Bates analysis The agitation for independence among African countries peaked at the beginning of the 1960s. As most of them gained independence, its populations were optimistic that self-rule would lead to various benefits, socially, economically, and politically. Nonetheless, an analysis of the continent’s post-colonial era by Bates reveals that that optimism was misplaced. Bates asserts that a combination of weak economic policies and political disorder are the primary reasons that led to the failure of African countries to realize the expected gains of independence. In this paper, an evaluation of the political structures and economic policies that led to the underdevelopment of Africa, as explained by Bates, will occur. The onset of the political structure in Africa was fairly progressive. However, by the 1970s, the political order in the continent had given way to conflicts. Bates maintains that by this time, the lack of political order had led to many states, including Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda had degenerated into violence (3). Bates implies that this situation arose because of the discovery of resources in significant parts of the continent. The…
Battle of the Somme Battle of Somme is a historical battle that occurred during the first world war. It took place for at least five months from 1st July to 18th November 1916 (Brown,2014). The first day was significant. Many events unfolded, and the attack on that particular day was intense. What was least expected happened and had an impact on the following period of the war? Mainly the war was between Germany and the British. However, being a world war troop of different countries such as South Africa, French, New Zealand, and Canada were involved. Having bombarded against each other several, the outcome of the war was unpredictable. Otto Lais, a gun machiner, explained his experience on a fateful day. The British army smashed into their adversary territory (Gehring,2014). The soldiers were courageous and fired continuously. Undeterred by the soldiers who were already down, they still charged forward. The machine gun had an obstruction, and tension was among the soldiers. Unfortunately, in the period of the firing, Gunner Schwarz is shot and dies on the spot. A gunner feeds…
Battle of Yorktown By definition, the Battle of Yorktown refers to the conflict that ensued between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies it had in its possession in North America in the course of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). The date and year when the Battle of Yorktown occurred were on October 9, 1781, on a Tuesday. The battlefield where the American forces fought the battle was the one located in Yorktown, Virginia. The Battle of Yorktown ended victorious for the American colonists. It was October 19, 1781, that the British waved the white flag. The army of Great Britain was defeated, and the Revolutionary had been completely over. The paper will be looking at the necessity of the battle and why it was considered a decisive American victory of the Revolution (Athleticbrainiac, 2016). The discussion will be revolving around the notion that the struggle finds its significance in the fact that Cornwallis made his surrender to Gorge Washington as American forces and French troops trapped the British at Yorktown. In 1780, the government of France dispatched an army with…
Babe Ruth Babe Ruth was born on February 6th 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland and died on August 16th 1948. He was raised in a poor background in Baltimore where his parents owned a tavern. Due to continued indiscipline cases, his parents took him to St. Mary’s industrial school for boys which was a catholic orphanage and reformatory. While in this school monk Matthias along with other monks they introduced him to baseball and Ruth excelled in the game. He became a strong hitter and pitcher. Due to his pitching power caught the attention of Jack Dunn, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles one of the minor baseball league by then. At the age of 19 years, he was signed in the club, and since the law stated that Ruth should have a legal guardian in his baseball contract, Dunn became Ruth’s legal guardian. The other teammates started calling him “Dunn’s new babe” and later this joke stuck and he earned the name Babe Ruth. In his life, Ruth played for many leagues and he ended up breaking most of the…
Benny Gantz rejects National unity arrangement with Netanyahu. Blue and White leader, mandated to form government, says that he first wants “Israeli democracy to return to full operation”. Benny Gantz refused to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of forming a government of national unity, as the leader of Likud had proposed to him. “First of all, we will bring Israeli democracy back to functionality – and then we will form a government to address coronavirus and the additional challenges at stake.” The leader of Blue and White, whom the President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, mandated to form government wrote on his Facebook page. “Citizens of Israel, what we have seen in the past week is unprecedented – Blue and White, headed by me, went out to fight for something that is obvious: The establishment of Knesset committees to serve the citizens – to allow compensation for those who are self-employed, to strengthen the National Insurance Institute, to examine the methods being used to monitor the citizens and to assist as much…
perceived economic benefits that will accrue to the member states to the proposed commercial block: Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) Introduction The purpose of the following brief is to discuss the perceived economic benefits that will accrue to the member states to the proposed commercial block: Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) that is expected to bring together the US and the EU member states. Besides, the brief shall discuss some of the possible drawbacks that are likely to be experienced from this arrangement. The proposed pact between the EU and the United States shall help in boosting foreign trade, especially export trade for small and medium enterprises from the EU trading bloc to the US. Again this pact shall help in expanding the market base to the EU member states by allowing them to access more than 300 million potential customers domiciled in the US (Nick, 2016). The other benefits that TTIP shall give the traders include a reduction in regulatory differences between the trade partners, reduced tariff barriers, and seamless processing of custom duties and additional charges as wells…
Prerequisites for the British Industrial Revolution INTRODUCTION As everyone knows, everything happens with prerequisites. Of course, the British Industrial Revolution is no exception. The industrial revolution began in Britain before other countries like the USA, the industrial revolution brought success in societies through modification of their economic structures and also through the hierarchical destabilization, and this influenced their daily life. It led to the manufacture of products such as textile and metal products too. More quantity of products was produced to the introduction of new technology; this helped to cater to the larger growing population. Industrial growth led to the emergency of infrastructure development too because people would want to transport goods to the market. In this topic, we are going to discuss how the corresponding was introduced, how funds were accumulated, international trade, and productivity. Policy In 1688, Parliament announced that King William of England agreed to accept the terms of the Bill of Rights introduced by the Parliament in 1689, which was called William III. The following are the essential contents of the Charter of Rights: It…
similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS Undeniably, the adoption of IFRS across the world remains one of the financial reporting issues of the 21st Century. Today, the majority of publicly-traded companies have adopted IFRS as the foundation or guideline for their financial reporting. Similarly, there has been a debate between the FASB and the IASB to converge the U.S. GAAP with IFRS. As a result, the acceptance of such convergence aimed to help auditors, financial analysts, and accountants understand the essential components of financial reporting. This paper describes the fundamental similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS with a focus on employee benefits and share-based payments in the financial statements. The types of Employee Benefits Short-term or immediate benefits are employee benefits payable within twelve months of the accounting period from the time the employees rendered the service. An entity should recognize such payments as an accrued expense or a liability upon deducting the already paid amount. However, employee benefits become an asset or prepaid expense if the amount paid exceeds the undiscounted value of the profits.…
current affairs worldview essay Today, Various religions have different ways of a religious worldview. And these worldviews have impacted to the society either positively or negatively. It has also influenced the market bringing about profits and losses. Generally, religious worldviews try to explain how life develops. It thus affects various factors like culture, beliefs, and everyday life experiences. Therefore, religion influences the way to interpret things because today’s world is doing its best to explain the truth by using rituals. There is the use of ideas, morality, and theology, which describe the relationship between the man and God. Therefore, the current religious world views have influenced society positively, as discussed below. It gives identity, which makes one feel powerful. It helps us to understand our worth and believe in what we are doing. Self-worth is achieved because each religion tends to specify the behaviors followed. Also, it promotes the spirit of togetherness’ in society. The region’s world views are known to take part in the solving of the differences. The reason for this is that the beliefs which are followed…
International Trade Conference Oral Presentation The Chinese market is one of the largest markets in the world, hosting over 1.435 billion consumers. Candy and confectionery market is booming with a 20.1% growth per year since 2013. The growth forecast still shows an increasing trend in the consumption of confectionery products as the population increases. Youths are the major consumers of candy and confectionery products, and they form 64% of the total population. With these statistics, there is no doubt that China has a good market for Goodies company products. Opening the Goodies branch in China will present consumers with a variety of confectionery products to choose from, and their consumption rate will increase. The internal and external business environment is favorable for the success of the business. Further, China has political goodwill for both local and foreign investors, and this means that the government creates a safe and secure business environment. After a comprehensive market search, a market niche was identified. The confectionary opportunity noted was based on the high prices of products above the prevailing market price. This means…