improvement

Examples of improvement in the following topics:

• Property

  • An example of private property stimulating economic growth is when a homeowner makes home improvements to increase the value of their home, when in a similar situation a tenant in a government-owned building would not invest money in home improvements.
  • An example of private property stimulating economic growth is when a homeowner makes home improvements to increase the value of their home, when in a similar situation a tenant in a government owned building would not invest money in home improvements.

• The Potential of Urban Revitalization

  • Replenished housing stock might signify an improvement in quality; urban renewal may increase density and reduce sprawl, and it might have economic benefits that improve the economic competitiveness of the city's center.
  • It can also improve cultural and social amenities, through the construction of public spaces and community centers, and can improve safety.

• Applying Knowledge

  • Peace Corps volunteers help individuals and communities around the world improve their quality of life.

• Age and Gender

  • While the elderly have seen substantial improvements in their economic situation in recent decades, those improvements have not equally affected men and women.

• High School Dropouts

  • While education can improve life chances, not everyone has equal access to education.
  • Education also offers a means to improve one's life chances by improving employment opportunities and making social connections.
  • Thus, the consequences to dropping out can be high, as they significantly decrease the opportunity to improve one's life chances.
  • These policies may have inadvertently encouraged students to drop out of high school, since teachers and administrators utilize grade retention as a strategy to improve test scores and ensure positive ratings for the school.

• Demographic Transition Theory

  • In stage two, that of a developing country, the death rates drop rapidly due to improvements in food supply and sanitation, which increase life spans and reduce disease.
  • The improvements specific to food supply typically include selective breeding and crop rotation and farming techniques.
  • Other improvements generally include access to technology, basic healthcare, and education.
  • For example, numerous improvements in public health reduce mortality, especially childhood mortality.
  • Prior to the mid-20th century, these improvements in public health were primarily in the areas of food handling, water supply, sewage, and personal hygiene.

• Setting Goals

  • Setting goals affects outcomes in four ways: by improving choice, effort, persistence, and cognition .
  • Third, through improved persistence, someone becomes more prone to work through setbacks when pursuing a goal.
  • Give examples of the ways in which improving choice, effort, persistence, and cognition affect outcomes in goal-setting

• Education and Industrialization

  • Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.
  • Educational technology is intended to improve education over what it would be without technology.
  • Its benefits include easy-to-access course materials; increased student motivation; improved student writing; subjects made easier to learn; and differentiated instruction.

• The Role of Government

  • Many OECD countries have implemented reforms to achieve policy goals of ensuring access to healthcare, improving the quality of healthcare and health outcomes, allocating an appropriate level of public sector other resources to healthcare, while at the same time ensuring that services are provided in a cost-efficient and cost-effective manner (microeconomic efficiency).
  • A range of measures, such as better payment methods, has improved the microeconomic incentives facing providers.
  • However, introducing improved incentives through a more competitive environment among providers and insurers has proved difficult.

• The Dynamics of Poverty

  • Research shows that schools with students who perform worse than the norm are also those hiring the least-qualified teachers, because teachers tend to work in schools in the area where they grew up—teachers who are educated in poor schools come back to teach in the same low quality schools, keeping the schools from improving.
  • These illnesses can be disabling, preventing people in poverty from working in certain occupations or at certain capacities, thus reducing one's opportunities to improve their social and economic status.
  • This limits their ability to improve their economic position, again perpetuating poverty.