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Microcredit in the Developed World: Can Microcredit Serve as an Effective Tool of Poverty Alleviation in the United States?
This paper investigates the following topics: An overview of microcredit and microfinance as tools of poverty alleviation -- The impact and execution of microcredit in the less developed world -- The impact and execution ...
Sectoral Workforce Development
Even after the recent recession, and despite a high unemployment rate, there are labor markets in which employers struggle to fill positions (Coffey 2011). In 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that “nearly one ...
The Privatization of Social Service Programs
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PWRORA) represented a major shift in the national welfare system. It allows states the option of providing welfare-related services to the ...
Women's Reproductive Healthcare in Kenya
In an effort to shed light on the health related barriers that women in Kenya are exposed to on a regular basis, this paper aims to promote a new sense of fairness and understanding for how to reform Kenya's reproductive ...
You Must Be This to Ride: Class, Gender, and Race in the American Amusement Park (thesis)
The apparent democratization of the amusement park, as explored here, belies the reality that increased inclusion in some aspects of an important mass leisure form does not resolve all problems of inclusion in a society. ...
Periods of Linearly Recurring Sequences (thesis)
In this thesis, we investigate sequences defined by linear recurrence relations. These are sequences whose subsequent terms are generated using some linear combination of the previous terms. We call the equation that ...
Right to Play and Right to Health: The Role of Sub-Saharan Sport for Development Programs in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Using the foundation of a child's right of health and right to play, programs in sub-Saharan Africa are making unique and powerful contributions to combatting and educating youth regarding HIV/AIDS. Through critical ...
Charter Schools: A Response to the Achievement Gaps
The racial and SES-based student achievement gaps that plague United States public school children have devastating effects on post-secondary opportunities and success of low-income and minority students. . . . Because ...
The American Corporation and Poverty: The Potential for Corporate Social Responsibility
In recent years, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement has re-emerged as a response to the failure of the current culture of corporate America to reflect a broad vision of the corporation's social purpose. 8 ...
Is the Use of Surveillance Technologies Justifiable in Light of its Effects on the Well-Being of Single Mothers Receiving Benefits from the Welfare System in the USA?
The surveillance of single mothers on welfare is a difficult issue to evaluate given that it involves balancing individual privacy rights with citizens' interests in ensuring that government money is being used effectively ...