Essays on United Nations Development Programme

Recent years have seen significant changes in the economies of both Mexico and Chile. Given this, it can be useful to examine the current economic situation in Mexico and Chile, comparing the two. While many people in the United States might tend to think of these two nations as being identical in nature because of the fact that they have Hispanic cultures and the Spanish language, there are in fact many differences. For example, Mexico since the late 1990s has been able to benefit from the existence of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement). This has allowed it ...

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This paper analyzes the impact of foreign financial assistance on Haiti, the various types of rehabilitation programs undertaken using foreign aid, and the role of the government in developing healthcare facilities by analyzing a wide variety of source materials. In the absence of foreign aid, Haiti would have been worse off because of weak institutional structures and inadequate delivery mechanisms. Haiti is in the lowest quartile for all the wrong reasons—extreme poverty, poor health and sanitation, high unemployment, and collapse of institutional mechanisms. Haiti ranks 163 among 188 countries in terms of human development with 20 percent of ...

Is the outsourcing of low-paid jobs to developing countries a strictly positive development for workers in such countries? Clarify your position by reference to notable industrial relations incidents or economic developments from the last decade.

The business practices of outsourcing and offshoring have been the subject of both praise and criticism. Critics of outsourcing refer to the loss of job opportunities (locally), lower quality products, and unequal pay rates among domestic and foreign workers. Proponents point to its potential to enhance productivity, lower costs, and enhance core efficiencies for outsourcing companies. There are, however, more in outsourcing in addition ...