productivity in Niger. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Why are there so many criticisms toward the World Bank’s liberalization policies and structural adjustments in agriculture and how the World Bank could answer to them. The market liberalization focus of the World Bank programs has been criticized for several years. The general criticisms are that the Bank’s initiatives are too heavily focused on improving access to markets
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the 1980s Unlike 1966‚ Indian engagement with the IMF succeeded in 1981 and a number of reforms were implemented during the 1980s. Relaxation of controls over capacity utilization‚ imports of capital goods and spare parts‚ Efficiency gains‚ liberalization of the trucking industry. By the end of the decade‚ the central government fiscal deficit increased rapidly‚ to 8.5 percent of GDP at its peak in 1986-87‚ a level never reached since and the debt to GDP ratio reached levels from which it has
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on-site residence. It has slight difference from the FTZs as they are not seen as export drivers but areas promoting overall economic growth linking the zones with the overall economy of the nation. Adding on‚ this enable greater expansion and liberalization of the core set of policies present in most free zone programs. (knowyourcountry‚ 2012) Free trade produces winners and losers – not all countries would benefit at the same time from trade‚ especially those countries with poor competitiveness
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Leadership or Tyranny? Summary: Within just 28 days‚ Zine El Abidine Ben Ali had no alternative but to step down from his 23-year presidency in Tunisia. A single spark set by Mohamed Bouazizi turned out to be a prairie fire across the whole country. Economic Growth Paradox Although the economy of Tunisia has been growing steady at an average rate of 5% for the past 23 years‚ the unemployment rate has been standing at over 10% since 2003‚ which is indeed alarmingly high. The rate is double
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are being forced to take off their veils at airports around the world and in France the veil was banned to assimilate Muslims into modern French culture to eradicate the Muslim culture (Scott20). The politics of the veil started in 1954 during the Algerian war because France’s focus was to modernize the country by getting rid of Muslim women’s veils to overcome backwardness. The French instituted “feminine solidarity” centres where it would give Muslim women emancipation so they would turn and side
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The Mongolians conquest is one of the most peculiar parts about history. How horse nomads from the steppes were able to create the largest land empire in human history is a question that historians have tried to address for a long time. Mongolians were so successful in their conquests because they were created from their steppe lifestyle of horse and bow and received the uniting leader that they needed in 1204‚ Genghis Khan. The Mongols were first recorded in 618-907 in China. Their word for "Mongol"
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providers can improve efficiency through competition which will also reduce prices. Larger utilities should be another result‚ which will allow them to compete more effectively. 2. I believe both the consumers and businesses would gain from liberalization: Customers should have more choices of energy providers which would increase the likelihood they would have to pay less for their energy and the energy companies could also buy energy from the cheapest source. Q2 Implications: Will replace
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Given the increasing interrelationships between countries‚ globalization necessitates a shift in the framework of poverty analysis so that poverty at the household‚ community‚ and national level is analysed in a global context. By all standards‚ poverty qualifies as a global issue‚ which has the capacity of engendering conflict if not seriously addressed. Furthermore‚ poverty has never been an isolated problem manifesting in a particular pocket‚ region‚ nation or continent. Poverty is of global
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS An analysis of banking sector in India Introduction The liberalization brought in 1991 has swept the economic landscape of thecountry. The automobile industry is one of the invisible faces of liberalization .For the people who were used to many years of Ambassador cars with various models notdifferent in anyway except a few changes in every model‚ the arrival of Maruti heraldedthe beginning of a new experience in automobile comfort. It was the same with BajajChetak. Its obnoxious
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utThis article was downloaded by: [University College Dublin] On: 14 March 2013‚ At: 08:49 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Democratization Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fdem20 Authoritarian persistence‚ democratization theory and the Middle East: An overview and
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