Politics of Development: Understanding Sierra Leone?s Human Development Index Crisis
“For the second consecutive year Sierra Leone has come last in the UN Development Program ranking of human development indicators of 179 countries, which according to Engilbert Gudmundsson, World Bank Sierra Leone country director, “should be a call to action for everyone who is interested in the well-being of ordinary people in Sierra Leone”. Sierra Leone’s maternal mortality indicators – the highest in the world – continue to drag the country down, according to UNDP-Sierra Leone deputy country director Samuel Harbor. Of every 100,000 live births, 1,800 women die according to the UNDP figures, while one in four children die before they reach age five. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hamilton, Alexander And Bill Of Rights And The Elastic Clause
Hamilton, Alexander
Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury and one of President Washington’s associates. His approach was that of mercantilism. He believed in the importance of a strong central government, and convinced Congress to use an elastic interpretation of the Constitution to pass far-reaching laws like the funding of the national debt; federal assumption of the state debts; creation of a national bank; and a system of taxes through a tariff on imports. His great political adversary was Thomas Jefferson, who opposed Hamilton’s urban, financial, industrial goals for the United States. Hamilton’s interpretation is the one adopted by the developing United States, by Washington and by the Supreme Court. His interpretation influenced the economic and social landscape of USA until these days. Read the rest of this entry »
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Human rights – secret strategy to identify issues and human rights violations
Different countries have different questions of violations of human rights and needs of various legal documents and procedures to correct problems and violations of human rights. Many people are confused to understand the fundamental violations of human rights and how to report it legally. Being a student of Diploma in Human Rights, have attempted to summarize what are the rights of man? Read the rest of this entry »
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