AbstractMigration, Remittances, Poverty and InequalityThe Philippines ByErnesto M. Pernia The paper looks into the effects of international migration and remittances on household incomes and well-being, poverty reduction, human capital investment, saving, and regional development in the home country. Remittances appear to raise average incomes for all income groups but more so for the richer households than for the poorer ones, a finding that is consistent […]

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Socioeconomic factors Enmeshed in the reliance of remittances, particular socioeconomic and environmental factors contribute to the impetus of migration and trafficking. While profitable employment and increased opportunities abroad serve as pull factors, there are many push factors that motivate migrants, including economic and political stability, government corruption, illiteracy, civil unrest, low food production, and internal armed conflict (Davy, 319) [WHILE ALL OF THESE SERVE AS […]

In 500 words or more (no less), create a maxim and evaluate it via the three formulations of the Categorical Imperative. Your maxim should only involve moral questions [i.e. “Stealing is always wrong”, but not “Doing jumping jacks is always wrong”]. The moral question should be general enough to apply to first principles and should involve no circumstantial qualifiers [i.e. “Stealing is always wrong”, not […]

In the time we spent analyzing the ultimate meaning of identity, I discovered how identity was not limited to ones self. In fact, it inevitably involves the world around us. In Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Tatum explains how identity is formed from your own ideas and others views. In addition, the text mentions how identity contributes to […]

Major: Media — Cultural and creative industry Research questions: What is the most important problem facing the cultural and creative industry today? Why is that? Argument: At present, the global cultural and creative industry is thriving, but according to the market feedback of media products, there are potential development bottlenecks. It is mainly reflected in the lack of innovation, serious homogeneity, market saturation and other […]

A crowd of 1,319 people watches in awe as Javier Muoz sings the line Ill write my way out, emotion vibrating through the Richard Rodger Theater. In the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Hamilton by Lin Manuel Miranda, the protagonist, Alexander Hamilton, faces the decision of confessing his affair to save himself from allegations of a higher crime, treason. The character John Proctor faces a similar […]

Read the book, and write a 1000-word reflectioncritically reflecting on how your understanding of leadership has developed since the start of the module. You should reflect on your conceptual understanding of public leadership. Word length: 1000 words. Due date: November 9th 2020. Harvard style referencing. Reflective writing is looking back at something, analyzing the understanding or experience, thinking carefully about what the event or idea […]

Forgiveness vs. RetributionThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. This quote by Mahatma Gandhi describes the character it takes to forgive an individual of wrongdoing. Forgiveness results in multiple positive outcomes for both the forgiver and the the person being forgiven. Shakespeares The Tempest, Keatings I Forgave the Man Who Shot Me and Bettencourt’s Triumph of the Heart discuss the […]