bio/Jennifer-McFadyen-43604.htm

Heading: Historical Evidence

- Migration has always been a constant feature of the human ...

I. Introduction
Research on potential futures for the earth has suggested that in the future, clean, fresh, potable water will be as important if not more valuable than oil is today. The future of the world and of humanity is very dependent upon water; although much of the planet is covered in water, the vast majority of it is contained within Earth’s oceans, making it undrinkable in its current state. In recent years, the global community has come to recognize that access to fresh and potable water will become an issue in the relatively near future, and ...

Accounting

PESTEL ANALYSIS FOR THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
Political
- Cable television industry is impacted by government regulation.
- Government regulate business conduct to avoid monopoly
- Government eliminated laws that permit own subscription fee.
- Ruling authority fluctuations within the industry.
- Consolidation within the industry has placed a great problem for the company.
- International regulation make it hard for American company to expand e.g. European countries
- Foreign ‘block’ policies e.g. in Asian countries. This has an effect of causing the company to incur extra advertising charges as it thrives ...

Introduction

Pollutant gases tend to have an impact on both health and environment. Many nations rely on oil for energy use and advancement, hence imports every last bit of its oil and gas needs. Unfortunately, this has brought about dangerous effects upon the environment such as affecting the ozone, causes global warming, acid rain and smog. This may come about when fossil fuels are burnt to form these gases. The formation of toxic gases and their harmful impacts on human health and environment as well as biological effects by thermal pollution that is equivalent to the burning processes are being ...

Ans 1: The unique formula for environmental impact of populations is “I = PAT” equation, where I (Environmental Impact) is the product of Population (P), Affluence (A) and Technology (T). Environmental Impact can be computed as “Environmental Impact = Population x Affluence (or consumption) x Technology”.
Ans 2: Mathematics is used by the demographers to predict the population changes and trends, and these changes are summarized in the form of graphs, charts and maps. The important determinants of the population growth are the birth (fertility) and death (mortality) rates.
Ans 3: The three major factors in determining population are ...

Waste Management

Introduction
Dealing with waste has become an increasing concern nowadays, since it affects people’s life quality by impacting the health, it affects the aesthetics, it jeopardizes the ecosystems and in general, it negatively impacts the environmental sustainability. Domestic waste (generated by individuals) and commercial and industrial waste represent a quotidian aspect that authorities are aiming to handle, either through applying laws and guidelines for maintaining healthy and clean cities and villages, either by applying various technologies for actually managing the waste disposals. And the processes and technologies used to manage the various types of waste differ depending on ...

Introduction

The lean approach is developed in Toyota production plants which aims at eliminating wastes in the production according to the needs of the final consumer. This way production can be less costly by using less resources. This Japanese way of production attracts many institutions and they would like to employ this approach to their business. Furthermore, even the public institutions are interested in the Lean Approach.

A manager follows lean approach which brings the followings basically into organizations:

- Determining the value desired by the beneficiaries of a public service,
- Identifying the value line for each public good and service,
- Guaranteing a continuous flow of public goods and services,
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BMW business strategy

Introduction
BMW is one of the leading manufactures of luxury automobiles all the world. In the first quarter of 2011, the group sold up to 382,758 units which were an increase from the previous years. Despite its great achievement, it is facing various challenges like competition. A particular threat is the Chinese automobile company that increased its market to around 32.4% in 2010( BMW group 2012).the paper seeks to analyze and evaluate the business strategy that BMW has pursued using Porter's Generic Strategies framework, identify the unique resources and capabilities that underpin the value chain and ...

Abstract

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is among the most common virus diseases in the world. The virus is spread through direct contact of the skin. Even though there are over 100 kinds of the virus affecting different body parts, it is the kind that affects the human genitals that is most common. The infection affects people of all ages. Human Papilloma virus is also said to be the greatest cause of cervical cancer in women. Cervical cancer is the second largest killer cancer in the world. This type of cancer affects mostly women above 40 years of age. The spread ...

Introduction

The following report represents an attempt to present a PESTEL analysis of the current world affairs. The report is divided into two sections, whereas the first section briefly describes ideas taken from literature, while the second is an analysis of the former, attended to evaluate the most important of these ideas.

PESTEL analysis of world affairs

The PESTEL analysis enables the forming of a realistic image of the situation in a certain area, as it takes into consideration all the aspects and concerns of modern life. However, due to many changes and occurrences in various parts of the world, performing such an analysis on a global scale is ...

Executive Summary
The tobacco industry is slowly decreasing in developed countries like the United States due to increased limitations on advertising, health warnings, high taxation, anti-smoking campaigns, among other factors. Cigarette companies are losing billions in efforts aimed at reviving the tobacco industry in developed countries as tobacco control efforts from government, health organizations, and other allied organizations intensify. However, there is still an opportunity in the global market as undeveloped and middle class countries the industry is booming. Emerging markets are performing remarkably better than local markets because; most local markets are decreasing forcing companies to ...

Nursing as a profession has since time immemorial strived to deliver a high quality holistic care to clients and patients. The holistic care targets physical, spiritual, psychological, and social well-being of a patient, and is often tailored to suit individual context (Rice, 2007). Context is hereby construed to mean patient’s diagnosis, its chronicity, and stage of recovery amongst others.

According to Goldsmith (2008), social support refers to the material, emotional, and informational assistance that a patient obtains from his social networks. Social network may include the family, neighbors, friends, co-workers, and formal agencies. Whatever the source, the purpose is to speed up ...

Article by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Financial Writer Gretchen Morgenson

The most concerned world’s crisis is financial problems. There have been witnessed several financial problems in both developing and developed countries in the world. Many countries are trying their best to curb these financial crises which have brought various macroeconomic effects like: inflation, unemployment, poor economic growth, change supply of money in the economy and interest rates charged by banks. There are many articles written by Gretchen concerning these financial problems in the U.S.A and other parts of the world. She has been calling for government to reform regulations on Wall Street for several years. She has written ...

Introduction

The success of a given economy in international trade greatly depends on the status of its currency as well as the decisions or rather policies that are put into place as far this issue is concerned. The United Kingdom is one of the countries or rather economies that has been said to be successive in international market, despite of the recent economic crisis that has been experienced worldwide in general and specifically, in America and Europe. The success of UK in the global economy is evident from the gradual increase of the number of exporters in the country. It is a ...