mánudagur, 25. febrúar 2008
miðvikudagur, 6. febrúar 2008
∴
- Mathematics is the language of nature.
- Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.
- If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge.
- Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature.
miðvikudagur, 30. janúar 2008
Development
Current definitions of development have several dimensions:
Ideally, development is a process in which people become more active agents in improving their circumstances. It incorporates a number of subsidiary themes such as sustainability, capacity building, equity and partnership.
Sustainability usually refers to the ability of people to carry on with a development initiative after external inputs are no longer available.
Capacity-building is the increase in people's ability to improve their circumstances.
Equity refers to the distribution of an initiative's participation and benefits—usually focused on the
equality of women and men, it also addresses inter-group relationships.
Partnership describes an authentic sharing and reciprocity among all participants in a development
initiative—it moves the process beyond traditional donor-recipient relationships to one in
which all parties have something to offer and to gain from each other.
Development initiatives have a broad scope: they can range from small-scale educational activities that foster self-esteem and problem solving in individuals all the way to strengthening an area's manufacturing or agricultural resources, establishing or strengthening a country's university system, improving a government's institutional capacity, or the construction of large works such as hydro dams or transportation systems that can transform whole regions.
- what it is..
- who does it..
- and how it is done...
Ideally, development is a process in which people become more active agents in improving their circumstances. It incorporates a number of subsidiary themes such as sustainability, capacity building, equity and partnership.
Sustainability usually refers to the ability of people to carry on with a development initiative after external inputs are no longer available.
Capacity-building is the increase in people's ability to improve their circumstances.
Equity refers to the distribution of an initiative's participation and benefits—usually focused on the
equality of women and men, it also addresses inter-group relationships.
Partnership describes an authentic sharing and reciprocity among all participants in a development
initiative—it moves the process beyond traditional donor-recipient relationships to one in
which all parties have something to offer and to gain from each other.
Development initiatives have a broad scope: they can range from small-scale educational activities that foster self-esteem and problem solving in individuals all the way to strengthening an area's manufacturing or agricultural resources, establishing or strengthening a country's university system, improving a government's institutional capacity, or the construction of large works such as hydro dams or transportation systems that can transform whole regions.
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