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Latin America and Sub?Saharan Africa, 2006.
An analysis of the comparable differences in problems between Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.
913 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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This paper attempts to compare Latin America to sub-Saharan Africa by incorporating the findings of three articles that look at immigration, environmental concerns and family planning. It aims to discuss how these areas of concern are being addressed and how they have been or may be solved.
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"A major concern in Sub - Saharan Africa and the Latin American nations is family planning & sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and Aids. "The ideal family size of about four children is lower in Rwanda than in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa. However, the annual rate of change observed between the periods of 0-3 and 4-7 years preceding the surveys (-4.2 percent) is clearly greater than those noted in the first phase of the fertility transition in Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe."(Pillet) The use of contraceptives in Africa has declined as the use of contraceptives increases. The changes can be compared to Latin America in the 1970's. "In Asia and Latin America, the accelerated decline in fertility observed in a few countries in the 1950s and 1960s was repeated in most of the others in the 1970s." (Pillet)"
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Sub-Saharan Africa Economics, 2007.
This paper looks at world trade policies and restricted market access by developed nations as a cause of marginalization in global trade of Sub-Saharan Africa economies.
11,823 words (approx. 47.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 331.95
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This paper examines how world trade policies have caused a marginalization in global trade in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies. The paper begins by examining the official World Trade Organization (WTO) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) economic policies with regard to SSA. Next, the paper examines the implications of world trade policies. Then the paper discusses how foreign aid, whether in the form of charitable aid or foreign investment in SSA economies, impacts the production capability of SSA countries. Finally, the paper examines the progress made by SSA nations, the developed world, WTO, and GATT to assist SSA nations in their efforts to fairly share in the global economy. After discussing the cause of the economic problems faced by SSA countries as a result of world trade policies, the paper then proposes several solutions to those problems. The paper suggests ways that the developed world can help SSA nations take their places in the global economy. More importantly, the paper suggests ways in which the SSA nations can take control of their developing economies and become competitive in the global market. Finally, the writer maintains that diversifying the economic base for individual SSA nations, as well at the region in general, should lead to greater economic stability and competitiveness.
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Introduction
Discussion
Poverty in SSA
Official WTO Policy
Economic Subsidies
Tariffs
Non-tariff Barriers to Trade
Dumping
Foreign Aid
The Downside of Trade Liberalization
HIV/AIDS
Progress
Recommendations
Conclusions
References
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"Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the global economy is aware that SSA countries, despite their abundant human and natural resources, have not taken a competitive position in the global economy. While the casual observer may believe that SSA's failure to be competitive in the global economy is a result of the interior workings of the economies of those SSA nations, even a cursory investigation into world trade policies quickly reveals a bias against the growth of economies. For example, many of the trade policies established by the WTO under GATT guidelines inhibit true economic growth in SSA economies. Furthermore, those trade policies have helped shape the economic infrastructure of SSA nations, in such a manner that those countries actually maintain policies that inhibit their own economic growth."
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Sub-Saharan Africa, 2006.
A discussion regarding the natural resources, foreign assistance, culture, non-governmental organizations and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4,397 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 75 sources, APA, AU$ 166.95
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This research paper explores the determining factors of growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by examining the increasingly dominant role of financial assistance, natural resources, culture and non governmental organizations in selected countries of the region. To understand this relationship better, the paper makes a comparison between economic policies, cultural variations and political systems of selected countries. The countries this study reviews are Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
Outline:
Methodology
Objective
Introduction
Theoretical Background
Previous Work and Literature
Economy Openness
Culture
Foreign Assistance
The Role of NGOs
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"Countries rich in resources must be tempted to promote their export growing policies, which will increase economy openness and exposure to external shocks even to a higher degree. The country will improve its' international competitive position if it promotes exports and trade by investing heavily into this economy sphere. The second round positive result from promoting exports and trade is the future possible exploitation of economies of scale in production when the output sales markets for the producers expand. The third round positive affect is that the producers will naturally eliminate inefficient production facilities and invest into high technology and train and grow skilled labor resources to remain competitive in the global arena. These are the main reasons for opening up the economy and playing on the global market arena, and are very effective economy stimulating methods for economies with low local purchasing power and thus limited local output markets, which are the classifications of African counties, as proven by Fosu . "Open economies do grow more rapidly than closed economies... Whether the measure of openness has to do with exchange rate overvaluation, relative price distortions, tariffs and quotas, share of trade in GDP, the black market premium, or a composite measure combining some of these with state monopolization of commodity exports and general socialism" (Easterly, 2000, p. 48) . "
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Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2004.
An analysis of malaria in Sub-Saharan African countries and the methods used to control the spread of the disease.
8,901 words (approx. 35.6 pages), 27 sources, MLA, AU$ 269.95
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This paper discusses the occurrence of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper reviews the first program to control the spread of malaria in Sub-Saharan African countries that started in the 1920's with larval restraint. The governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have encouraged policies that target the destruction of the mosquitoes that cause this disease, since reliable means to contain this disease are out of their reach. These policies have paved way for excessive utilization of man-made insect-killers, mainly dichlorodiphenyl trichioroethane (DDT). This man-made insect-killer is said to possess extreme side affects to both the environment and the human life. The paper examines the reasons that have triggered the developed world to ban the use of DDT and explores the attempts to influence Third World countries to also take the initiative to ban the use of DDT. The paper demonstrates that malaria entails exceedingly important economic expenditures on Sub-Saharan African countries.
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Executive Summary
Background of the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Research Questions
Review of the Literature
Malaria Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Age and Gender Analysis of Malaria Cases
Financial Expenses of Malaria Treatment
Malaria Prevention and Control in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pertinent Foundation
DDT is Necessary to Control Malaria
Abolishing the Use of DDT
Function of the World Health Organization
Influence of International Policies
Methodology
Collection of Data
Data Analysis and Search Tactics
Discussion
Conclusion
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"It is common knowledge that malaria is the world's most lethal bloodsucking infection. Malaria takes life from more people than any other infectious virus, apart from tuberculosis (TB). Despite the fact that the geological region influenced by malaria has reduced drastically in size in the preceding five decades, restraining Malaria has turned out to be extremely difficult, in fact impossible, and the efforts and improvements by the respective governments have been wasted.
The infection is passed on by Anopheline mosquitoes, the figure and kind of which establish the degree of flow in a specified region. Augmented threat of the infection is related with transformations in the utilization of land concerning actions like highway construction, mining, logging, as well as, farming and irrigation ventures, predominantly in border regions like the Sub-Sahara Africa. One of the cures for this ailment that has been extremely useful is the utilization of DDT."
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Infidelity in the U.S., Latin America and Africa, 2002.
An examination of the phenomenon of infidelity in America, Latin America and Africa and the consequences thereof.
2,785 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 120.95
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The multiplicity of scenarios on infidelity, through the study of three cultures, are presented in this paper. Also, the reliability of various surveys are examined, and the looming specter of AIDS, as part of the tragic results of marital cheating.
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"When it comes to reliable statistics on marital deceptions ? it?s called cheating, infidelity, ?having an affair,? or ?running around on your wife / husband? ? there are a number of statistical and theoretical approaches used in researching the issue. And there are also a variety of results ? some questionable, others believable ? to be found in the surveys, samplings and studies on the topic, a subject which is talked about and researched around the globe, notably in Africa, Latin America, and the United States, and for good reasons. Some men cheat on their wives and girlfriends. And some women cheat on their husbands and boyfriends. It is not a new phenomenon. It breaks hearts, destroys families in many cases, even kills ? while providing excitement and physical pleasure to the cheater ? but in other cases, infidelity is accepted and even expected."
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European Colonialism, 2005.
This paper discusses European colonialism in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
1,735 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper explains that, from the 15th century onward, European colonization of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa was motivated by economic greed and by religious zeal on the part of European nations, especially Spain, to spread Christianity to the "uncivilized" indigenous peoples. The author points out that, as a result of New World colonialism, Spanish influence is still strongly felt throughout the Americas today and British, Dutch, French and Portuguese influence is still strongly evident in many parts of Africa. The paper stresses that this European colonization created massive changes, most of which were for the worse, in the physical landscape and in the economic distribution of wealth and resources on both continents, which today continue to strongly affect the people, their lack of resources and the overall conditions of those areas.
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"Latin America today suffers similarly in many ways, also an unfortunate legacy of past European invasion. Perhaps most interestingly, Brazil, the Latin American nation most ravaged by the Portuguese, suffers from an AIDS epidemic equal to those of parts of Africa. Indigenous peoples of Brazil, their numbers severely decreased by a smallpox epidemic brought by European settlers, live today in isolated pockets of Andean poverty. Some of Brazil's indigenous tribes are so small today that they risk dying out within the next generation. Meanwhile, Brazil's tropical rain forests continue today to be destroyed in the name of "progress", wreaking havoc with our worldwide ecosystem."
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"Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon, 2002.
A look at neo-colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa through a review of "Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 76.95
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This paper will discuss the elements of neo-colonialism that seems to have affected a large part of the Sub-Saharan parts of Africa within the book "Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon. This paper will focus on the ways that this has been achieved in the rules that the colonials have created upon the African learning systems here. With this in mind, we can see how they function in tandem.
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Patterns of Dislocation: The Slave Trade within Africa, 1990.
Examination of the slave trading era from the African perspective. Discusses how slave trade was the principle export of of sub-Saharan Africa. Also discussed are possible consequences such as depopulation and a depressed economy.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 57.95
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"PATTERNS OF DISLOCATION
The Slave Trade Within Africa
The slave trade of the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries is known, in popular imagination, primarily for those parts of it in which Europeans or people of European descent participated directly. We can draw on vivid images of slave ships making the Middle Passage, or of slaves being sold on the block or working in the fields in the New World. But, though the kidnapping of Kunte Kinte figured in Roots, the African end of the slave trade is far less familiar.
Yet the slave trade was the principal export trade of sub-Saharan Africa through much of the slave-trading era. By the same token, the trade goods which European slavers brought in.."
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American Foreign Policy in Sub Sahara, 2005.
Examines the U.S. foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-2005.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 14 sources, AU$ 154.95
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This paper examines American foreign policy towards sub-Saharan Africa, which has demonstrated continuity, for regardless of whether Democratic or Republican administrations have held power in the White House, events in sub-Saharan Africa have rarely been considered important enough to merit American attention. The paper argues that subsequently, American foreign policy attitudes about sub-Saharan Africa over the past thirty-six years can best be described as detached and dismissive.
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"Since Richard Nixon's first term as President of the United States, American foreign policy towards sub-Saharan Africa has demonstrated continuity, for regardless of whether Democratic or Republican administrations have held power in the White House, events in sub-Saharan Africa have rarely been considered important enough to merit American attention. Subsequently, American foreign policy attitudes about sub-Saharan Africa over the past thirty-six years can best be described as detached and dismissive. The African continent has generally been considered geo-politically unimportant to the United States, so the American foreign policy establishment has paid little attention to Africa."
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Macroeconomics, 2008.
An analysis of convergence, focusing on the Sub-Saharan Africa region and the East Asian financial crisis.
1,616 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 75.95
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This paper discusses macroeconomic issues, such as the types of convergence that exists. It focuses its discussion on the Sub-Saharan Africa region and describes its structural difficulties in implementing economic reforms. Finally, the paper examines the issues surrounding the East Asian financial crisis (or IMF crisis) that occurred in 1997.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Convergence
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Asian Financial Crisis
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"South Korea, by this example, had average gross domestic product (GDP) rates of over 8% and this, combined with huge inflows of investment capital had given South Korea the veneer of an unassailable economic success (Chun & Kirkby, 2002, p.82). Yet, underlying the financial crisis among the affected countries were vast current account deficits that were simply not sustainable as well as a system of pegged exchange rates that encourage speculative behavior both internally and externally. In spite of the attention being paid to foreign speculators as well as to heavy borrowing by the countries themselves in order to support the system of pegged currencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) received much of the blame as well as ire due to its handling of the crisis."
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AIDS in Africa: Mother to child transmission, 2006.
A discussion regarding the issue of mother to child transmission of AIDS in Africa, focusing specifically on South Africa.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 193.95
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This paper discusses how AIDS is the most virulent disease even known to affect humanity, and Africa has been particularly hard hit. This paper examines this pandemic in terms of its incidence and its epidemiological profile. The paper focuses on Africa and more specifically on sub-Saharan Africa. In addition this paper pays special attention to the interesting case of South Africa and the crucial subject of mother to child transmission.
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AIDS, Poverty and Society, 2002.
A look at the social and economic impact of AIDS on sub-Saharan Africa.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This paper relates the societal and economic factors to the epidemic of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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African and American Women, 2002.
Examination of women rights In middle America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 89.95
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This seven--page undergraduate paper studies the differences and similarities in the rights of women in America with that of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. The women around the world are fighting for their rights while this battle differs in its intensity from region to region due to factors such as education, traditions, cultures etc.
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Migration in Africa, 2005.
A discussion on rural-urban migration patterns in Africa.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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This paper looks at rural-urban migration patterns in Africa. It examines patterns in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Zambia and Ghana. The paper looks at the reasons for the migration and its effect on the rural areas and on the cities.
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Islam in Africa, 2005.
This paper discusses the history and present situation of Islam in Africa.
1,750 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper explains that the gradual spread of Islam in Africa was based on the various cross-cultural contacts with Moslem traders; however, a significant number of Africans did not become Moslem until well into the 20th century, which often was based on practical matters and not theology. The author points out that, although the idea of Islam and state government being separate is the opposite of what the religion teaches, often there is separation, to one extent or another, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the many tribal alliances, such as the Hausa, are at least as important as religion. The paper relates that often the problem between Moslem and Christians, as in the case of Nigeria, is that borders between countries were often drawn by European colonists without regard for the local people thus both tribes and religions cross state lines resulting in a complex web of alliances.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Islamic Law
History of Islam in Africa
Islam in Present-Day Africa
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"The Hausa of both Niger and Nigeria practiced this custom. However, while Western countries originally divided the Hausa, now it is Shari'a that has divided the group, because the regional government ruling the Hausa in Nigeria has declared that the elaborate practices surrounding praise-singing violate Shari'a. Praise-singing is now a crime in that part of Nigeria. While the Hausa on both sides of the border are Muslim, the two governments - Niger, and the regional government of northern Nigeria - have interpreted Shari'a differently, causing a divide between the once united Hausa."
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The Rise of Islam and its Influence on Rome and Africa, 2001.
An in-depth look at Islam, its effect on the Roman Empire and its elimination of Christianity in Africa and its subsequent development and influence.
1,270 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 62.95
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The author begins this paper with an examination of the development and decline of the Roman Empire and its various trade connections. The author moves on to look at the rise of Islam in the 7th century and the subsequent fall of the Axum Empire. The author continues by looking at the rise of Christianity in the Mediterranean region and its move into Africa and then how Islam essentially eliminated Christianity in those regions. The author then discusses Islam?s effect on commerce and military matters and its development in Africa by means of conquests and it?s ideology of equality among believers.
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?The spread of Islam, from its heartland in the Middle East and North Africa to India and Southeast Asia, revealed the power of the religion and its commercial and sometimes military attributes. Civilizations were altered without being fully drawn into a single Islamic statement. A similar pattern developed in sub-Saharan Africa, as Islam provided new influences and contacts without amalgamating African culture as a whole to the Middle Eastern core. New religious, economic, and political patterns developed in relation to the Islamic surge, but great diversity remained.?
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