Econ 403: Topics in Development Economics and Policy Assignment 1 I. Robustness of the Cross-Country Income – Poverty Relationship The objective of this question is to assess whether modifications to the regression model in Besley & Burgess (2003) affect the conclusions regarding the sufficiency of promoting national income per capita growth to achieve the MDG poverty goal. • In order ...
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Assignment 2: Risk Management Plan
Assignment 2: Risk Management Plan Due Week 4 and worth 240 points Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another. In this assignment, you will create a risk management plan. You have a budget of ...
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Federal Government Why have most of the advances in civil rights come through the federal courts and not through our legislatures? What does this say about our democratic system? Which would you rather have: judges who believe in judicial restraint when it comes to civil rights or judges who are activists? FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS TO BE DONE AT A CHEAPER ...
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Law 330: Criminalisation Case Studies: Child Pornography and Child Sexual Grooming, week 6 Suzanne Ost Suggested reading, child pornography: (You are encouraged to read at least two of the following reading suggestions AND a selection of the newspaper articles.) Adler, Amy 2001. ‘The Perverse Law of Child Pornography’, Columbia Law Review 101(2): 209-73 (an interesting critique of American law which ...
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Communication Across Cultures: Verbal and non-verbal After reading the 5 SELECTED articles, select the 1 article that you wish to discuss: Communication Across Cultures: Verbal and non-verbal 1. Key Term and Why You Are Interested in It (100 words minimum) After reading the textbook, specifically state why you are interested in conducting further research on this key term (e.g., academic ...
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Media and strategy. Week 2 Assignment–The Nature of News Instructions After studying the assigned reading 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 65: The Changing Nature of “News” considering the concepts of timeliness, proximity, unusualness, prominence, impact, conflict and human interest, provide a current example of a compelling news story. Answer the following questions or prompts. A) Why is it ...
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Healthy eating at ABA University You are a newly qualified Environmental Health Practitioner: Produce a draft from the case study given to you (see additional upload for case study) write up of how you would investigate and deal with the case. You should provide a SHORT INTRODUCTION to set the scene identifying environmental health issues followed by a summary of ...
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Impact of Tennessee v. Garner (1985) In this assignment, you will focus on the Supreme Court ruling and aftermath of Tennessee v. Garner (1985). Scholars have argued that this one case has had more influence over the criminal justice system than any other. Use your Peak (2015) text and the Tennenbaum (1994) article for information pertaining to the ramifications of ...
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DECISION MODELLING AND ANALYSIS http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2013/07/15/why-the-future-of-innovation-is-simulation/#4d618a8e29fd Read the article by Satell (2013) entitled “Why The Future of Innovation Is Simulation.” Based on this article and additional reading and knowledge, answer the following questions: Under what conditions would you choose to use a simulation model? What is the simulation process? Explain the pros and cons of using simulation modeling. FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ...
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Assignment 2: Conducting a z-Test A researcher predicts that watching a film on institutionalization will change students’ attitudes about chronically mentally ill patients. The researcher randomly selects a class of 36 students, shows them the film, and gives them a questionnaire about their attitudes. The mean score on the questionnaire for these 36 students is 70. The score for people ...
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