Internet communication technologies have rapidly empowered people in both developed and developing nations throughout the world. There are presently 4.2 billion people who do not have access to the Internet and the hardware needed to gain access to it throughout the world. The adoption of the Internet in the developing world has been rapid, and Internet access has become more cost-effective and realistic for individuals in developing countries through wireless technologies and smartphones. The impact and empowerment of the Internet have not been felt by the majority of the world's population,...

This study is an analysis of the GDP, GNI, export, and import performance of the BRIC nations and the Quad nations and union between the 1991 to 2002 time period and the 2003 to 2014 time period. The hypothesis that the economic performance of the BRIC nations has negatively impacted the economic growth of the Quad nations and union between the 1991 to 2002 time period and the 2003 to 2014 time period was not found to be conclusively true because the Quad nations and union did well on all performance measures in the two time periods analyzed with the exception of the annual GDP mean...

Gender bias is an issue that faces all females in every nation throughout the world. Despite important advances in societies in relation to female rights, gender parity has not been reached worldwide, and the gender biases that persist throughout the world negatively impact females' rights to education and employment, which have disallowed them to achieve empowerment and equity similar to males within societies. Females have been historically discriminated toward in all countries in relation to education and employment opportunities, and these inequities are evident in both developed and...